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WellPoint sued an ENTIRE STATE (of MAINE) to increase profits

An out of state fren sent me this ( Thanks Amy! ) it takes and out of stater to point out a great film exposing the very sick healthcare system right here @ home, done by documentary filmmaker Robert Greenwald Brave New Films

"Sick for Profits"

Netting $2.5 billion in profits

last year wasn't enough for

WellPoint,

the nation's largest insurance company.

Now, WellPoint's affiliate, Anthem Blue Cross and Blue Shield, is suing the state of Maine

for refusing to guarantee it a profit margin in the midst of a painful recession.

Please, Forward this video to everyone in Maine!

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Posted October 5, 2009

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UKULELE SAFARI - "Mighty Uke" documentary makers, interview - Tokyo, Japan

This is a cool film project ! Low & behold @ 2:18 Joel Eckhaus appears as one of the subjects of this documentary. Joel is a Ukulele stalwart in the United States, is an expert luthier, player & often you'll find him @ Uke gatherings or introducing us here in Maine where he lives , to incredible ukulele players like when he brought Aussie uke master AZO BELL a member of the Old Spice Boys who was beyond remarkably gifted, adept etc.
You can Check out some of Joel's Luthier work @ Ernest Instruments he recently made a strat uke that was given to the Boss for one of his 60th birthday presents (cool gift). Joel makes & plays them very very well. Joel and fellow musician Kris Eckhardt are in an entertaining duo: Dos Eckies and are scheduled to play my program Us Folk 16th October (Friday Morning) around 9 am

part of the semi annual ' B E G A T H O N " to support WMPG Community Radio here in Portland, Maine.

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Posted October 4, 2009

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'LEAF' Shot

I love this shot it was one I took now 4 years ago, it was a windy day I was raking . The leaves were so beautiful & colorful,
I decided these were too sweet to just 'bag up' there began a rapid collection of the ones that 'spoke to me' I assembled them out of the wind in my shed in our back yard.
The leaves here in Portland have started to turn just a bit. Maybe we'll get some 'beauts' like these .
Fall Leaf Set Here

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Posted October 4, 2009

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"Dancing With Tom Delay" by Steve Brooks (video)

Get ready for Monday night's season premiere of

"Dancing With the Stars,"

featuring future felon Tom Delay with former felon Michael Irvin.

Steve Brooks is a masterful songwriter wordsmith from Austin Texas, Very well known for his work with Jim Hightower . I've been a fan of Steve's work for close to a decade, his songs are laced with brilliant lyrics, biting social commentary, wit, grace and always calling it like he sees it. Many in Texas wince when they see a crooked politician like Tom Delay become a "celebrated" contestant on "Dancing with the Stars" others like Steve write tunes like this one.

Way to go Steve Brooks! Are people in Austin taking bets on how fast Tom the "Hammer" will fall on De show?

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Posted September 20, 2009

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Steve Mann R . I . P . video

(Note video of the artist starts @ around 2 mins in .)
Good friend and blues (great) guitarist singer songwriter Frank Fotusky mentioned this wonderful player each time he guested on my program (Us Folk here in Portland, Maine over the years. He would say;"You got to hear his stuff, he's a remarkable player who influenced & or played with countless formidable performers!" He was talking about Steve Mann, whose enormous gift and talents on the guitar touched thousands both the players and audiences. He was a heralded an inventive blues guitar great but got sidelined by a nervous breakdown in 1967. Somehow he was able to recoup and resurfaced, and was booked in and around his Berkeley , California base, Frank Fotusky performed with him a series of shows on the west coast in 2005, he refered to it as a dream come true to be performing with such a brilliant player. My friend Frank also had introduced me to Facebook & introduced Steve to Facebook , Frank also introduced me to Steve Mann on Facebook whom I friended up only weeks ago & he friended back, only a few weeks had passed I was only to find that this incredibly gifted brilliant guitar player died on the 9th of September 2009.
I found this video searching YouTube it is one of an all too few videos of Steve performing. If you got some share em

Thanks Frank.
Rest in Peace Steve Mann.

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Posted September 18, 2009

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Promo Video for "TYPEFACE" (re; Hamilton Wood Type Museum) from Buzzedintothe920

Although a promo for the Wisconsin showing of the film

"TYPEFACE"

presented thursday night by TYPE Culture & AIGA Maine

by Kartemquin Films Wednesday night September 16, 2009, It's an engaging peek @ the film showing here in Portland, Maine on Thursday night, September 17th @

SPACE 538

(Well unless you can hit the Wisconsin show tonight!).

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Posted September 16, 2009

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MTV VMAs Remix: Kanye West Interrupts Obama's Speech (HD) (Priceless)

This was too funny not to share!

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Posted September 14, 2009

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Documentally Talking with @DavidJennings about Longplayer project

Fascinating concept of one Thousand year long musical 'Piece' is the focus of this very cool interview from multidisciplined journalist Documentally . I found myself drawn into the AudioBoo by not only the concept (which seems so foreign, unusual & rare conceptually) but the sonic quality & interviewing skills of Documentally, who continues to post an array of consistently enriching content on the web .

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