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Gonna Take An Elemental Journey: A Conversation With Sonny Landreth, Plus Getting To Know J.D. Shelburne

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.16.2012

Read More: Charlie Patton, Mississippi John Hurt, J.D. Shelburne, Robert Greenidge, Joe Satriani, Clint Davis, Robert Johnson, Fred McDowell, John Hiatt, Sonny Landreth, Jimmy Buffett, Sam Broussard, The Ventures, Dave Ranson, Eric Johnson, Taj Mahal, Chet Atkins, Mariusz Smolij, Video, Steve Conn, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Use the internet, spread the word, word of mouth. But in the long run, that's what it all comes down to, you have to play live. You never know who's going to be in that audience who knows somebody else, who knows somebody else, and one thing leads to another. You have to open up to that.

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Northern India's Golden Triangle

Scott S. Smith | Posted 05.19.2012

Read More: Khajuharo, Varanasi, Taj Mahal, India, Rajasthan, New Delhi, Travel News
Scott S. Smith

Awakened by the haunting first call to Muslim prayer at 4:30 a.m., we rode elephants up steep hills to Amber Fort, a massive citadel for Hindu rulers.

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Oops! Arnold The Taj Is CLOSED On Fridays

AP | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Arnold Schwarzenegger India, Global Pulse, Tom Cruise Taj Mahal, Taj Mahal, Arnold Schwarzenegger, International Destinations, Taj Mahal Travel, Celebrity Travel, Travel News

NEW DELHI -- Arnold Schwarzenegger's dream of visiting the Taj Mahal has been dashed. The former California governor traveled to the Indian city of A...

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Taj Mahal In Danger Of Collapsing

Posted 12.05.2011

Read More: Global Pulse, India, Video, Taj Mahal, Taj-Mahal, Travel News

India's iconic Taj Mahal is in danger of collapsing within five years if the issue of its rotting wooden foundation isn't addressed. The 358-year-...

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Bangladesh's Knock Off Taj Mahal...(VIDEO)

Dan Morrison | Posted 10.21.2011

Read More: Knock Off, Bangladesh Travel, Dan Morrison, The Black Nile, South Asia Travel, Asia Travel, Taj Mahal, Travel Blogs, Bangladesh, Video, Travel News
Dan Morrison

The central structure and its four minarets were obviously clad in bathroom tiles, some in floral patterns of pink, amber, and lilac. The Belgian diamonds Moni had spoken of had apparently been replaced by plastic.

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Do You Respect the Elixir of Life?

Brian Fagan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: World Water Day, Tigris River, Water, Clean Water, Granada, Kalahari Desert, Taj Mahal, Euphrates, Drinking Water, Delphi, Green News
Brian Fagan

In the future, all of us will have to make do with less. We can learn from our forebears, who lived in worlds where water was often scarce, frequently hard to obtain, and treated with great respect.

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The Patagonia Music Collective Launches -- Plus a Conversation With John Popper

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jon Cleary, The Zac Brown Band, Bonnie Raitt, Phillip Glass, Elmore James, Goldberg, Brett Dennen, Abigail Washburn, Los Lobos, Maroon 5, Patagonia, Kingpin, Woody Harrelson, Brandi Carlile, Ben Solee, Mary Shelley, Blues Traveler, DJ Logic, Howlin' Wolf, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, Snl, Hulk Hogan, The Bad Plus, Nick Cave, The Blues Brothers, Mason Jennings, Taj Mahal, Chris Barron, Charlie Parker, John Popper & the Duskray Troubadours, Big Head Todd & the Monsters, Blues Brothers 2000, Jono Manson, Little Walter, Muddy Waters, The Patagonia Music Collective, Switchfoot, Rob BonDurant, Howard Stern, Spin Doctors, String Cheese Incident, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Private Parts, Buddy Miles, Bill Murray, John Lee Hooker, John Popper, Pearl Jam, Umphrey?S McGee, Moe, Jack Johnson, Paul Butterfield, Jimi Hendrix, Ziggy Marley, John Scofield, Yvon Chouinard, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Today, the environmentally conscious clothing company Patagonia Inc. launches "The Patagonia Music Collective" by releasing two 11-track bundles that are part of an ongoing series intended to be a new model for green giving.

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Mr. Obama Goes to India

Parvez Ahmed | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hilary Clinton, Outsourcing, Muslim, Unemployment, President Barack Obama, Sikhs, Banks, India, Taj Mahal, Mughal Empire, World News
Parvez Ahmed

On the heels of a bruising election, President Barack Obama is undertaking his longest foreign trip that will take him to several Asian countries incl...

