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Last.fm Re-Design Goes Live, With New Lick of Paint (Literally)
Today online music service last.fm released the new design they've been working on since May. At first glance it looks quite different to the Facebook-like UI that we saw in the beta in June. However as we noted in our review of the beta last month , the beta UI was much criticized - so the fresh lick of paint is probably due to that user feedback (and, as you can see in the screenshot ...
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Mike Ragogna: Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow
When it was announced that 600 Starbucks outlets were closing, the music business shared the hit: less stores, less counter and display space, less product, less revenue.
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Local Man Shares Russian Culture With the World
Ask people in Reno what a Balalaika is and their answers will vary: "sounds like a boat," "sounds like a ballet." It's actually a Russian folk instrument used to create that distinctive Russian sound.
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Strippers & Hustlers Ball Announces Huge Talent Lineup
What do you get when you combine America's hottest DJs spinning incredible House music on opening night, smoking-hot live rock and metal performances on the second night, a massive nationwide stripper competition where strippers from Hustler, Déjà vu, and other top chains compete for over $20,000 in cash and prizes both nights, plus a few of America's hottest burlesque artists, the world's ...
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'Glorious Sounds at Music Workshop'
For the first time, the group will be assisted by two tutors from the United States - Professor of Music Dr. William J. Mc Neiland and Kwami Barnett music major, both of Lee University in Tennessee.
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Stand against fear
July 17, 2008 07:04 PM - Dear Editor: A high school student, a close friend of mine, stood at the bus stop, listening to music. A couple of young men approached him, and forcefully robbed him of his brand-new music player. My friend followed them and asked them to return his music player.
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CORRECTING and REPLACING DMI Music & Media Solutions Names Music Veteran Paul Murphy as VP of Strategic Marketing & ...
PASADENA, Calif.----Please replace the release dated July 16, 2008, with the following corrected version due to multiple revisions.
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Cleaning up all those Madonna and A-Rod rumors
• Given the fact Madonna never has a problem selling tickets to her concerts -- for big bucks -- claims that the supposed A-Rod affair was "a publicity stunt" can't be believed. "Madonna just laughed out loud -- and so did the rest of us -- when we read that," said a real Madonna insider.
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The Proms: Top ten concerts
Prom 2 Nigel Kennedy plays the Elgar Violin Concerto; Andrew Kennedy (no relation) sings Finzi's Intimations of Immortality. The late-night Prom has the Nigel Kennedy Quintet from Krakow – top-notch jazz with a powerful Polish accent.
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The Proms: Who's who of the TV presenters
Charles Hazlewood Spiky-haired and flamboyant-shirted, Hazlewood is principal guest conductor of the BBC Concert Orchestra and a regular presenter of The Culture Show as well as on BBC Radio 3. Tries endearingly hard to conceal his public-school origins behind self-conscious cool, but knows his music and has gathered a fond following.
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Streaming Music Site Last.fm Gets Major Facelift
Streaming music site Last.fm on Thursday launched new features and underwent a massive facelift.
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BBC Proms: Everything you wanted to know (but were afraid to ask)
If you want a musical night to remember in London between now and mid-September, look no further: the BBC Promenade Concerts kick off tonight. The annual musical jamboree is in its 114th year; if you've never been before, now is the perfect time to try.
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Star line-up for musical concerts at Carnival
TOOWOOMBA'S Carnival of Flowers will have a spectacular musical line-up this year led by renowned rocker Diesel, country stars The McClymonts and Joe Camilleri and The Black Sorrows.
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Customer Service
VICTORIA - Indie sensation Leslie Feist and music star Sarah McLachlan will be among the artists celebrating British Columbia's 150th birthday at a free outdoor music festival next month.
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T in the Park keeps Blacks out of the red as sales rise
RISING costs of overseas holidays and the popularity of music festivals have boosted fortunes for outdoor retailer Blacks.
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Trailer Thrash will test their metal
A scary new metal group is ready to terrorize the Earth, starting with McDowell County. And my ears are still ringing. Check out a a video of Trailer Thrash! Click here! Trailer Thrash is four local boys from Dysartsville. Three of them are still in high school and one graduated this spring. Despite their relative youth, the boys form a tight, organized and determined thrash machine. The band ...
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Middlebury Festival Celebrates a Milestone
Middlebury's Festival on the Green is thirty years old.
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Elisa Bray: Caught In The Net
It's the third time you skip a track on your iPod that you realise it's time to update your playlist. Last.fm has solved that problem – but only if you have the iPhone or iTouch. The social networking site has launched an application for the coveted gadgets so that music fans can listen to its vast catalogue of more than five million tracks, for free, while on the move.
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Barenaked Ladies Bow Out of Disney Music Block Party
VANCOUVER, British Columbia----Barenaked Ladies Manager Terry McBride announced today that the music group has chosen to cancel its appearances at the Disney Music Block Party planned for late August in Long Island.
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The 7in. revival - fans get back in the groove
As CD sales drop worldwide and download sales rise, a much older format is thriving. Vinyl has stood the test of time. With the advent of guitar bands in the charts in recent years, led by Arctic Monkeys, the White Stripes, The Killers and The Libertines, the 7in found its popularity soar once again and vinyl sales have been on the up ever since.
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Sound bytes
Get to know some of the artistes who performed at the Rainforest World Music Festival 2008.
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Music in Motion tour to benefit 2 causes
NEW ORLEANS -- A refurbished 1927 train car departed New Orleans Thursday on a trip aimed at benefiting St. Bernard Parish and Preservation Hall in the city's French Quarter.
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Down memory lane
Audiences at the Imbauan concert will get to enjoy golden oldies with new arrangement.
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A study in harmony
The Rainforest World Music Festival 2008 proved once again that if you were looking for good music, this is where you would find it. The learning experience was a bonus.
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Pavel Haas Quartet, St Andrew Holborn Church, London Counterpoise, Charterhouse, London
Schoenberg and co begat Boulez and co, but where were the successors to Bartok and Janacek? Incinerated in Auschwitz in 1944: Hans Krasa, Viktor Ullmann and Pavel Haas were the pre-eminent voices of Czech music in the Twenties and Thirties, and their disappearance left a gaping void in musical history.
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