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Iran, Cinema of Fear, and TFF
What have New York's famed Tribeca Film Festival and the horror genre got to do with Iran? Apparently very many things. First, TFF in lower Manhattan annually showcases a new crop of films made in Iran or made about Iran. Second, the festival has in an unusual step this year given its top prize to a Swedish horror film, Let the Right One In, one of my own personal favorites. Third, Iran from all ...
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Boris still echoes in my ears
I woke up with my ears ringing and my thoughts still swirling after taking in Boris, a rock quartet from Japan.
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Urban Planner: July 21, 2008
READING: Before his band's show tonight at the Music Gallery, Drew Daniel of electronic duo Matmos will be reading from his tribute to Throbbing Gristle's album 20 Jazz Funk Greats (as part of the 33 1/3 book series ). This Ain't the Rosedale Library (86 Nassau Street), 1 p.m., FREE.
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Film, concert, garden tour benefit Lost Boys of Sudan
BRATTLEBORO -- On the weekend of July 26 and 27, seven former Lost Boys of Sudan and a world-renowned kora player from Senegal will be in the Brattleboro area for a series of benefit events for Sudanese refugees.
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Tenn.'s Gibson promotes guitars in virtual world
(AP:NASHVILLE, Tenn.) Gibson Guitar Corp. has begun promoting its instruments in the virtual world.
INO News |
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Loud Music May Encourage Drinking
Bars may sell more beer more quickly if they raise the volume of music, research suggests.
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Have a party in the park for hospice
Make a date for the Free Party in the Park on Sunday, August 3. Victoria Park in Bideford will host a free day of music and fun in aid of North Devon Hospice from 11am through to 6pm.
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Italy: First Muslim country singer performs in Rome
Italy: First Muslim country singer performs in Rome (AKI) - America's first Muslim country music singer has shown that Middle-Eastern and Western music can form an exciting new hybrid that builds bridges between cultures.Kareem Salama, born and raised in Ponca City, Oklahoma in the southern US, is the son of Egyptian immigrants. He began to get into country music while studying in ...
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York County spent nearly $450K on travel and training last year
York County spent nearly $450,000 last year on special training and travel for employees to places all across the country.
The York Dispatch |
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Bar Music Influences Level Of Drinking
Researchers studying men in bars find that when music is louder, they drink more.
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Billboard.com -- ABBA Fever Heats Up U.K. Charts
But the real story of the chart week was the sales dominance, with its own material and that of the film celebration of its music, of Basshunter's fellow Swedes ABBA.
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Signs of back-to-school beginning to fill air waves
Have you heard it yet? It sneaks in with the fire flies on a warm summer evening. It foretells the not-so-distant future just as the song of a locust does. And like the locust, as soon as you hear the first one, you know that more will come in a very short order.
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Names released on ROTHBURY deaths
HART - The Oceana County Medical Examiners Office has released the names of two individuals who died on July 6, 2008 after suffering medical emergencies at the ROTHBURY music festival held in Rothbury.
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Uganda: Iryn Namubiru With New Song, Bebe Cool Bailed
After giving birth in France, Uganda's Iryn Namubiru is back with a song she has dubbed Nina Omwana. The artist has already started sampling her new hit to her fans. She was among the artists who performed at Jinja PAM award concert.
AllAfrica.com |
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New Music: Thunderheist: "Jerk It" [Stream]
Got to have those sticky hands when your ass is broke. And when your ass can't get any ass... Canadian electro-rap duo Thunderheist seem to mean "Jerk It" as a sort of synonym for "work it", so to get too hung up on potential double entendres would be ultimately as clueless as saying you'd need a third hand to clap to "Hey Ya!" if you also want to shake it like a Polaroid picture. Bright, ...
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In Youth Organizing, the Old Becomes New Again
The Nation -- In 2004, Democratic politics witnessed a boom in youth organizing. Young people created dozens of new institutions that pioneered non-traditional methods for engaging their peers on and offline. Drinking clubs that maintained political interest and moved people slowly into political activism, road trips to swing states, peer to peer voter registration and candidate fundraising at ...
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Feinberg to perform at Peach Festival this summer
WILBRAHAM Julia Grace Feinberg will be performing as a vocalist at the Wilbraham Peach Festival in the Children's Tent on Aug. 16, 3:30-4 p.m.
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Earthquake Street Fest on Aug. 22
The Earthquake Street Festival is scheduled for Friday, Aug. 22 from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. in downtown Winters on Main Street. The free annual event kicks off with children's games and activities and live entertainment starts at 5:30 p.
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Tenn.'s Gibson promotes guitars in virtual world
Gibson Guitar Corp. has begun promoting its instruments in the virtual world. The Nashville company is following the trend of other companies such as IBM and Nissan North America, which have set up venues on the Second Life online community for consumers to interact with their products in a virtual 3-D world.
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Primal Source Fountain Provides Hallucinations Without Drugs [Art]
Last night in Santa Monica, CA, from 7pm to about 7am, Glow 08 took over the piers. It was an art and music festival with a bunch of cool events and attractions, but the coolest looks to have been...
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Country Music Television and Faith Time Inc. Announce Partnership to Bring Block of Religious Programming to Cable ...
Country Music Television (CMT), partnering with Faith Time Inc., announces plans to bring a religious programming block, Faith Time, to mainstream cable.
Christian News Wire |
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The Early Word: New Non-Fiction for the Week of July 21, 2008
Janis Ian, A New Zealand Story, The Rise and Fall of IG Farben, Drug Use and the Roots of Western Civilization, Mao's Last Dancer... Few and far between again, perhaps, but in subjects all over the proverbial map...Society's Child: My BiographyBy Janis IanThe Grammy Award-winning singer and songwriter of the once-controversial 1966 hit "Society’s Child," about an interracial love affair, and ...
Blogcritics.org |
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Making a way to stay in the U.P.
Story By Jeni Jewell Posted on Friday, July 18, 2008 at 4:09 p.m. The Hiawatha Music Fest features a variety of activities for all ages. Two local organizations teamed up to help the general public dispose of old flags.
WLUC Marquette |
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UP Trappers Convention underway
Story By Beth Jones Posted on Friday, July 18, 2008 at 4:52 p.m. The Hiawatha Music Fest features a variety of activities for all ages. Two local organizations teamed up to help the general public dispose of old flags.
WLUC Marquette |
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NMU tuition climbs 5.5%
Posted on Friday, July 18, 2008 at 5:23 p.m. Vice President says hike is due to slow economy. The Hiawatha Music Fest features a variety of activities for all ages.
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