Unwed Sailor goes with flow From Wilkes Barre TimesLeader Instrumental, ambient indie rock band Unwed Sailor is the creation of Johnathon Ford. Ford, also the bass player and only permanent member of the band, does have an ensemble of artists who tour and play with Ford as Unwed Sailor. I would feel more pressure writing a song with vocals or trying to express an idea with vocals than expressing an idea in a song without vocals. I like for Unwed Sailor's music to create imagery in the mind.' At one time Ford was a member of influential indie rock...

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MUSIC REVIEWS: Miles Davis' `On the Corner' back in the box From Kansas City Star In the same way art looks better in a frame and a hot dog tastes better coming out of a baseball park wrapper, music somehow gets improved coming out of a box. The first two discs track the edges of her 37-year career, starting with "Clocks," from her very first, pre-Parsons recording sessions, while the third and fourth are given to collaborations and some great contributions to tribute projects. The fifth disc is a DVD that contains live performances by Emmylou and her great Hot Band,...

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Guess who won the 2008 CES Innovations Award From www.techpin.com Ambient Devices, headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, a large company that provides easiest access to information like weather forecasts, stock market activity, and sports scores, all done dynamically, without the user input. It performs the basic functions of such a device: displays the temperature, trend, high and low temperatures expected, and shows a friendly icon with expected weather conditions.

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