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Summer Hits
Disturbed, a hard-rock band from Chicago, this week scored its third No. 1 on the Billboard album chart, according to Nielsen SoundScan.
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E-N writer Burr resigns amid ethics investigation
Probe began when man claimed he was music columnist’s ghostwriter.
San Antonio Express-News & KENS 5 |
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Events
Music.
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Giving a Modern African Twist to Those Rites of Spring
A version of ?Le Sacre du Printemps,? transported to modern Africa, that does little to illuminate Stravinsky?s treasured music.
New York Times |
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Hot five in music
1. "Lollipop," Lil Wayne feat. Static Major. Cash Money/Universal Motown
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Fusing Movement to Melody
The composer Georges Aperghis, whose ?Récitations? was performed on Tuesday night, fuses music with choreographed gestures and other theatrical elements.
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On a Highway, Looking for the Exit to Fame
?The Road Hammers? follows the members of the country band as they try to translate Canadian success into fame and fortune in Nashville.
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Photographs From ?No Wave: Post Punk?
The cover of the new book "No Wave: Post-Punk. Underground. New York. 1976-1980," a visual history by Thurston Moore, of the band Sonic Youth, and Byron Coley, a veteran rock critic.
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A Brief, Noisy Moment That Still Reverberates
As the new visual history ?No Wave: Post-Punk? shows, no wave was perhaps the strangest and shortest-lived moment in the history of experimental music in New York.
New York Times |
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Arts festival at a glance
The 49th annual Three Rivers Arts Festival runs through June 22 Downtown. The Duquesne Light Artists Market and indoor exhibits are open noon to 8 p.m. ...
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Profile
Renard was cut loose by his KGB controllers after he proved to be too dangerous and is considered the world's most dangerous terrorist by MI6 and other security organisations.
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Want To Get Into Jessica Simpson's Underwear?
Jessica Simpson is releasing her own line of lingerie. The singer – who will release her debut country album this summer – has already launched successful handbag, footwear, sunglass and swimsuit lines, and is hoping her Jessica Simpson's Intimates underwear will be a hit.
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Justin Timberlake 'wedgies' trouble
Justin Timberlake battled 'wedgies' while wearing skimpy swimwear for his new movie. The musician-and-actor, who stars alongside Mike Myers in 'The Love Guru', felt confident in the tight trunks but found it tough when they became wedged between his buttocks.
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The Wombats reveal new material
The Wombats spoke to Xfm at Beach Break Student Festival to talk about their upcoming new material.
Undercover |
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More blues from Chicago
A look at more of the talent at the Chicago Blues Festival.
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |
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Band plays the big time
Marc Ramirez has been air-drumming for years. "I would drum with pens, pencils and wooden spoons," the seventh-grade Livingston School student said. Three years ago, Marc, 12, of New Brunswick got a chance to play the real drums in the school band.
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Strawberry festival coming to Mashantucket Pequot museum
A midday festival celebrating the season’s first berry will be held Friday at the Mashantucket Pequot Museum and Research Center.
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Big Rock thanks Styron
MOREHEAD CITY - The Big Rock Blue Marlin Tournament owes its name and much more to the late Warren "Bump" Styron of Morehead City. Styron, who owned the Morehead City Yacht Basin during the tournament's formative years, gave the fishing event a headquarters.
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What Happened To Blink
Start The Machine is a new, revealing documentary by singer Tom DeLonge that addresses the breakup of his twenty times platinum band Blink-182 and the events that lead to a rock-n-roll movement of hope and the formation of Angels And Airwaves.
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Datebook
THURS., JUNE 12 Around The World Irma Kackert, world traveler and writer, presents slide show on India, 1:30 p.m., Goebel Senior Adult Center, 1385 E. Janss Road, Thousand Oaks. (805) 381-2744. Popular Music Lecture Friends of Platt Library hosts James Domine, music director of San Fernando Valley Symphony Orchestra, 7 p.m.
The Acorn |
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Musical Dimebag For Sale
Lionsgate Pictures and "Weeds" are proud to announce the digital only release of Little Boxes Dimebag 1 on June 17, 2008.
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Meeting an old friend at the Bend
Live! On Stage! Review by Mary Alderson Summer’s officially arrived with the season opener at Grand Bend’s Huron Country Playhouse. It’s like meeting an old friend back at the ‘Bend – the Playhouse has dusted off the cobwebs, and sure enough, over 600 of your good friends are there.
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Sheriff's Blotter
Agoura Hills Authorities arrested two men on charges of gun possession on May 28. The arrest occurred after residents in the Grey Rock and Kimberly Drive area reported seeing the men acting suspiciously as they drove through streets checking on parked vehicles.
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Valley fans flock to see Carrie
Country music star Carrie Underwood performs before a packed crowd Wednesday night at the Chevrolet Centre in Youngstown. The singer, who is ''American Idol'' winner, also recorded the fastest sell-out in Chevy Centre history. A catwalk that stretched about 30 rows out onto the floor let Underwood get up close with many of the 6,000 fans.
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Campaign follows the music to young voters at Pearl Jam concert
Effort to register young voters starts at Pearl Jam concert James Belisle of Lake Worth says there isn't any particular reason why he hadn't registered to vote until Wednesday night.
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