United Airlines did him wrong, so he wrote a song (or three)!

Post Updated on the 3rd March 2010 to cover the entire trilogy of Songa/Videos:

When United Airlines Loading Staff broke singer/songwriter Dave Carroll's $3,500 Taylor Guitar by throwing it about (along with the bands other instruments), he started what should have been a simple compensation claim, which ended NINE MONTHS later with United Airlines final refusal to pay compensation, So in his very last email to United Airlines he said he would write and produce three songs about his experience with United Airlines and make videos for each to be viewed online by anyone in the world.

This is the first of these videos - United Breaks Guitars :

The sorry tale in both short and long forms is here: United Breaks Guitars
There is also a video statement from Dave Carroll

Here is the Second Video: United Breaks Guitars Song 2:

For more information on the making of United Breaks Guitars: Song 2 on Dave Carroll's Site.

The third and final Song/Video was released on the 2nd March 2010 and here it is:

United Breaks Guitars Song 3 - "United We Stand" on the Right Side of Right

UK facing 'energy crunch' as North Sea oil and gas cash dries up

Not my headline but one from an Article with same title by Rowena Mason in the Daily Telegraph on Wednesday the 8th Jul 2009, which can be viewed here:
UK facing 'energy crunch' as North Sea oil and gas cash dries up.

I found this article both interesting (and recommend that visitors take the time to read it) and at the same time ironic as Mark Jago's article in this blog on the 5th January 2009 covered this in some detail:
Banks Risk Scottish North Sea Oil industry and Britain's Energy Future

Mark's article despite being six months old remains as valid as when it was written.

Included with Rowena Mason's article, but separate from it, is a Telegraph TV item with Robert Miller interviewing Liam Hallingan Chief Economist at Prosperity Capital Management and writer of the Economics Agenda Column is the Sunday Telegraph. Whilst this takes a broader view of the Global Situation the Video (republished below) is well worth watching!

The Idle Man

Darling I shrunk the Economy

I apologise if this infringes copyright, but when I received it in an email, it brought a wry smile and I had to share.