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Please welcome to the Lollapalooza stage ... Barack Obama?!
National politics and Chicago music are getting friendly in August, here and in Denver.
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A teacher who honored his own
Time management must be James David Christie's other talent. He teaches organ at two colleges that are hardly neighbors: Oberlin in Ohio and Holy Cross in Massachusetts. He leads a Baroque ensemble in Boston and plays with other ensembles in the city, including the Boston Symphony. Somehow, when he isn't sitting in airplanes, rehearsals or lessons, he find time to practice for recitals of his ...
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Blue Note Records Presents Joe Lovano's "Symphonica"
The saxophone maestro Joe Lovano has enjoyed a stellar career recording for Blue Note Records, launching into new territory with different sized ensembles from album to album while rarely retreading the steps of his past musical adventures.
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Arts around the Mid-coast; July 17, 2008
Jazz weekend BOOTHBAY HARBOR — The Queen City Big Band begins the Lincoln Arts Festival's Jazz Weekend with a Friday performance at the Opera House at Boothbay Harbor starting at 8 p.m.
The Times Record |
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Actress Mena Suvari is engaged
Music producer Simone Sestito - who met 'American Beauty' star Mena last year at the Toronto International Film Festival - proposed to his29-year-old girlfriend during a romantic holiday in Jamaica.
The Arizona Republic |
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Review: Aqua Forest for iPhone
Aqua Forest’s non-violent gameplay, gentle sound effects and new-age style music and sandbox mode make for a compelling and unique iPhone and iPod touch experience despite a few quirks.
Macworld |
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Jam Band Fest Traffic Stops Yield Big Drug Haul
Police in western Maryland say they confiscated six pounds of marijuana and psilocybin mushrooms from vehicles traveling to and from the annual All Good music festival in nearby Masontown, W.Va., last weekend.
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McDonald's robber now promoting Big Mac in contest
Tamien Bain was arrested on Memorial Day 1994 for the holdup. He served 12 years in prison, where he became interested in making music.
The Arizona Republic |
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Set sail with ‘Hot Nights, Cool Tunes’
Downtown Brenham will feature a Caribbean music flavor Saturday as the “Hot Nights, Cool Tunes” concert series continues its wildly popular run with Hanna’s Reef.
Brenham Banner-Press |
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‘Cats Invite Fido to Join Fans
New Britain, CT - On the heels of last night's 2008 Eastern League All-Star game - at which New Britain's Luke Hughes was named MVP, while his Rock Cats teammate and bullpen ace, Ben Julianel, recorded the Save in the North Division's 5-3 victory - the New Britain club is about to return to baseball action as they approach the 2008 Season's stretch run.
OurSports Central |
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The Rant
"We've lost our way." I use this phrase a lot when I talk about national politics. But I'm using it now regarding the Robert Plant and Alison Krauss show on Mud Island last week. I'm a recording engineer and former rock-star wannabe.
The Memphis Flyer |
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Superstar Parton Jumps Onto Broadway Bandwagon for 9 to 5: The Musical
Dolly Parton, the internationally acclaimed country singer and songwriter whose songs have crossed genres, confessed that she's not an expert in the history of Broadway musicals. But that didn't stop the Tennessee-born legend from jumping — with both boots — into writing the score of 9 to 5: The Musical.
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Big Band to swing on Henderson riverfront Friday
If you’re feeling in a nostalgic mood or simply of the mind for a little swing, Friday night's your night at Downtown Henderson Project’s Summer Concert Series. The featured group is the Indianapolis Jazz Orchestra.
The Gleaner |
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Blacks profits are pegged back
Blacks Leisure, the outdoor retailer that traces its history back to the glory days of shipping on the River Clyde, yesterday said sales of tents and other camping gear boomed last month because more holidaymakers had opted to stay in the UK and festival-goes made essential purchases.
The Herald |
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All Girl Summer Fun Band Return With Third Album
While the Pop Group may have "one of the most misleading band names in rock history," All Girl Summer Fun Band is pretty much the most spot-on name for a thing since, well, people began giving names to things. A band (check!) comprised entirely of females (check!) that has unflaggingly crafted over two albums' worth of carefree, summery (check!) music about such fun (check!) topics as ...
Pitchfork |
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Wireless Speaker System for Mac and PC Sports IPod Dock
Digital Signature has introduced its Mint 220 Digital Music Station for the Mac and PC. The speakers feature wireless...
PC World |
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Boney Fields, Funky Nad bring chorus of American blues to Beirut
A strip of sidewalk on Gouraud Street in Gemmayzeh has been a bit chaotic all week. Stacks of construction materials and men nervously dragging on cigarettes have been commonplace, right up to show time. The scene might have been a bad omen for "what's to come." It wasn't. "What's to come" was an evening of blues emceed by comedian Adel Karam.
The Daily Star Lebannon |
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Nokia 6205- Dark Knight Edition Review
Nokia's 6205 isn't going to wow the technophiles of the world but it's a sleek little phone with reasonable call quality as well as a decent camera and touch control music capability on the front of the phone.
UGO - UnderGroundOnline |
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Local calendar, July 17
TONIGHT LifeHouse Theater's musical adaptation of "Treasure Island," 2:15 p.m. at the theater at 1135 N. Church St., Redlands. Performances continue at 7:30 p.m. Friday, July 18, at 2:15 and 7:30 p.m. Saturday, July 19, and at 2:15 p.m. Sunday, July 20. Advance tickets are $12 and $17 for adults, $6 and $9 for children 3 to 11 (no children younger than 3 admitted). Tickets are $1 more the day ...
Redlands Daily Facts |
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One-man variety show brings Hope
Musician and comedian brings his one-man variety show to Gilbert.
The Arizona Republic |
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Get Uncorked: Take a sip if you don't want to take a bite (or if you do)
Kirkland Uncorked will offer a lot of wine, art, and music this weekend
Seattle Post-Intelligencer |
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TDOT could bail out Music City Star commuter train
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The state Transportation Department will give Nashville's commuter train $1 million to help keep the struggling Music City Star running, if it agrees to turn over management to the city bus system.
Daily News Journal |
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Cargo Tradeshow Debuts in New York City July 21 and 22, 2008
Cargo is a new truly independent alternative tradeshow launching next week in New York City. Catering to the boutique retailer a handful of progressive fashion brands will privately exhibit in a relaxing lounge atmosphere. The brands range from fresh alternative start-ups to the established collections. The intimate lounge setting will include drinks, music and a receptive platform for media, ...
PRWeb via Yahoo! News |
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REVIEW Post Traumatic Stress: Aditya Assarat's "Wonderful Town"
In many ways, the debut feature from Bangkok-born, American-educated Aditya Assarat , " Wonderful Town ," has all the hallmarks of a workshopped Sundance indie: an eminently tasteful romance between two ingratiatingly sweet people burgeoning against a backdrop of recent tragedy, buoyed by delicate guitar score, bracketed by self-consciously lovely landscape shots.
indieWIRE |
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Concert preview: Marie Digby takes music career in hand, online
On "Miss Invisible," the autobiographical song that got Marié (pronounced Ma-re-AY) Digby her major-label record deal when it won the Pantene Pro-Voice Music Competition in 2004, the 25-year-old singer-songwriter relates the feelings of that friendless girl in school who just seems to haunt the halls:
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