By the time America was waking up on Monday morning, I’d received countless emails and Facebook messages from concerned friends in the Americas …
“How far away are you?”
“Did you feel anything?”
“Are you and your friends ok?”
It never ceases to amaze me how old friends crawl from their hiding places when there is a tragedy, concern takes over and they are ready, in an instant, to lend a hand.
Two days ago, central Italy was hit with a 6.3 quake, leaving at least 150 dead, 1500 injured and up to 50,000 homeless. Parents lost children. Children lost parents. Friends lost friends.
On the news last night, a mother recalled meeting “an angel,” who rushed to save her small daughter, just as he was saving his own children. Men cried as they recounted the damage and others looked into the camera with faces of shock, despair and desperation. It is the worst earthquake Italy has experienced in 30 years and while many people say you can’t predict an earthquake, at least one scientist disagrees.
So, to all of our friends and countrymen in and around L’Aquila, Abruzzo … Calabria is thinking of you and hoping for a peaceful-and speedy-recovery.
The Orchard Celebrates the Release of Mojo Nixon’s Latest Album.
Health & Beauty Close-Up November 1, 2009 In support and celebration of the release of Mojo Nixon’s latest album “Whiskey Rebellion,” The Orchard, a full service media company specializing in the distribution of music and video entertainment, on October 6 announced that Mojo’s entire catalog would be available to download at no cost, exclusively from Amazon MP3.
“The successful execution of this promotion has generated tremendous awareness for Mojo,” said Brad Navin, EVP and General Manager of The Orchard. “This is a showcase of how The Orchard, as a nimble and forward-thinking company, has the ability to orchestrate trendsetting promotions for our clients. The success of this promotion will be measured by its long-term benefits, not the short-term risks, and our expectation is that it will generate sales momentum.” Mojo Nixon’s current catalog includes 11 albums and 144 tracks. The downloads for this music during the two weeks of the Amazon promotional period amounted to a 23,000 percent increase from paid downloads across all digital retail networks in the United States during the first half of 2009.
Mojo Nixon is currently a full-time on-air personality on Sirius XM Satellite radio hosting a daily music show on the Outlaw Country channel, a weekly political talk show on the Raw Dog Comedy Channel and a weekly racing show on the NASCAR channel.
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How nice that everyone cares about you so much. Nobody checked up on me, I hope that just means they all know exactly where I am in Italy, not that they don’t care!
When I saw that video on the news with that man being pulled out of the rubble, shaken and crying, it was heartwrenching. My thoughts and prayers are with all the people who are suffering and homeless after the earthquake, and especially with those who have lost loved ones.
I am with you. It is hard to find the right words to even say …
It is so sad. We were still feeling aftershocks yesterday.
They said they felt one yesterday in Crotone (Calabria!)
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How nice that everyone cares about you so much. Nobody checked up on me, I hope that just means they all know exactly where I am in Italy, not that they don’t care!
I am sure it does, Charlie.
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When I saw that video on the news with that man being pulled out of the rubble, shaken and crying, it was heartwrenching. My thoughts and prayers are with all the people who are suffering and homeless after the earthquake, and especially with those who have lost loved ones.
I am with you. It is hard to find the right words to even say …
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So tragic, and I hear it’s even been quite cold up there the past few nights
I know. I wish our B&B was closer so we could help them.
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This is such a tradgedy. I keep praying.
I know …
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