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Make Your Backyard "Staycation" Central!
With high gas prices and skyrocketing airfares, more and more families are staying close to or at home this summer. If you do, you'll want to make your backyard a vacation destination, and BehindTheBuy.com's David Gregg tells how you can!
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Five reasons to get out and see Chad Mackey on Fourth of July
Chad Mackey has been playing in the area for several years, doing small gigs at local venues. He's had his share of playing in boy bands, did the solo thing for a while and is back with a more traditional rock group.
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LOCAL NEWS BRIEFS
Adrian: Weekly most wanted… Tecumseh: Army band concert… Hudson: Road projects OK’d… Onsted: Budget approved…
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No home-made music for Rock Band 2 News by
Harmonix co-founder Alex Rigopulos has said that you won't be able to make your own music in Rock Band 2. This is a key feature in rival game Guitar Hero World Tour, but Rigopulos said it was the sort of mechanic Harmonix would rather take time over than rush.
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Drive-By Truckers weather storm with burst of musical creativity
Tired from constant touring and suffering from the departure of guitarist Jason Isbell, the Truckers desperately needed to press on the brakes or at...
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News Stories
NORWICH – Volunteer referee numbers for the upcoming Gus Macker basketball tournament are at an all-time low, organizers say. Less than two weeks away, the three-on-three tou...
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KYLIE MINOGUE: A POP ICON IN PICTURES
She’s already the princess of pop, but now Kylie has officially received the royal seal of approval! Ms Minogue has joined the great and the good at Buckingham Palace to receive her OBE from Prince Charles for a lifetime of music making.
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The gift of world-class music
Representatives of the National Symphony Orchestra accepted the invitation to make Arkansas their temporary home Wednesday afternoon at a conference on the University of Central Arkansas campus.
The Log Cabin Democrat |
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Northern Lights goes green
Raising a green cup to Greenville, here’s to a greener Northern Lights festival. Sure, a reusable festival cup is one small step, but hey, it could make a difference in the long run. “This is our initiative. It will be reusable for coffee, water, pop and for other [...]
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What to do? Gary Graff's weekend top-five list
HOT TIME IN THE CITY The Comerica Cityfest continues throughout the holiday weekend with an abundance of food and music along with crafts, Punk Fitness athletics, Model T rides, Satori Circus' "Childproof," the Motor City Am Jam extreme sports exhibition and a healthy dose of children's activities, including Radio Disney karaoke -- which we promise is no Mickey Mouse endeavor.
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Kylie Minogue honoured at Buckingham Palace
LONDON — Britain has honoured Australian singer Kylie Minogue for her services to music. The 40-year-old pop star received an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, or OBE, from Prince Charles during a ceremony Thursday at Buckingham Palace in London.
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Young performer makes most of festival exposure
Northern Ontario musician Tina Roy will be bringing her "bittersweet" folk music to the Northern Lights Festival Boreal this weekend. The 21-year-old has released two EPs and plans to record a full-length album in the next year. How would you classify your musical style? Roy:It's very [...]
The Sudbury Star |
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Salman Rushdie's in an L.A. Frame of Mind
The novelist Salman Rushdie was sitting in a bustling West Hollywood cafe, sipping an iced coffee and discussing the strange fad for surf music in 1960s England -- "a country," he noted, "where there's not much surf" -- and his days renting a room above a hip Chelsea boutique during the Summer of Love. As he was making a point about the epic beauty of the Cornwall coast, an excited, mostly bald ...
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Theatre Dedication
The dedication of the Grant County Library Performing Arts Center theater has arrived. At 3 p.m. today, the theater will be dedicated and named for the late Eugene K. Harr.
Cumberland Times-News |
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An Olympic dream
The Springfield resident wakes up at 4 a.m. every day and is at the rink by 7 a.m. She practices seven hours a day then heads home to work out. After that, she finishes her schoolwork and has maybe two hours left at the end of the day. She has not seen many of her friends in over four years. Since she began skating seven years ago, she has travelled all over the country to compete and has ...
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Becker, Price, McDonald, Adams to Join Lewis for Music Circus Gypsy ; Season Casting Updated
Additional casting has been announced for the 2008 Music Circus season at the Wells Fargo Pavilion in Sacramento, CA.
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‘Wonderful world’ to be unveiled at parade
ULVERSTON is readying itself for a festival of delights this weekend. The annual carnival day takes place on Saturday with a packed parade and colourful programme of events promised.
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Round Out The Weekend At BCS
The Bluemont Concert Series continues its season of diverse regional acts with a performance by the Knicely American Combo at 7 p.m., Sunday, July 6.
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33RD ANNUAL DUNDALK HERITAGE FAIR
A diverse collection of musical acts is set to rock the 33rd Heritage Fair this weekend in a celebration of our nation’s independence. See the full Heritage Fair music and special events schedule at dundalkheritagefair.com .
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EXPECT NEW LOOKS AT FESTIVAL
If longtime Heritage Fairgoers find themselves a bit out of sorts after walking through the entrance this weekend, well, that’s the response fair organizers want.
Dundalk Eagle |
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Southern Africa: Nelson and Bob - a Tale of Two Old Men
Last week just as Zimbabwe was going through the sham process of run-off election to choose a president, a concert was being organized to commemorate Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday in London's Hyde Park.
AllAfrica.com |
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SeeqPod Launches PodLists
The music search engine SeeqPod has just announced a new service for music fans: "PodLists." Because of the massive amount of playable search results available on the SeeqPod service - 12 million at the moment and ever-growing - it can be difficult to find music that you like. Sites like Last.fm rely on social recommendations to help you find new artists, but SeeqPod's take is a bit ...
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Toronto firm selected to re-design concert hall
DENVER (AP) - A Toronto-based architectural firm will lead the redesign of Denver's Boettcher (BETCH'-ur) Concert Hall. The Colorado Symphony Orchestra selected Diamond and Schmitt Architects on Tuesday from a field of 6 candidates that were bidding for the $90-million project.
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Freeport woman survives 'America's Got Talent' audition
And now there are three. Local singer-songwriter Jessica Price, of Freeport, made it through the audition round of NBC's top-rated reality TV show "America's Got Talent," which aired Tuesday night.
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LONDON - Britain has honoured Australian singer Kylie Minogue for her services to music. The 40-year-old pop star received an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, or OBE, from Prince Charles during a ceremony Thursday at Buckingham Palace in London.
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