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Barack Obama Visits Mumbai...on Diwali!

Georges Ugeux | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: White House, India, Jews, United Nations Security Council, Terrorists, Economy, Pakistan, President Obama, Jobs, Babel Tower, United States, China, Barack Obama, Outsourcing, Iran, Yuan, Mumbai Attacks, President Sarkozy, Taj Mahal, Security, Diwali, Business News
Georges Ugeux

Diwali is the most important celebration in India: it begins today and continues through November 9th. It is the equivalent of Christmas for the Chr...

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PHOTOS: Where Is This?

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, Taj Mahal, Slidefullscreen, Taj Mahal India, India Tourism, Travel News

We're enthralled by India. It's a country we're dying to explore and since there is no sign of us going there anytime soon, unfortunately, we thought ...

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I'll Have What She's Having: How Mirror Neurons and Music Increase Pleasure

Suzie Heumann | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Parietal Lobe, Bonnie Raitt, Oxytocin, Suzie Heumann, Mirror Neurons, Pleasure, Taj Mahal, Music, Love, Ecstatic States, Tantric Sex, Orgasms, Sex, Spiritual Sex, Tantra, Orgasm, Sacred Sex, Healthy Living News
Suzie Heumann

Do you have music playing when you make love? I hope you do so let's assume you do. Do you notice that you like to put on the same play list, over and over, at least some of the time? The one you remember having the best lovemaking to?

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"TV Is the Thing This Year": My Playlist for the Emmy Awards

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, The Good Wife, Loudon Wainwright III, The Stylistics, Billy Joel, Conan O'Brien, Lost, Arcade Fire, The Tubes, Television, Joe Jackson, ZZ Top, Marshall Crenshaw, Cheap Trick, Taj Mahal, Dinah Washington, Ben Folds Five, A-Ha, Tv on the Radio, John Fogerty, Green Day, Wilie Colon, Bob Hope, The Stooges, Wilco, George Clooney, Bob Dylan, Dr. John, Emmy Awards, Tift Merrit, Dianne Reeves, Michael Penn, Mad Men, Talking Heads, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Men of a Certain Age, Dire Straits, Randy Newman, Ben Lee, Jimmy Fallon, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News
David Wild

Far be it for me to ever correct the Boss, but as it turns out Bruce Springsteen was not a true televisionary; there are not "57 Channels And Nothing On" these days. Please tune in Sunday night, and see for yourself.

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Triple Treat Tuesday: Conversations With Jackie Greene, Street Drum Corps' Bobby Alt, and Nicky Holender, Trainer to the Stars

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Vans Warped Tour, Street Drum Corps, The X-Files, Al Gore, Nicky Holender, Gio Marini, Bobby Alt, BB King, Interscope Records, Godzilla, Jackie Greene, Dana Scully, Cream, The Beatles, The Bachelor, The Spice Girls, Robbie Williams, Tea Leoni, Taj Mahal, Amazon, Linkin Park, Dancing With Stars, King Kong, E Entertainment, My Chemical Romance, Lightnin' Hopkins, Six Flags Magic Mountain, Led Zeppelin, Wilco, Csi, Mel B, Gold's Gym, Fox Mulder, Jimmy Iovine, Kendra Wilkinson, Buddy Guy, Qr Code, Papa Roach, Joni Mitchell, DJ Lethal, Ray Charles, American Idol, Flying Blind, Itunes, Projekt Revolution Tour, Chris Harrison, Hoobastank, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

"'Medicine' is one of those messed-up drug songs. It's more like a tantrum, you know saying, 'I don't want your bulls**t.' I don't know, it's sort of hard to explain."

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Ben Kingsley To Play Shah Jahan, Emperor Who Built Taj Mahal

AP | MIN LEE | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ben Kingsley Taj, Taj Mahal, Ben Kingsley, Film, Ben Kingsley Taj Mahal, Shah Jahan, Entertainment News

HONG KONG — Ben Kingsley, famous for his Oscar-winning portrayal of Indian independence hero Mohandas Gandhi, is reaching deeper into the countr...

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India: Mathura Train Wreck Kills 21 (PHOTOS, VIDEO)

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taj Mahal Train, Agra Train, Agra, India, Mewar Express, Taj Mahal, Train Taj, Taj Train, One Train Rams Into Another in Mathura, Mathura Train, 21 People Die in India Trainwreck, India Train Wreck, Taj Mahel Train Wreck, Train Wreck in India, 22 Killed as One Train Rams Into Another in Mathura, Train Collision Near Taj Mahal Photos, Pics of Trains Collide Near Mathura, Train Wreck in Mathura, World News

(AP) -- Officials have confirmed that 21 people were killed today when a passenger train smashed into the rear carriage of another train. Police sa...

