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Review By Charley Reed Contributor Unless you've been living under a rock, I'm probably not telling you anything you don't know when I say that the hype around "The Dark Knight" is no fluke. It really is as good as everyone says; perhaps even better.
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Chris Martin of Coldplay
This: Reviews of new music by Coldplay, Patti LaBelle, Prabir & the Substitutes and others.
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Sky, Universal set to launch DRM-free music service
Sky, a UK-based TV, Internet and phone provider, is reported to soon start offering a subscription-based music download service in collaboration with Universal Music. Unlike other similar services, the downloaded music will be DRM-free, meaning users can freely copy it, share it, burn CDs and play it on all their devices. Sky's service, which the c...
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Shortlist for Nationwide Mercury Prize for music announced
Over the years we have had contrariness from the Nationwide Mercury Prize for music — and this year's nominations proved no exception. Did Raising Sand by Robert Plant and Alison Krauss have any place on a shortlist of British albums?
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Live performances from the Royal Opera House for cinema audiences
The Royal Opera House hopes to reach out to new audiences by copying the Metropolitan Opera in New York and beaming live performances of its opera, ballet and concerts straight from its auditorium into cinemas across Britain and beyond.
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Pencil This In: Tuesday
Listen to world music while hanging with real animals tonight -- at the zoo. / Photo by the Eye of Brad via LAist's flickr pool. ZOO MUSIC *: How cool is this event? Tonight, the Greater Los Angeles Zoo Association is hosting an evening of world music at the LA Zoo and Botanical Gardens . From 6-9 pm, guests will be able to see the animals at night (until 8 pm) and listen to the ...
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SFist Tonight
MUSIC : The Boiling Suns (east coast transplants/chainsaw rock), Untrust Us (indie/shoegaze), and Whiskey Rebellion (brilliantly genre-free, or let's assume) perform tonight in the Outer Mission. Also, well drinks and pints at the show's venue are a mere $3.00 from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. Holy smokes! 8 p.m. // El Rio (3158 Mission) // free EXHIBITION : Ancient Chinese secret, huh? ...
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Behind the Scenes at Download 2008 San Francisco: Mute Math
This past Saturday, July 19, throngs of music-hungry fans converged on San Francisco's Shoreline Ampitheatre for Download 2008 to have their craving satiated by sets from Yeasayer, Cut Copy, Mute Math, Gang of Four, and the Jesus and Mary Chain, among others. SPIN.com's Peter Gaston had the chance to catch up with Mute Math and talk about the creative process, as well as the difference between ...
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Cleveland's WCLV to air complete 'Ring' cycle to salute Olympics
Many music lovers consider Wagner's "Ring" cycle an event of Olympian proportions. After all, the saga contains almost 15 hours of music and requires singers of heroic accomplishments, not to mention a conductor and orchestra of inspired gifts.
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NEWS: Streetfest features local vendors, eateries
Jugglers, live music and local vendors greeted students as they walked down Main Street on Saturday during the 29th annual Hanover Streetfest. Approximately 100 vendors participated in this year's fair, according to Sharyn Amberger, events coordinator for the Downtown Marketing Alliance, which organizes the event each year.
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Interview: Nintendo's Shigeru Miyamoto
The creator of Super Mario talks Nintendo's future plans, including new Wii motion controllers, Wii Music, and the future of his famous franchises. Wired.com video interview by Chris Kohler.
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Stop operation or face action, Taleban warn NWFP govt
PESHAWAR - Spokesman of Tehrik-e-Taleban Pakistan Maulvi Omar has urged the NWFP government to stop operation in Hangu with immediate effect or get ready to face the music.
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Mimico wins two of three to take first Rock City Cup
Toronto Beaches player, Spencer Gaunt, runs with the ball and about to take a shot in a game against Mimico Moutaineers, at the first annual Toronto Rock City Cup held at Kew Gardens July 16.
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Katy Perry and the media’s ‘Kiss’ of hypocrisy
The media has been relentlessly cheerleading two gay-unfriendly songs by newcomer Katy Perry: “Ur So Gay” and “I Kissed a Girl.”
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Etude For Squeaky Toy, Other Compositions
All Things Considered , July 20, 2008 - Today's young composers are often quite different from the stereotype of tuxedoed men adored in concert halls or immortalized on marble busts.
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Hybrid Piano Unveiled In OP
A new high-tech hybrid piano with Internet capabilities was unveiled in Overland Park on Tuesday.
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Man plans to see the U.S. in the slow lane
A New Hampshire man plans a cross-country trip in the slow lane, driving a homemade recreational vehicle pulled by three horses.Bob Skelding is making the final preparations for his journey and is scheduled to leave his home in Deerfield Saturday, WMUR-TV, Manchester, reported.I'm not going nowhere, he said. I'm not trying to make the West Coast at such and such a time or the East Coast. I'm not ...
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Chrissie Hynde's got a beef with meat eaters
You've just admitted to rocker Chrissie Hynde that you're a meat eater. Turns out she's not one of the easy-going PETA people who will cut you some slack.
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Lunch With Lydia She's, like, so not like that
Paris Hilton, willowy in a floor-length dress, speaks in a certain sing-song that comes and goes as she munches on fruit at the Shore Club's Ago. She can so speak in that little girl high-pitched thing where everything ends, like, in a question mark? And she can speak straight, punctuating thoughts with periods, her voice a normal grown-up pitch.
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Rain threatens tribute bands concert
CHESANING - Two tribute bands played at the Chesaning Showboat Music Festival Saturday, despite threatening weather looking to rain out another night of concerts.
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Banff makeover ends on high note
Banff is throwing an outdoor concert to celebrate the end of a year and a half of construction on the Alberta resort town's main street.
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Lyle Lovett, George Winston among performers for '08-'09 Sandler season
VIRGINIA BEACH andnbsp; The Commodores will open the second season at the Sandler Center for the Performing Arts. The Randamp;B veterans perform Sept. 19 at the Town Center venue. The 2008-2009 concentrates mostly on music, but includes dance, comedy and family entertainment. andnbsp; Here ...
The Virginian-Pilot |
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BC Radio Live: The Classic Crime, Bag of Toys, and Author Douglas Preston
From the power of music to murder in the Florentine countryside... BC Radio Live is the flagship program of the BC Magazine station on BlogTalkRadio. It's hosted by Phillip Winn, Eric Olsen, and Lisa McKay and airs weekly on Wednesday evenings at 9:00 p.m. Eastern. Shows are archived and available for streaming or download after the live broadcast. Our guests on July 16 were representatives ...
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Symphony director's kidney cancer removed
BOSTON, Massachusetts (AP) -- A growth on a kidney removed from conductor James Levine was malignant, but doctors say the cancer was caught early and no further treatment is needed, the Boston Symphony Orchestra said in a statement Tuesday.
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Strategy Analytics: iTunes Leads the Way for Mobile Music Stores
LONDON----The Strategy Analytics Wireless Media Lab has released "iTunes Sets the Standard for Mobile Music" which evaluates the usability of leading mobile music stores in the UK and provides key findings for a superior mobile music download experience.
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