Monthly Archives: August 2006

Clarification – All those Mini Coopers are not Jim Cooper

Posted on Tuesday, August 29, 2006 by Rex Hammock

Clarification – All those Mini Coopers are not Jim Cooper: This morning, my son and I were driving on West End in Nashville and passed by a couple dozen Mini Coopers heading in the other direction. “I wonder what that’s … Continue reading →

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How people get to rexblog.com

Posted on Tuesday, August 29, 2006 by Rex Hammock

How people get to rexblog.com: Last night, I looked on a free service from statcounter.com to see what keyword searches landed people on this blog and discovered that a Google search for “pacman jones arrest record” has a post I … Continue reading →

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What makes the media check their brains at the door when the story is about dead celebrities and psychos?

Posted on Monday, August 28, 2006 by Rex Hammock

What makes the media check their brains at the door when the story is about dead celebrities and psychos? What Jeff Jarvis said: “Anyone who has spent more than six months reporting, editing, or watching the news could have guessed … Continue reading →

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Nickel Creek says no more recording, touring

Posted on Monday, August 28, 2006 by Rex Hammock

Nickel Creek says no more recording, touring after 2007: Nickel Creek, the innovative and influential bluegrass-folk-Americana (hard-to-niche) group has announced they will no longer be recording together and that a tour scheduled for 2007 will be their last for an … Continue reading →

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A year of Katrina blog posts

Posted on Monday, August 28, 2006 by Rex Hammock

Photo: One year after Katrina, a house in New Orleans’ 9th Ward. [Credit: K. Hammock, August 20, 2006.] A year of Katrina blog posts: One year ago, at 8:45 a.m. on August 28, 2005, I made my first Katrina-related post: … Continue reading →

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