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The Cool Kids Bring Back ’80s Hip-Hop Sound and Have No Problem Signing Your High-top Sneakers
It didn't even feel like Manhattan; the Cool Kids concert at the Knitting Factory on Saturday felt like a Brooklyn show. The people in the audience ranged between ages 13-21, like they had been saving up their allowances just for these tickets.
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A Rush of Blood to the Head
A Rush of Blood to the Head - October 8, 2002 Coldplay's sophomore effort is nice, honest, but ultimately forgettable. Coldplay Ultimate Mix - June 10, 2008 Our definitive collection of the London band's music.
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Latinos Conquer Broadway With 'In the Heights'
NEW YORK -- With the news that the salsa-merengue-hip-hop musical "In the Heights" had garnered 13 Tony Award nominations, eclipsing most-likely-to-succeed musicals like "Young Frankenstein" and "South Pacific," a buzz has begun about shifting tastes on Broadway.
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Young talent to headline on Market Square
Durant Main Street announced Jill Brown Studios will be this week's featured group for Music on Market Square. Students of Jill Brown performing will include Madi Bill, Clarice Davidchik, Audrey Altnether and Bailey Abrantes.
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Music faculty plays from 19th century France, Spain
NEW PROVIDENCE -- At 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 26, violinist Mikhail Kuchuk and pianist Luba Vasilyeva will perform the music of France and Spain at the end of the 19th century.
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Hard, fast, loud
Derek Lyn Plastic couldn't care less what you think... By Chad Radford.Derek Lyn Plastic is an underdog in the Atlanta punk scene. He exists in a world that's entirely his own and catalogs his songs one self-released 7-inch at a time. The lumbering character slurs his words and moves as if he's suffering through a perpetual hangover. In person, his responses are slow and considered. And just ...
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HANNIBAL, Mo. -- It was a night neither Darla Brocksmith nor John Lewis will forget. Lewis, a dispatcher with Marion County 911, received a frantic call from Brocksmith on Feb. 19, saying her 3-month-old daughter Marlayni Jean had quit breathing.
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EMI settles lawsuit over Pioneer Immo XM radio
XM Radio has reached terms with EMI Music bringing to an end their lawsuit over XM’s Pioneer Inno player. The Pioneer Inno brought a rash of lawsuits from other record companies when it was introduced since they were not too excited about the player’s ability to record satellite radio content. XM had reached similar agreements [...]
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Alexander Chaudhry goes on a soundscape
Movie music matters... By Cameron Hubbard.Soundtracks can make a film. When done right, the result is magical, combining image, sound and emotion. Alexander Chaudhry, host of WRAS-FM's (88.5) soundtrack show, "Nitrate88" (Saturdays, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.), and film music connoisseur, shares his top five musical movie moments just in time for summer blockbusters. 1) "The End," Apocalypse Now: "The intro ...
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Dweezil Zappa & Various Artists
Zappa Plays Zappa DVD ... By James Kelly.Honor thy father. We've heard that before, and what better way than through an incredible music tribute? Frank Zappa died in 1993, and son Dweezil took 10 years to come to terms with the loss. Now fronting ZPZ on this amazing live performance DVD, he and his band supremely honor Frank's music. Joined by Zappa alumni Steve Vai, Terry Bozzio and the ...
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SanDisk looks to Wi-Fi music with MusicGremlin buy
SanDisk could be considering offering customers of its Wi-Fi enabled music players a method to download music directly to players, if its latest acquisition is any indication.
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Macy's Partners with Rolling Stone to Offer Magazine's Iconic Covers for Collectors' Edition Tees
Macy's (NYSE:M) and Rolling Stone magazine today announced the exclusive launch of a series of collectors' edition t-shirts featuring famous Rolling Stone covers to honor the legendary music magazine's strong cultural influence throughout its 40-year history. Now available at select Macy's and on macys.com, the collectors' edition shirts will feature a selection of individual covers from the ...
Centre Daily Times |
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Nancy Sinatra Lobbies for Radio to Pay Artists
'These Boots Are Made for Walkin'' singer Nancy Sinatra is testifying on Capitol Hill Wednesday in her effort to get radio to pay performers when their songs are played on the radio.
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Laptop Orchestra Makes (Sound) Waves
The innovative Princeton Laptop Orchestra is blurring the line between music and technology.
