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December 31st, 2009
A near-Irishman salutes Frank McCourt (1930-2009)
Also check out the latest Busted Halo Cast about Frank McCourt.
Deanna, my ex-girlfriend, grew up in Boston. Recalling her early home life, she ...
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December 31st, 2009
(1975 - 2009)
Hallett during better timesI love a good rags-to-riches story. A vampire spin-off is not the usual definition of riches, ...
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December 31st, 2009
(1952 - 2009)
There are some famous people that seem so kind and so genuine that I am glad they are somewhere in the world. I don't need ...
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December 31st, 2009
(1949 - 2009)
It is impossible to create and not expose yourself. In fiction, music or memoir, there is the beating heart of the writer's own life experiences ...
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December 31st, 2009
(1923 - 2009)
During that third week of June when we lost King of Pop and the Queen of Pinup on the same day, it was easy for ...
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December 31st, 2009
Recollections of mass and Sunday brunch with the professional wrestling legend
"Captain" Lou Albano (1933-2009) — professional wrestling legend and star of Cyndi Lauper videos — was what my grandmother called "a nice Italian boy." Never ...
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December 31st, 2009
(1986-2009)
It was just the beginning of the season... the April dew still lingered on the short blades of grass, the electricity and excitement for a ...
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December 31st, 2009
(1958 –2009)
While music fans often cling to memories of their first concert experience, I vividly remember the very first music video I watched — Michael Jackson's ...
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December 31st, 2009
1932-2009
I read John Updike's Rabbit series when I was 22, living with nuns in the North Bronx. Perhaps needless to say, I had a lot ...
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December 31st, 2009
(1973–2009)
After collaborating with numerous musicians and dabbling in acting, ...
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December 20th, 2009
Spiritual Seekers Adventure (on a Budget)
BUSTED HALO® SPIRITUAL SEEKERS ADVENTURE 2010
Last year we had an enormous response to the Spiritual Seekers Adventure trips we were offering to the Camino in Spain as well as our arts & culture trip ...
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December 14th, 2009
A Holiday message from the Busted Halo staff
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December 9th, 2009
Audio interview from the Busted Halo Show w/ Fr. Dave Dwyer
Father Dave talks with the incredibly talented author, Anne Rice! One of America's most read and celebrated authors, Anne Rice is known for weaving the ...
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November 19th, 2009
Professor James Fisher, author of On the Irish Waterfront
With a shock of sandy blonde hair that perpetually seems to be on the verge of revolt and a conversation style that is best described ...
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November 13th, 2009
The Sound of Music at 50
For Christmas one year, when I was in high school, my grandpa gave me the video of The Sound of Music. I was thrilled: my ...
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October 27th, 2009
A conversation on celebrity, race, pedophilia and the Church sex abuse scandal
The sudden death of Michael Jackson this past summer took the world by surprise and led to spontaneous fan tributes around the globe and countless ...
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October 21st, 2009
Artists in a provocative new show at a Catholic church discuss art, God and religion
Throughout the side chapels and the interior of St. Paul the Apostle Church in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of Manhattan, the historically significant artwork on ...
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October 20th, 2009
LeBron James' childhood coach and mentor discusses family, faith and why basketball is truly More Than a Game
In the white-hot glare of worldwide celebrity there are no shadows, there are only outsized figures of triumph or scorn. They are presented to us ...
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September 11th, 2009
The legendary artist who influenced generations of musicians talks about God and country (music)
One of country music's great survivors, Charlie Louvin has a career that reads like a Southern gothic novel. He grew up singing sacred ...
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August 20th, 2009
Finding the right fit isn't always easy
Often it’s the things that don’t turn out the way we’d planned that teach us the most about ourselves and what’s important. A ...
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