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Karen Stabiner: The College Insider: Admissions Freak-Out Countdown #9 - The Post-App, Pre-Notification Sounds Of Silence, Unless You're A Junior.

10:22 AM — Jan 04 —
Source: The Huffington Post

The soundtrack in my head is Roy Orbison singing "It's over, it's ooooooover," and it doesn't matter that the "it" for him was a love affair and not a college app. Plaintive heartbreak is plaintive heartbreak, and any parent or senior obsessed enough to have invested wholeheartedly in the college application process is experiencing a profound post-deadline adrenaline deficit. Read More

NASHVILLE SKYLINE: Willie Nelson's Timeless Christmas Song

12:22 PM — Dec 24 —
Source: CMT (Country Music Televison)

Roy Orbison made it a standard of his forever when he recorded it, but Willie Nelson wrote his lovely Christmas song, "Pretty Paper," about a guy I knew slightly. Read More

Maccabees to reissue 'Wall Of Arms' with Roots Manuva collaboration

11:07 PM — Dec 17 —
Source: NME

'Empty Vessels' , the Roots -featuring re-working of their song 'No Kind Words' , will be one of five extra songs added to the reissued album, which is out on February 1. Read More

Predators at Oilers, G34, 09-10

12:21 PM — Dec 17 —
Source: Lowetide

She is one of many thousands of songwriters associated with country music and Nashville. Read More

My Favorite Songs of 2009!

8:52 PM — Dec 10 —
Source: Rock Sell Out

This opening track to 2009's Fall Be Kind EP features an airy, layered, Disneyfied beginning that feels like an overture, and a spirited folk round in the second half. Read More