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School and Stars Aim to Raise $250,000
Each Saturday night at 7 p.m. in June, Timpview High School is sponsoring a Summer Concert Series, inviting bands like Jim Brickmann, Kalai, Jericho Road, Ryan Shupe and the Rubber Band and other local artists.
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Susie McMonagle
Mamma Mia! returns to the Fox... By David Lee Simmons.In March, Susie McMonagle joined a host of others in replacing the principal cast for the five-time Tony-nominated musical Mamma Mia!, which returns to the Fox Theatre on June 10-15 – just in advance of the movie version starring Meryl Streep that hits theaters July 18. McMonagle plays Donna, a Greek isle bar owner who mulls over the three ...
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The Adventures of Grandmaster Flash: My Life, My Beats by Grandmaster Flash
By David Lee Simmons.And I was plugged in. I had a natural sense of where the two records were spinning. At one point, "Assembly Line" fell off the beat for a split second and I dog-paddled the record backwards. Spin back! Then I punched it forward right on the break ... Punch phase! Zuka-Zuka! It sounds like a beat! But the drummer didn't play it, I did! And the rhythm was still on time! – ...
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Music: Dumpstaphunk
Wed., June 11... By David Lee Simmons.Second-generation Neville brother Ivan Neville has in record time made his DUMPSTAPHUNK outfit the premier funk band in New Orleans. The keyboardist, who often fills in for his uncle Art in the Neville Brothers, leads a stellar lineup featuring syncopation freak (and Dirty Dozen alum) Raymond Webber on drums and the stinging guitar licks of cousin Ian. The ...
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LIVE: Van City's Music Waste Fest Remains Outsider
Fourteen years ago, a couple of enterprising minds turned their noses up at what they saw as the overtly corporate, exclusionary nature of New Music West and decided to start up their own, homegrown music showcase.
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Special event: Underskatement Vol. 4
Thurs., June 12... By Chad Radford.The sort-of-annual UNDERSKATEMENT VOL. 4 film festival showcases several experimental shorts, documentaries, music videos and other films Thurs., JUNE 12, all of which are conceived, shot and directed by skateboarders. The festival places an emphasis not only on the art of skateboarding, but on the art of filmmaking as well, and the new dimensions of dangerous ...
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Music: Harvey Milk
Tues., June 17... By Chad Radford.HARVEY MILK has earned a reputation for being the heaviest band to ever come out of Athens. With its latest release, Life ... The Best Game in Town (Hydra Head), the group further hones the brittle art of crafting a sound so simultaneously fast and slow that it defies simple categorization as sludge or doom and gloom metal. Crushing and elegant minimalism is the ...
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Creative Designs International Secures License for Chart-Topping Latin Group, RBD for Dress-Up and Role Play Toys
Creative Designs International(TM) (CDI(TM)), a division of JAKKS Pacific, Inc. (Nasdaq:JAKK) has signed a North American licensing agreement with Televisa Consumer Products, the licensing and direct-to-consumer division of Televisa, to develop, distribute and market a new line of dress-up and role play toys based on the award-winning Mexican pop-rock music group, RBD.
Centre Daily Times |
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Congratulations to the winners of the Join Jeff At The Jamboree contest and thanks for entering
It’s time for Jeff Wittig, Amy Kydd and Shelley Becker to shine up their cowboy boots and grab their Stetsons because they’re going to the 2008 Craven Country Jamboree, courtesy of the Leader-Post .
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The Westin Verasa, Napa Prepares to Replenish the Spirit of Wine Country Travelers with September 18th Opening
The Westin Verasa, Napa is preparing to become the epitome of the Napa Valley lifestyle when it opens on September 18th, providing a haven for guests to replenish their spirit and revitalize their energy in one of the country's most idyllic destinations. The hotel will represent everything visitors enjoy about the Napa Valley -- food, wine, and lifestyle - infused with Westin signature services ...
Centre Daily Times |
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What's cooking? Newest 'American Idol' talks about his post-win plans
After a quick trip last week to his hometown of Blue Springs, Mo., "American Idol" winner David Cook is back in Los Angeles, where he started work this week on his first post-"Idol" album. He talked with us about that record, his hometown and other "Idol"-related issues. Q. What can you tell us about the record? A. It'll be a jazz calypso record. No, I'm lying. It'll be a rock record. The goal ...
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