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Ludacris' Obama song unlikely to alienate voters
By ERRIN HAINES Ludacris' new song, "Politics as Usual," may have cost him one of his biggest fans, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama. And for good reason: It points up the dilemma facing the nation's potential first black president, who wants the support of the influential hip-hop community but needs to steer clear of the controversy so commonly associated with its music. Ludacris' ...
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Concert review: The Toadies have still got it
The Toadies rocked a solid show Thursday night at the Annex to a sold-out crowd of 400 fist-pumping fans. It was a telling moment when lead singer Todd Lewis asked the crowd who had seen the band perform before and who hadn't. Based on the sheer volume and strength of yells coming from Toadie virgins, most people in the audience were seeing them for the first time. That's pretty impressive for ...
The Capital Times |
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Ludacris' Obama song unlikely to alienate voters
Ludacris' new song, "Politics as Usual," may have cost him one of his biggest fans, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama. And for good reason: It points up the dilemma facing the nation's potential first black president, who wants the support of the influential hip-hop community but needs to steer clear of the controversy so commonly associated with its music. Ludacris' "Politics ...
Lexington Herald-Leader |
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Namibia: Aids Tour At Zoo Park
Some of Namibia's hottest artists will gang up in Windhoek for the first leg of the Namibia AIDS Awareness (NAA) Tour, which kicks off with a spectacular live music show at the Zoo Park tomorrow, starting 18h00.
AllAfrica.com |
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Dance Crews shake their pom poms on Missy Elliott night
MTVThe six remaining girls from Fanny Pak and SoReal Cru dance with Missy Elliott to her new song "Shake Your Pom Pom" on America's Best Dance Crew. Tonight's episode got me really, really pumped again about America's Best Dance...
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India to auction airwaves for 3G telephony
Communications Minister A. Raja Friday announced the much awaited guidelines for the auction of spectrum, or airwaves, to launch third-generation (3G) mobile phone services in the country.
Calcutta News |
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Herald/SARAH MOORE KUSCHELL
Click image(s) to enlarge Travis Whitis, 14, practices his marching hold during the Ellison High School Marching Band Summer Band Camp on Thursday. The camp helps freshmen learn music and routines before school starts.
Killeen Daily Herald |
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Google China to launch MP3 search
Simon Burns in Taipei, vnunet.com , Friday 1 August 2008 at 12:22:00 Playing catch-up with local firm Baidu Google is to introduce an online music search engine as it struggles to compete in China, according to local news reports....
vnunet.com |
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Google China to launch MP3 search
Google is to introduce an online music search engine as it struggles to compete in China, according to local news reports. China's leading search engine, Baidu, has attracted a huge audience for its MP3 search engine that many use to find pirated music online.
Infomatics |
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Cascades of words
Although "A Little Night Music" is inspired by Ingmar Bergman's film "Smiles of a Summer Night" - which also begat Woody Allen's "A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy" - and the title is a deliberate mistranslation of Mozart's "Eine Kleine Nachtmusik," the main thing to remember is that in Sweden this time of year, the sun never goes down.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
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Our Picks: Food; Music; Art; Freebie
Imagine you're downtown at lunchtime and come across an old friend eating something that looks delicious, and you go, "What's that?" "Ahi and vegetables."
Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
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Crawlspace
Rayzah-X and Combined Forces Entertainment partner to host an evening of reggae at Coconut Willy's in the Wyndham Resort.
Honolulu Star-Bulletin |
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Calendar today for August 1, 2008
Britishmania will perform, 6:30 p.m., Burling-ton County Amphitheater, Pioneer Boulevard, West-ampton. Call (609) 265-5068. The film , “High School Musical 2,” will be shown, 8:30 p.m., Roebling Park. Sponsored by Florence Township.
Burlington County Times |
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PNU singers bag awards in Spanish music fest
The Philippine Normal University Chorale has won two awards in a recently-held international competition in Spain.
ABS-CBNNEWS.com |
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Google China to launch MP3 search
Google is to introduce an online music search engine as it struggles to compete in China, according to local news reports.
VNU Net via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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Kiss 'n' tell song tops summer chart
Former Christian music singer Katy Perry's bi-curious tune I Kissed a Girl began a sixth week at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart yesterday, solidifying its status as the song of the summer. Rihanna's former chart-topper, Take a Bow, was No. 2 for a fourth week. Her rumoured boyfriend Chris Brown's Forever was No. 3 for a second week.
Ottawa Citizen |
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Last chance for First Thursday
T he Baltimore Museum of Art's First Thursday film series, lovingly shepherded for the past two years by Maryland Film Festival programmer Eric Allen Hatch, offers its last hidden gem next week: Swedish director Lukas Moodysson's 2000 Together , the story of a houseful of counterculture types searching for common ground through which they can relate to one another - or at least keep living ...
Baltimore Sun |
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Smash Mouth rocks on
Smash Mouth founder and frontman Steve Harwell doesn't act jaded by interviews, though he's done his share over the course of a 15-year career that has seen Smash Mouth hit the heights — with hit albums and popular singles like "All Star," "Walking on the Sun" and "I'm a Believer" that spanned the '90s — and depths — with band and personal troubles, and a disappearance from the charts in this ...
Honolulu Advertiser |
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Opera up to the challenge of 'Little Night Music'
"A Little Night Music," the award-winning Stephen Sondheim musical premiering tonight at Blaisdell Concert Hall as a Hawaii Opera Theatre summer attraction, arrives with challenges for its cast.
Honolulu Advertiser |
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Market Street closed in downtown Harrisburg
Motorists entering Harrisburg via the Market Street Bridge need to be aware that Market Street is closed between Front and Second streets for a festival being held today by the Dauphin County Commissioners and their Cultural Celebration Task Force.
The Patriot-News |
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Bill Kaiwa takes us on a musical journey
"Na Halia" by Bill Kaiwa; Makuakane Music
Honolulu Advertiser |
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Dylan documentary rehashes old work
"Down the Tracks: The Music that Influenced Bob Dylan," Eagle Media
Honolulu Advertiser |
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The music, laughs come nonstop
A no-holds-barred political satire, a documentary on an iconic rock group and a gentle foreign comedy arrived on DVD this week.
Honolulu Advertiser |
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Looking at the Big picture
Hana wasn't on the film festival circuit until September 2003 — when Kenneth Martinez Burgmaier set up an outdoor screen on the Hotel Hana-Maui's mini golf course and showed indie films under the stars.
Honolulu Advertiser |
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Weekend Must List
Music from blues/folk and gospel to metal rocks the house this weekend.
The Gainesville Sun |
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