Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Bsi 2,059.86 +13.49 +.65%

Good for the Secret Service for taking the Obama poison pen inauguration threat seriously. Still, Somali militant factions drumming up the case to get rivals in trouble can't be good for our index.

Talk about black on black crime, damn. Now you got the Secret Service on your ass.

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BlackRoc

Black Keys + Hip Hop. Yes please.

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Plains, Georgia

President Obama is found hung in effigy in former President Carter's hometown.

Great, something else for the Secret Service to deal with.

Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Bsi 1,969.36 +3.49 +.18%

A quiet day leads to modest gains.

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Chess Records

The Chicago Blues record label was home to Howlin' Wolf, Muddy Waters, Chuck Berry, Bo Diddley and a host of others.

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Cadillac Records

While we're no fans of period pieces here, analysts here finally got around to seeing the 2008 film -- one which a favorite critic put on his Top 10 list -- and were disappointed. It seemed less like a movie than an excuse for Beyonce to sing Etta James songs... and that doesn't even happen 'til an hour into the film.

Makes a better trailer than a movie.