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Bike Nite supports kids
A new motorcycle customizing and repair business is teaming up with a regional social service agency to help steer youths on the road to success. Legendary Choppers has chosen the Reach Out Centre for Kids (ROCK) as its charity for its ROCK'n Bike Nite events.
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Music man commissioner
Patients as partners in healthcare We need to understand that the road to recovery is a synergy between the physician and the patient; what the patient brings to the table is as important as the doctor’s prognosis.
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Renaissance Festival re-creates Donneybrooke
The Central Coast Renaissance Festival will return for its 24th year Saturday and Sunday in El Chorro Regional Park, located across Highway 1 from Cuesta College north of San Luis Obispo.
Arroyo Grande Times Press Recorder |
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Arts & Entertainment Calendar
n Harry’s Night Club and Beach Bar, 690 Cypress St., Pismo Beach, hosts live music Friday and Saturday from 9 p.m. to 2 a.m. This weekend, the headliner band will be L.A.’s Souled Out. Cost is $5 at the door.
Arroyo Grande Times Press Recorder |
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Out and About this weekend: More fairs than you can shake a stick at
Throw a stick anywhere in the Seacoast and you'll find something cool to do this weekend. Folk Festival, Bow Street Fair, American Independence Festival, Kids' Night on the Street ... the list keeps going....
Portsmouth Herald |
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Pop, folk rock, Dixieland on tap: Mudskippers, Boomerang to play in Arroyo Grande Village
An eclectic mix of pop, folk rock and Dixieland jazz will be served up Sunday, July 27, as part of the third annual Village Summer Concert Series.
Arroyo Grande Times Press Recorder |
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'Singing Bee' makes 3 millionaires
ABS-CBN singing game show "The Singing Bee" has turned three music lovers millionaires since it took-off last April. The show has made actress-singer Aiza Seguerra as its biggest winner brining home a whopping P2.08 million cash prize in the game show's first ever back-to-back win.
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Billboard.com -- Without A Label, BLK JKS Cuts Big Deals
Fast-rising South African rock band BLK JKS clearly knows how to make interesting music that channels the Mars Volta and more traditional sounds in equal measure.
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Main Menu
AOL has announced that the latest update to their popular WinAmp software will give the program access to online music stores.
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SPORTS HEADLINES
FREMONT — The Icicles will be performing in the Dogwood Center's Black Box on Wednesday, July 30, at 7:30 p.m. The Icicles created music that recalls the joyous pop sound of 1960s' girl groups, mixed with a breath of certain maturity.
Grand Haven Tribune |
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Troy gears up for Pig Out festival
Thousands of people are expected to pig out this weekend in Troy as part of the city's Pig Out festival.
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Barenaked Ladies drop out of Disney event after singer's drug bust
The Barenaked Ladies won't appear at the Disney Music Block Party on Long Island next month because of singer and guitarist Steven Page's recent drug bust . "Members of the band completely support Steven Page, but we don't want to put Disney in an awkward position before issues involving Steven's arrest are resolved," manager Terry McBride says in a statement.
The Star-Ledger |
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Barenaked Ladies Cancel Show
The Barenaked Ladies have canceled their kids' concert in New York following lead singer Steven Page's arrest on cocaine charges.
MuchMusic.com |
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The Singing Revolution : Everything You Wanted to Know About Estonia But Were Afraid to Ask
The title refers to the Estonian independence movement, incubated through the country's stifled years as a Soviet satellite, when the sole outlet for the nation's forbidden nationalist efforts was a folk-singing festival where tens of thousands of voices joined in a patriotic anthem.
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Apple iTunes rival eMusic to unveil overhauled website
eMusic, one of Apple's most aggressive rivals in online music retail, will launch a radically overhauled website on Tuesday, July 22, combining content and features from the web's most popular social networks and media sharing sites. As part of a strategy to focus on discovering new music, profiles from Wikipedia, photos from Flickr and videos from YouTube will sit alongside recommendation ...
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Lone Star Sounds: Special All-ABBA Edition
Overlooked pop genuises or dusty, dated relics from the era of disco? In this special edition of Lone Star Sounds , Star-Telegram pop music critic Preston Jones and his trusty Fernando – er, Ryan Peterson – discuss Swedish quartet ABBA in honor of the new film Mamma Mia! , which features the foursome’s tunes. Segment One: Why did it take more than 30 years and a kitschy Broadway ...
Fort Worth Star-Telegram |
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Music Review: Janiva Magness - What Love Will Do
If you want to hear a real woman sing real music for a change, than this is the disc for you. I don't know about anybody else, but I'm getting really sick of histrionic singing passing for emotion that has come to dominate popular music. If I have to listen to one more wannabe diva screech out her undying love in an upper register I might just go postal. Just because opera singers, who've ...
Blogcritics.org |
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Angola: Teta Lando's Remains Arrive Tuesday
The Remains of veteran Angolan singer Alberto Teta Lando, who passed away last Monday in Paris, victim of cancer, arrive next Tuesday in the country.
AllAfrica.com |
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Abba Musical "Mamma Mia!" Makes It To The Big Screen
(NBC) -- Another one of Broadway's most popular musicals makes the jump to the big screen this weekend. "Mamma Mia!" is based on the bewilderingly popular Broadway musical and international stage hit.
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Sidewalk festival has many new features
The Kent Summer Sidewalk Festival has taken on new life over the past two years, with more events being offered by participating merchants. The event, planned for Aug. 7 through Aug. 12, offers four days of fun and bargains.
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Piano Provides Sneak Peek at Elton John Show
Sir Elton John may not perform his sold-out Vermont concert until Monday night, but a special piano can give you a free preview.
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Verizon Wireless Launches High-Speed Wireless Broadband Network Throughout Schuylkill County
Schuylkill County residents now have access to the Internet, e-mail and other data on their laptops at faster speeds and can download music, watch videos, play 3D games and more on their phones as Verizon Wireless rolls out its high-speed wireless broadband network in more than a dozen communities throughout the county.
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Performances on the Fringe
Rock the vote. InDecision '08. The socially networked election. However you brand it, the push to engage under-30 voters during the 2008 presidential election cycle has been almost as apparent as the paparazzi's pursuit of Brangelina.
Berkshire Eagle |
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Pick up the beat this Saturday at Bucknell
LEWISBURG — The sounds of drums and horns, first heard following World War II and then sounded sporadically throughout the decades, will once again fill the air Saturday at Bucknell University.
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'Mamma Mia!': Solid Gold, By Kurt Loder
Kurt Loder reviews "Mamma Mia!," the all-ABBA musical, featuring a fearless, show-stopping performance by Meryl Streep.
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