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Simpson's Quiet Thunder
Jessica Simpson tested her mettle at the Country Thunder festival in Twin Lakes, Wis., July 19 and was soundly booed - or not booed at all depending on the source.
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Cover me: Bruce Springsteen's top 7 cover songs
In honor of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band's upcoming Giants Stadium shows, the News' David Hinckley picks The Boss' best cover versions of other artists' songs. And no, the "Detroit Medley" is not on the list.
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Super heroes deserve super music
The ability to leap tall buildings in a single bound. Spidey-sense. Adamantium claws. If you get any of those references, you were once 10. Or maybe, somewhere deep down inside, you still are. But don't worry, you're in good company.
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Music Review: Fleet Foxes
In 2006, Bruce Springsteen sparked a revival in traditional folk music with the rousing "Seeger Sessions." Fleet Foxes seems equally poised to give a shot in the arm to contemporary folk with its self-titled debut album.
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The Ting Tings @ 9:30 Club
Written by DCist contributor Nathaniel Poteet. Photos by Ryan Holloway for DCist. “Woo! I’m so glad it’s Friday,” quipped a slightly inebriated audience member just minutes before the Ting Tings took the stage on a balmy Tuesday evening at the 9:30 Club. The British duo’s set was short; only eight songs from their first full length album, plus an encore of “We Started Nothing.” Their ...
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News of the Norm
Warrant blitz nabs 183 fugitives A federal initiative to apprehend criminals wanted for violent crimes netted 183 arrests in the Omaha and Lincoln areas. Around 50 law enforcement officials joined the U.S. Marshall Service in Operation FALCON (Federal and Local Cops Organized Nationally).
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News 88.9
SAINT JOHN - And hopefully many more who have outmigrated. The country singer will be making his music video for the welcome back tune right here in the port city.
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Lots of jazz in Littleton
Ken’s American Café is offering concerts in its intimate lounge on Saturday nights featuring an array of local musicians.
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Lights, Camera, Action
Want to take in a film this weekend, but avoid the box office? More than 150 unique films will be shown through Saturday during the ninth annual Real to Reel International Film Festival, presented by the Cleveland County Arts Council, at the Joy Performance Center, Railroad Avenue, Kings Mountain.
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Know Your Neighbor: R. Dean Ludden, Retired
R. Dean Ludden is retired and is a frequent letter writer to Sauk Valley Newspapers. He and his wife, Dorothy, live in Dixon. They have two sons and seven grandchildren. He has been a teacher, radio announcer and organ technician.
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Stratford musicals a study in contrast
STRATFORD, Ont.–There's a nice theatrical contrast – all-American wholesomeness versus determined Teutonic debauchery – on display at the 2008 Stratford Shakespeare Festival.
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RECENT ITEMS»
British electro-pop darling Goldfrapp is traveling stateside for a handful of North American tour dates in support of her recent digital EP release, Caravan Girl . The EP features an album cut and a live choral version of the title track, acoustic versions of songs from Seventh Tree , and an Animal Collective remix.
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Around West County:
Joshua Malkiewicz and his older brother, Conner, from Odenton Cub Scout Pack 769, watch as their rocket launches from the launch pad, as dad, David, and Robert Mencik from Boy Scout Troop 769 look on.
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Fashion Rocks 2008 to Feature Justin Timberlake, Rihanna, Beyonce, and More
Each year the annual Conde Nast Fashion Rocks concert event seems to grow in quality and reputation. Avril Lavigne (photo at right) was one of the performers at last...
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RAGBRAI concert raises funds for flood victims
Seven-time Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong introduces Styx on Tuesday at the RAGBRAI Embrace Iowa 2008 Disaster Fund concert. Julie Weeks, executive director of the Ames Convention & Visitors Bureau, said 20,000 tickets were sold for the concert venue.
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New Pink Primed for Release
Pink has garnered her fair share of headlines over the past year, none of which have been for her music. Until now. The Grammy-winning songbird announced plans to release a fifth,...
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Reload relives music of The Band at Hawkins Park
It’s been forty years since The Band released their Music From Big Pink, creating a legacy in the music world that would last through decades of explosive change.
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'Anything Goes' this weekend
Cole Porter’s popular musical will be staged by the Arts Alliance Youth Theater at Hudson High School
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Music: Jacuzzi Boys
Wed., July 23... The JACUZZI BOYS hail from the not-so-sunny side of Florida, where a sleazy blend of noise rock and melodies is a reactionary lifestyle choice. The young trio crafts hazy and angst-ridden rock that falls somewhere between Raw Power-era Stooges and Bleach-era Nirvana and they're bringing it to Atlanta Wed., JULY 23. Austell trio Mammals play a similar, though slightly more ...
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Music: Tilly and the Wall
Thurs., July 24... By Chad Radford Omaha, Neb.'s TILLY AND THE WALL revel in boy-girl vocal harmonies and new wave/folk-pop songs that sparkle with stories about life, love, death and the elation of youth ... and they have a tap dancer instead of a full-time drummer. The group's third full-length, O, is a departure from the glee-club charm of previous records that captures a rare glimpse of a ...
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2008 Houston Press Music Awards Showcase
Even in notoriously conservative Houston, it's probably safe to say former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld isn't the most popular cat in the alley. But for the local music scene, Rummy's infamous December 2004 assertion that "You have to go to war with the army you have" has the distinct, if uncom ...
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Music: Mark Knopfler
Tues., July 29... By David Lee Simmons On MARK KNOPFLER'S 2007 CD, Kill to Get Crimson – his fifth solo album since disbanding Dire Straits in 1995 – the fluid finger-style guitarist with the mellow baritone continues his passion for old-fashioned storytelling. At the end of the day, Knopfler's a folkie of the highest British Isles rank, a busker with a flair for shanties, ballads and love ...
Creative Loafing Atlanta |
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Telugu Movie Review: Athidhi
Athidhi is a typical masala movie with its ingredients of action, drama, emotion, songs and item number and fight sequences in the climax.
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Telugu Movie Review: Bhale Dongalu
Modeled on hit Bollywood movie, Bunty aur Babli, in Bhale Dongalu director Vijayabhaskar has come up with a great entertainer which boasts of a simple storyline well narrated and well presented with some memorable performances and good musical score.
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Upcoming: Short List
Willie Nelson, La Boh è me and more... July 26 Saturday The heart-wrenching story of love, loss, poverty and friendship in a 19th-century Parisian community of bohemians is coming to town. The Atlanta Symphony Orchestra will perform Giacomo Puccini's LA BOHÉME, the opera that inspired the Broadway hit musical Rent. French-themed cuisine will be served and concert-goers are invited to ...
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