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"High School Musical" reality show to hit LI beaches
You may have heard about the next surefire-way-to-exploit-"High School Musical" reality show coming up next month on ABC.
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iTunes' Complete My Album increasing album sales
Album sales have depended on single releases to generate interest for years, but thanks to the iTunes Store's Complete My Album feature has bolstered album sales. Musicians are releasing multiple tracks via Complete My Album and realizing full album sales at impressive rates, according to Reuters. Complete My Album allows customers to turn their i...
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Nokia Signs Warner To Music Deal
The world's top cellphone maker Nokia signed a deal with Warner Music Group to make Warner titles available through its "Comes With Music" service and Nokia music store.
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"Mario Kart Wii"
The reason is that people simply don't have long attention spans anymore - if you've been exposed to endless youtube clips, itunes and music television, your entertainment is delivered in bitesize chunks and for some reason, this leads to boredom setting in very quickly.
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view AKSHAY KUMAR picture gallery
Time for some Action... However this time around it gets groovy on the upcoming action reality based show Fear Factor- IDEA Khatron Ke Khiladi as Akshay Kumar along with 13 dancing beauties brimming with energy, all vibing to the pulsating music created especially for the show.
Glamsham.com |
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Little House on the Prairie Musical Breaks Guthrie Box Office Record
Tickets for the Guthrie world premiere of Little House on the Prairie, the new musical based on the series of books of the same name, went on sale June 27.
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Daihachi Oguchi Ambassador of Japan's Taiko Drums to America
Daihachi Oguchi, the Japanese master drummer who led the spread of the art of “taiko" drumming to the U.S. and throughout Japan, has died after being hit by a car in Tokyo, an official at his ensemble said. He was 84.
All About Jazz |
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Area fireworks displays
Independence Eve Celebration of Freedom -- Thursday at Henderson. Events include music, concessions, contests, tournaments and drawings.
Baxter Bulletin |
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Kidman chooses birth music
Nicole Kidman has chosen a selection of her favourite songs for when she gives birth.
News 24 South Africa |
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Music Review: Willie "The Lion" Smith & Don Ewell Stride Piano Duets: Live In Toronto 1966
It's loud, raw, and not very sophisticated, yet full of an energy. It always comes as a bit of surprise to be reminded that Toronto, Canada, in the 1950's and 1960's had a small but thriving music scene. With the intimate concert facility, Massy Hall as the focal point, three or four clubs in the downtown core hosted everything from jazz and blues to rock and roll. The Silver Rail, The Colonial ...
Blogcritics.org |
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Mississauga invades Toronto Fringe Fest
Mississauga will be well-represented when the delightfully weird and wacky Toronto Fringe Festival gets underway later this week. The festival, running July 2-13 at various locations and theatres in Toronto, will feature six shows starring, written or performed by troupes and artists from the city.
Mississauga News |
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Director Donald Birely has gathered a large and talented cast for
Victor/Victoria, the stage adaptation of Blake Edwards’ film and first musical of the 24th season of Musicals Under the Stars at Richter Park in Danbury.
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Winehouse leaves London clinic
Troubled British singer Amy Winehouse has left The London Clinic where she was undergoing treatment for the early stages of emphysema.The 24-year-old recording artist left the clinic to perform at a concert celebrating Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday and to sing at the Glastonbury music festival during the weekend.The Daily Telegraph said she returned to the clinic by helicopter after her ...
Moldova.org |
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Alkaline Trio
What? Over the last decade, Chicago's death-obsessed emo outfit Alkaline Trio have progressed from a youthful, angst-powered outfit churning gruff-throated shouters to a slightly -- dare we say! -- matured act embodying a slicker songwriting methodology and sound. And the band's latest effort, Agony & Irony , out today (July 1), marks their debut on Epic Records and finds the Trio ...
Spin |
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Warner joins Nokia's music download service
Nokia users will be able to access millions of tracks from at Nokia's music stores or through the company's “Comes With Music” program, expected to be launched later this year.
Crain's New York Business |
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Prison yes, but not life
A Dutch organisation gives child prisoners all over the world the chance to draw and write poems and stories. Recently, a book was launched with drawings, photos and interviews with some of the children.
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Angel Tavira, one-handed Mexican folk violinist, dies at 84
Angel Tavira, a one-handed violinist who dedicated his life to Mexican folk music and won a Cannes Film Festival award for his first movie...
Seattle Times |
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Paris haute couture week: Chanel
The Chanel suit stepped into a world of ecclesiastical fantasy at the Paris haute couture season here today. The models paraded around a circular arena in the Grand Palais, dominated by a vast steel sculpture of organ pipes.
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Churchill's Pub owner talking about retiring
Churchill's: The pub. It's an institution, not only by Miami standards for having been around 29 years but by any standard as a memorable place of British music, avant-garde events and all-around punk joint. In an homage to the famed former British prime minister, the tavern proudly displays a huge painting of Sir Winston's face on its storefront.
Miami Herald |
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AMK is Lego-Like Digital Instrument For Your Kids, Ear-Ache For You [Music]
The AMK (that's Alle Meine Klänge) looks something like the bastard offspring of Lego and a Guitar-Hero controller, with a few extra digital sprinklings thrown in. The idea is that its different...
Gizmodo |
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Noa Lazarus scores 'Watchmen: The Motion Comics'
On his personal website, composer Noa Lazarus reveals that he's begun scoring the ' Watchmen ' webisodes.
Comics2Film |
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Nations' cultures festival planned
Iran - Nations Cultures - Festival Third Festival of Nations' Cultures will be held in Sharif University of Technology with the participation of students from 24 countries from August 8-10.
Islamic Republic News Agency |
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AuDNet, Inc.'s Audiologist Locator Number Is Music to Consumers' Ears
AuDNet, Inc., America's network of licensed audiologists, is taking a nod from successful consumer friendly campaigns like 1-800-Dentist to make finding a hearing professional as easy as finding any other health care provider. With their recently launched 1-877-NowiHear toll free number, individuals are directed to an audiologist who is a member of the highly regarded network in the appropriate ...
Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance |
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South Africa: Celebrating Mandela at 90
The legendary Hyde Park, London, was a beehive on Friday, June 27, 2008, when world renowned musicians led by Will Smith, gathered at a concert in honour of a legend, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and former President of South Africa, Dr. Nelson Mandela, who turned 90 on July 18.
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Tavira, one-handed violinist, dies at 84
Angel Tavira, a one-handed violinist who dedicated his life to Mexican folk music and won a Cannes Film Festival award for his first movie at age 82, has died. He was 84. Tavira died of kidney problems Monday in a Mexico City hospital, said Eugenia Montiel, a spokeswoman for Camara Carnal Films, the company that co-produced Tavira's 2005 film "The Violin." Tavira was born on July 3, 1924, ...
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