The News Review:
- Pearl expresses culture through blues
- Blues guitarist Costello laid to rest
- Why rivals have big blues over colours
Pearl expresses culture through blues
United Press International – Apr 19, 2008
“Mance Lipscomb talked to me about his music and how his father was born in slavery” Pearl said. “Jews were certainly an enslaved and oppressed people. “It’s a cultural and perhaps psychological association that has led me deeper and deeper into blues music. Besides that it’s got a great beat. The Times said the blues artist has recorded albums with Harvey “Harmonica Fats” Blackston and violinist.
Blues guitarist Costello laid to rest
Atlanta Journal Constitution – Apr 19, 2008
But the blues guitarist and singer was silenced before he could make it to his 29th year. His body was found Tuesday the day before his birthday… “He needed his guitar. And it was who he became with that guitar that got him noticed as a young teenager. “He identified with American music at a very young age” said Paul Campanella who played with Costello. “He used music to reach out and show who he was. The stage was his sanctuary and salvation. The cause of Costello’s death has not been determined; it will be a couple of weeks before toxicology test results are available.
Why rivals have big blues over colours
NEWS.com.au – Apr 19, 2008
Now anyone who has ever walked through a shopping centre knows that Darrell Lea sell their own chocolates in their own shops run by ladies in floppy bow ties. So the issue is not one of deception – it is trying to "own" the colour. But can you own a colour or the light or the air? Last year BP fought Woolworths over the colour green. BP tried to trade mark a shade of green as its own exclusively and the case ended up in the Federal Court. It was thrown out but there was no ruling that a colour couldn’t be registered rather that the case was over-ambitious. The battle is being fought around the world. McDonalds claims shades of red and yellow.