quote [ Marcia, Marcia, Marcia, what's going to happen to the iconic homestead?

It's a question worthy of a season-ending cliffhanger since the "Brady Bunch" house landed on the market last week—for the first time in 45 years. The three-bedroom, three-bath house in Studio City, CA, used for exterior shots of the Brady home in the popular '70s TV sitcom is available for $1,885,000. ]

quote [ The company has been synonymous with rock and roll since the 1950's with it's models - the most popular include the Les Paul, the SG, Firebird and several semi-acoustic lines - being used by virtually every iconic guitar hero from Chuck Berry and BB King to Jimmy Page and Eric Clapton, Duane Allman and Slash... ]

quote [ Today's essential guide to the daily shock and awe in national politics.
Curated by @matt_kiser ]

quote [ The Rape of Proserpina is a large marble sculptural group by Italian artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini, completed in 1622, when Bernini was only 23 years old.

It depicts the Abduction of Proserpina, where Proserpina is seized and taken to the underworld by the god Pluto. The artist said “I defeated marble and modeled it like wax” when he presented his work. ]

quote [ The suit quickly became a cause célèbre in the music industry, as it is the most high-profile copyright case to follow the estate of Marvin Gaye's victory over Robin Thicke in the "Blurred Lines" lawsuit last year. In that case, Thicke and Pharrell Williams were ordered to pay $7.4 million (later reduced to $5.3 million) to the Gayes after a jury ruled that the song infringed on the vibe of Gaye's "Got to Give It Up." ]

quote [ I recently heard Professor James J. Duane talk about the perils of talking to the police. He was accompanied by a former police officer. This is some of what he had to say in my continuing education program. ]

quote [ There seems to be no simple explanation of why North Sentinel Island was permitted to remain so isolated for so long. It has no natural harbors, and its surrounding abatis of uncharted coral reefs keeps out all but the most persistent or foolhardy seafarers.

The place never had much appeal, in other words, until it came into its own as a historical curiosity�the last place in the world where all the tragedy and farce of the Age of Discovery could still be played out, if on a miniature scale. ]

quote [ Keith Emerson, founding member and keyboardist of Emerson, Lake and Palmer and a prog rock legend, died Friday. He was 71.

While the cause of death was not announced, both his bandmate Carl Palmer and the trio's official Facebook confirmed Emerson's death. "We regret to announce that Keith Emerson died last night at his home in Santa Monica, aged 71. ]

quote [ One of the worst environmental disasters of the decade is currently underway in a quiet community 25 miles northwest of Los Angeles. Putrid, methane-rich natural gas has been spewing into the air at an estimated rate of nearly 1,300 metric tons per day for over two months. Experts are calling it the climate version of the BP oil spill, and the leak isn�t going to be contained anytime soon. ]