Some additional reading October 19th from 02:54 to 21:20:
- Arrest made in GOP voter registration scandal – "The charges against Jacoby and YPM, if true, are far more serious than any of the allegations against ACORN. The ACORN canvassers were registering fictional characters who couldn't possibly show up to vote–especially not with the new federal photo ID requirements. ACORN itself was the victim of their deception. Whereas, YPM canvassers allegedly lied to real-life voters in order to register them against their will and this deception might have a real outcome on the election if it infered with GOTV efforts by the Obama camp or future Democratic campaigns."
- James Jamerson: Motown's Secret Weapon | MetaFilter – awesome stuff. Check out some of the isolated tracks linked here.
"The original Motown hit machine dominated popular music between 1959 and 1971, making household names out of Stevie Wonder, the Jacksons, Diana Ross and the Supremes, Marvin Gaye, and many others. Their secret sauce was a tight knit group of musicians called the Funk Brothers. Uncredited until Marvin Gaye's 1971 LP "What's Going On", these musicians provided the backing instrumentation on over 100 hit songs, gracing the charts more than Elvis, the Beatles, and the Beach Boys combined. The soul sound of Motown was driven largely by its innovative bass playing, and that playing was provided largely by the unheralded James Jamerson. "