布施明が、日本の男性歌手のヒット作品をカバーしたアルバム「Ｂａｌｌａｄｅ」（ユニバーサル）をだした。 昭和５０年に自身の「シクラメンのかほり」と賞レースを争った沢田研二「時の過ぎゆくままに」から、「ワインレッドの心」「桜坂」「瞳をとじて」「Ｉ ＬＯＶＥ ＹＯＵ」「空も飛べるはず」「桜」「いっそセレナーデ」「ＳＡＹ ＹＥＳ」「世界に一つだけの花」「いとしのエリー」「さよなら」と１２曲が並ぶ。これはスタッフが、布施に歌わせたい歌という観点から選曲したもの。
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“You can put lipstick on a pig．．．It’s still a pig．”（豚に口紅を塗ることはできる。でも豚は豚だ）——。 米民主党の大統領選候補バラク・オバマ上院議員が、共和党候補ジョン・マケイン上院議員の唱える“変革”を見せかけだとし、上記の例えでやゆしたところ、マケイン陣営は「女性副大統領候補サラ・ペイリン・アラスカ州知事への侮辱だ」と反撃しました。候補者同士の論戦は、揚げ足とりとも思える非難合戦に発展することがあります。
Yomiuri Online

カテゴリナビへ移動したい場合はそのままお進みください。
Nishi-Nippon Shimbun

All week, Technorati is releasing data from its 2008 State of the Blogosphere report. On Monday, Technorati told us that bloggers only need 100,000 visitors a month to make $75,000 a year (yeah, right). Today , it offers up something more believable: the more you post, the higher you are likely to rank on Technorati. Blogging is a volume game. The more you post, the more chances there are ...
TechCrunch

A pressure cooker lacks the high-tech appeal of a food processor that can whirl avocados into soup. And it doesn't have the easy familiarity of a slow cooker that roasts chicken. But what these old-school devices lack in image, they make up for in practicality and economy.
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For the second straight month, consumer prices in August jumped 2.4 percent year on year, the highest growth since June 1992, excluding 1997, when the consumption tax rate rose, the internal affairs ministry said Friday.
Asahi.com

Diet-conscious Japanese, it seems, have gone bananas over, well, bananas. The sudden surge in demand came after Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. and its affiliates aired a show Sept. 19 in which singer Kumiko Mori said she lost 7 kilograms since she began eating bananas for breakfast.
Asahi.com

Barely 48 hours into the new administration, Prime Minister Taro Aso was facing his first crisis Friday with calls for the dismissal of transport minister Nariaki Nakayama over a stream of verbal gaffes.
Asahi.com

If Netvibes is getting old and you're tired of looking at your desktop to find all your favorite apps, Schmedley might be a worthwhile alternative. Leading up to its public beta next week, Schmedley is offering 5,000 private beta invites for TechCrunch readers who want to take the site for a spin. The premise is simple: you sign up and get brought to your start page , which can be ...
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