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Film Review: 'The Legend of God’s Gun'
Mike Bruce, formerly of the band the Low Flying Owls, and Kirpatrick Thomas, who used to play with the Brian Johnstown Massacre, have teamed up to create what they call a “rock-n-roll-spaghetti-style-western." Their film, “The Legend of God’s Gun,” is a gritty, druggy ...
Portland Tribune
Loud music makes customers drink more
LONDON (Reuters) - Customers of bars that play loud music drink more quickly and in fewer gulps, French researchers said on Friday.
Reuters.co.uk
City.Com
Did you know that? FIFA referee, Tichaona Chapfika, was the first doorman for sungura giant Alick Macheso when he formed Orchestra Mberikwazvo in 1998.
The Herald
NEW! Warped Tour brings the good life to Detroit
DETROIT -- As Matt Thiessen of the Ohio-based band Relient K introduced "a song about living the good life" on Friday, he asked the swarm of fans in front of him "are you guys living the good life?"
The Oakland Press
City.Com
IMAGINE Hosiah Chipanga as President, making a state-of-the nation address, or addressing legislators in parliament before hurrying off to perform at a music show at Club Matute in Mbare?
The Herald
City.Com
VOTING for the 2008 Kora All Africa Music awards — where Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi is the only nominee from Zimbabwe — will run until October 4.
The Herald
City.Com
VETERAN musician, Oliver "Tuku" Mtukudzi might not be staging regular shows on the local scene like his colleagues but he is probably the most hardworking of the lot.
The Herald
Some things never change: Melvins bring loud, lumbering rock to Bend
It was the early 1990s, and the post-Nirvana feeding frenzy was in full swing. Major record labels, in an effort to glom onto the latest trend, snapped up any band they could find that remotely resembled the grunge template.You play guitar rock and scream a lot? You‘re in. Oh, you‘re from Seattle? Sign right here. Hmm, your flannel shirt is sufficiently tattered. Let‘s make a deal.
The Bulletin
IDs released of 2 concertgoers who died in Mich.
ROTHBURY, Mich. (AP) — Authorities have released the names, ages and hometowns of two concertgoers who died while at the Rothbury music festival.
The Flint Journal
Mobile phone chip piracy threatens music industry
People downloading songs onto their mobiles or just listening to such songs are liable to prosecution under the copyright act, according to officials of the IMI.
Express India
Video: Public Enemy, the Hold Steady, Animal Collective, Spiritualized, Spoon, and more: Live stream of the 2008 ...
So, it's here-- tonight begins the 2008 Pitchfork Music Festival . For those of you who can't be there, we are going to be streaming video of most of the sets over at the Festival website . Sitting in front of your computer is a far cry from lounging in the sun at Union Park, of course, but you'll get to catch live video from Spoon, Animal Collective, Public Enemy, the Hold Steady, ...
Pitchfork
Jo Stafford brings to mind a forgotten generation of singers
The death Wednesday of Jo Stafford further thins the ranks of the singers who filled the pop-music charts in the years right before rock 'n' roll. That might also make this a good time ? even if it's a little late ? for those singers to be lifted out of history's shadow.
New York Daily News
Loud music makes customers drink more
Customers of bars that play loud music drink more quickly and in fewer gulps, French researchers said on Friday.
Reuters via Yahoo! News
Singer, radio star Jo Stafford dies at 90
LOS ANGELES-- Jo Stafford, the honey-voiced band singer who starred in radio and television and sold more than 25 million records with her ballads and folks songs, has died. She was 90.
Detroit Free Press
Singer and radio star Jo Stafford dies at 90
LOS ANGELES - Jo Stafford, the honey-voiced band singer who starred in radio and television and sold more than 25 million records with her ballads and folks songs, has died....
Boston Herald
Holly Morton and Chad Smith, both of Huntington, were married on May 31, 2008 at Columbia City United Methodist Church ...
Music for the ceremony was provided by vocalist Cassie Etter, Huntington. The bride wore an A-line white satin Mori Lee gown accented with embroidery and crystal beading. The hemline and chapel length train were trimmed with double bands of satin.
The Herald-Press
E3: The Full Gamasutra Report
As the dust settles behind E3, Gamasutra presents a full breakdown of the eventful week, including all the interviews, all the press conferences (and our analysis thereof) - all the highlights and lowlights from the week that saw a drastically new look for the Xbox 360, a price drop for the PlayStation 3, and a very 'musical' Nintendo. The Interviews - Jeffery: Sega Not Trying To Be 'A ...
Gamasutra
Turn up the music and order more drinks
Customers of bars that play loud music drink more quickly and in fewer gulps, French researchers said on Friday.
Regina Leader-Post
The Dodos Heart Boise
To all the folks who caught San Francisco indie-folk duo The Dodos at Alive After Five on July 2, it seems you made quite the lasting impression.... By Tara Morgan.
Boise Weekly
Duhks' Fast Paced World
Winnipeg's The Duhks will unleash Fast Paced World — another album fusing bluegrass, folk, world music and rock — through Sugar Hill Records on Aug. 19.
ChartAttack.com
Animal Collective Break Curses
If there's an absolute wildcard at Sunday's Rogers Picnic, it's indie rockers Animal Collective , who are slotted to play between Brooklyn, N.Y. buzz band Vampire Weekend and Montreal electro-sleazoids Chromeo.
ChartAttack.com
Hey Mr. DJ play that song, then spin me crazy!
It's time to pay heed to the vinyl spinners behind the music that fuels your workout at the gym. News 8's Amy Hadley was scratching records with DJ Manny at Pure Austin.
News 8 Austin
Pop Montreal Lineup Announced
Burt Bacharach , Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds , Dan Deacon , Michie Mee , Crystal Castles and Hot Chip are among the acts confirmed to play this year's Pop Montreal International Music Festival, which runs from Oct. 1 to 5 at various venues throughout the city.
ChartAttack.com
Pump Up Volume, Pound the Drinks
Loud music in bars may cause patrons to talk less, drink more, study shows.
ABC News
Friday Choon: Radiohead 'House of Cards'
Tradition dictates that the Friday Choon is usually some obscure, painfully knowing piece of musical toss, but this week we have a slightly more modern offering. High-Church of WebTech Nerdness meets Glorious Planet Saving Music in a brilliant video and...
Blather
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