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BonTaj Roulet Blazes New Ground Raising Green for Greens

Harvey Wasserman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bonnie Raitt, Concert Tour, BonTaj Roulet, No Nukes, Greens, Taj Mahal, Fundraising, Rock and Roll, Rhythm and Blues, Charities, Green News
Harvey Wasserman

In a tough economy, with music lovers thinking twice before going to see their favorite acts, the BonTaj Roulet Tour by Bonnie Raitt and Taj Mahal is blazing new green ground in raising money for charities.

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When in India, Please Don't Wear a Sari

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sari, Indian Clothing, Afghanistan, Salwar Kameez, Pakistan, Pakistan-Women, North West Frontier, India, Taj Mahal, Times of India, Style News
Virginia M. Moncrieff

Leave the saris (the most elegant national costume in the world, no argument entered into) and the salwars, the churidors, and kurtas to the Indians. You've got your own clothes. Wear them.

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Mumbai Hotels To Reopen 3 Weeks After Attacks

AP | GAUTAM SINGH | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Taj Mahal Hotel, Oberoi Hotel, Taj Mahal Palace and Tower, Mumbai Attacks, Mumbai Hotels Reopen, Oberoi Hotel Open, Terrorism India, Taj Mahal, India Pakistan Relations, Taj Mahal Reopen, World News

MUMBAI, India — Doormen in white suits and black turbans greeted visitors to the Oberoi with a bow on the eve of the hotel's reopening three wee...

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The Buck Stops Somewhere: Mumbai Vs. 9/11

Reese Schonfeld | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, Clarke, Honor, 9/11, Rice, Moral Responsibility, Oberoi Hotel, Taj Mahal, Mumbai, Tenet, Patil, Mueller, Mumbai Attacks, Louis Freeh, Politics News
Reese Schonfeld

Following the Mumbai attacks, the Indian home minister, Shivraj Patil, resigned to take "moral responsibility" for the deaths of 188 people. After 9/11, no federal officials resigned. Who was US Patil's counterpart?

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Times Of India Editorial: "It's War"

The Times of India | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India Terrorism, Mumbai Attacks, Terror in India, Taj Mahal, Tensions Between India and Pakistan, India Pakistan Relations, Terrorism in India, India Pakistan, World News

This nation is under attack. The scale, intensity and level of orchestration of terror attacks in Mumbai put one thing beyond doubt: India is effectiv...

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Mumbai Death Toll Likely To Reach 300

Telegraph | Damien McElroy and Rahul Bedi in Bombay, and Andrew Alderson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mumbai Death Toll, India Death Toll, India Pakistan, Taj Mahal Palace and Tower, Mumbai Attacks, Taj Mahal, Mumbai Terrorism, Tensions Between India and Pakistan, India Pakistan Relations, World News

Piles of bodies were found yesterday after commandos stormed the Taj Mahal Palace hotel, the last of three buildings that terrorists had occupied in t...

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India Faces A Reckoning As Terror Toll Eclipses 180

International Herald Tribune | Somini Sengupta and Keith Bradsher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, Terrorism, Terror Mumbai, India Pakistan, Taj Mahal Palace and Tower, Mumbai Attacks, Mumbai, Taj Mahal, India Pakistan Relationship, World News

MUMBAI, India: Death still hung over Mumbai on Sunday, as the Indian government reckoned with troubling questions about its ability to respond to esca...

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How The Mumbai Attacks Unfolded

BBC News | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: India, What Happened in Mumbai, Terrorism, Oberoi Hotel, Mumbai Attacks, Mumbai, Taj Mahal, Attacks in Mumbai, Terrorism in India, World News

Investigators in the Indian city of Mumbai are beginning to piece together how gunmen carried out Wednesday's series of deadly attacks. The exact seq...

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The King of Morocco and a Little Girl in Bombay (xvii)

Karin Badt | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Ganesh, King of Morocco, Streetchildren, Mumbai, Gordon House Hotel, Spirituality, Helsinki, Women Travelers, Taj Mahal, Healthy Living News
Karin Badt

The waiter was very concerned that I liked the food -- that it was not too spicy for me -- and he came and offered me, as a treat, a handful of three Chinese fortune cookies.

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Taj Mahal and Love (x)

Karin Badt | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Oasis Excursions India, Relationships, Travel Tips, Women Travelers, Rickshaw Drivers, Agra Fort, India, Taj Mahal, Women Travelling Alone, Healthy Living News
Karin Badt

I enjoyed walking freely, by myself, along the long balustrade to the marble dome.

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