Saturday, July 4th, 2009

Paul Potts and Passione

March 23, 2009 by Don  
Filed under Featured, News, The Way

Columbia plans to release Paul Potts’ Passione, the second album by the Britain’s Got Talent winner and newly acclaimed popera sensation. Paul will follow the precedent set by his first offering, One Chance, and include a mix of modern and classical works on this new release.

Top 40 Charts has this to say about Paul’s previous [...]

Paul Potts wins an Echo

March 1, 2009 by Don  
Filed under News

Paul Potts, RoadTurn Man extraordinaire, took the award for Best International Male Artist in Berlin, Germany, at the Echo Awards. Read all about the trip (and a tip concerning the rumor of a new Paul Potts album in the works) on Julz’ MySpace blog. Here is a link to the news release: Paul Wins Echo. [...]

Greening up the Economy

January 25, 2009 by Don  
Filed under News

According to Nicholas Stern, the time is NOW. Thanks to New Scientist.

National Day of Renewal and Reconciliation

January 21, 2009 by Don  
Filed under News

President Obama’s first official act: A National Day of Renewal and Reconciliation. Let the RoadTurn begin…
NATIONAL DAY OF RENEWAL AND RECONCILIATION, 2009
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BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
A PROCLAMATION
[...]

National Day of Service

January 14, 2009 by Don  
Filed under News

Here is a RoadTurn idea that reminds me of a Bob Dylan song: Let’s all serve somebody.
President-elect Obama has called for a National Day of Service for Monday, January 19th. There’s still time to get your group together and make a plan. I’m scurrying for mine.
Then, to top it off, Mr. Obama has announced [...]

Faryl Smith signs–Big

December 15, 2008 by Don  
Filed under News

Faryl Smith has finally signed a recording contract–but not with Simon Cowell’s label. Guided by the wisdom of her father, who refused to jump at the first big offer, Faryl was signed by Universal Music Group to a 3.4 million (U.S.) dollar agreement.
Says the (London) Mail Online:
Seven months ago she was left among the runners-up [...]

VIRUS ALERT! Online Flight Ticket email

October 15, 2008 by Don  
Filed under News

virus alert, online ticket scam, email virus airline

A New Home for Paul and Julie-Ann Potts

October 14, 2008 by Don  
Filed under News

Congratulations to Paul and Julie-Ann Potts as they move into their new dream house. Julz reports, on her blog that moving has been a whole lot of work–with a surprise or two thrown in.
The Paul Potts story is a turn-around primer. How did it happen? My guess is that preparation met possibility at Britain’s [...]

Neil Boyd Wins Big

October 2, 2008 by Don  
Filed under News

America has voted and the winner of the 2008 America’s Got Talent contest was singer, Neil Boyd. Is he the Yankee answer to Paul Potts? Will he create the same global stir? That all remains to be seen. We wish him the best.
I was sure that Eli Mattson would take the vote, but my favorite [...]

Faryl Smith is ready to sign…

September 29, 2008 by Don  
Filed under News

No word yet who gets her, but the Northampton (U.K.) Chronicle is reporting that Faryl Smith is just days away from signing her first record deal. Fans will be able to get a taste of Faryl soon though. This is the scheduled release day for Andrew Johnston’s album and Faryl joins him for a duet [...]

RoadTurns: Reverse and Forward

September 21, 2008 by Don  
Filed under News

I am reminded by a story out of China that it is possible to choose a wrong road as well as a right one. According to an article from the Associated Press, “More than 6,200 infants have become sick and four babies have died in China after being fed baby formula laced with melamine, a [...]

McCain Gets Serious!

August 30, 2008 by Don  
Filed under News

Talk about RoadTurns, the Republican candidate for president of the United States has given us something to think about. Senator John McCain has announced that his choice of running mates is the current govenor of Alaska, Sarah Palin.
McCain’s choice has turned this election around. In contrast to Democrat Barack Obama, who picked a status quo, [...]

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