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'Guitar Hero' continues to play sweet music for Activision
Activision Blizzard Inc. on Thursday reported that Activision Inc.'s first-quarter profits more than doubled on strong sales of the "Guitar Hero" franchise and the game based on the animated movie "Kung Fu Panda." (ATVI)
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Jeanerette Sunday series continues with Blue Merlot
JEANERETTE — Sun and sound both are sizzling on Sundays in Jeanerette. The Jeanerette museum, currently hosting a traveling Smithsonian exhibit on roots music, will host a variety of area bands on its weekly “Sizzling Sundays.”
The Daily Iberian |
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Puyallup music scene hitting all the right notes
Guitarist Dave McKibbin and singer Kim Archer play to an eager audience on Archer's birthday at HG Bistro.
Puyallup Herald |
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Midday Update
We have new listings for Billy Ray Cyrus , Brian Auger's Oblivion Express , M.O.D. and Ray LaMontagne , and links to items about FCC slapping Comcast, Mariah Carey belting it out on Hollywood Boulevard, Velvet Revolver's lead singer search, Woman accuses rock camp of handing out sexually suggestive music to children and a music downloading primer.
POLLSTAR |
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Film Movement Sets July On-Demand Festival Schedule
Film Movement Monday announced the lineup for its free video-on-demand Film Festival, offering four feature films and four short films to viewers throughout the month of July.
MultiChannel News |
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35 years in business, 70 years in music
Jimmy Rogers celebrates milestones
Anderson Independent-Mail |
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Warm Weekend, Free Water?
We've got a warm weekend ahead for the Chicago area. Temperatures are expected in the 80s through the weekend, reaching the mid-90s on Monday. Oak Park resident Nathan Bailey is among the quarter-million people expected downtown for the Lollapalooza music festival. He's not too worried about the heat. BAILEY: I don't think it's going to be that bad. I think if we do run out of water or ...
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What if Apple stopped issuing DRM keys?
Sure, it's highly unlikely now, but what about 5 or 10 years from now? The fact is, consumers of DRM-laden music are at the mercy of whoever holds their encryption keys.
CNET |
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Denver middle school seeks music instruments on Saturday
DENVER - If Kristine Dvorak-Barlow had just one wish, it would actually cover about 150 other wishes.
9 News Denver |
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Latin Business Association Sol Awards 2008 Honor Bestowed on Power Media Group
LBA of Greater Los Angeles, with 30 years of presenting awards to individuals, business owners, and organizations, has announced Power Media Group Inc. is the winner of the 2008 Sol Award.
PRWeb via Yahoo! News |
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Top iTunes downloads
Top 10 songs on iTunes Music Store for July 29:
The Kansas City Star |
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Ludacris' Obama song called 'outrageously offensive'
ATLANTA (AP) - Ludacris' new song, "Politics as Usual," may have cost him one of his biggest fans, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Lightning Lab Productions Releases "Solidbodies, The 50 Year Guitar War" DVD
"Every rock music fan has heard the war; every rock guitarist has fought in the battles."
Harmony Central |
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Alfred Introduces Summer Songs From Artist Lisa Loeb: Camp Lisa
Are you ready for the summer? How about s'mores, sing-a-longs, crafts, and campfires? Singer-songwriter Lisa Loeb takes listeners to a special session of summer camp on her new children's CD, Camp Lisa. This folio includes all 19 tracks, featuring classic camp favorites as well as new songs.
Harmony Central |
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Access to opera makes more opera fans? Brilliant!
It’s hard to believe but the Metropolitan Opera’s efforts to expand the profile of opera seems to be working. I’m kidding about the hard to believe thing, but not the results of two years of broadcasting high-definition signals of live Met performances into movie theaters around the country.
Arts Journal |
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Concert promoters join tickets battle
Concert promoters have joined performing artists’ managers in their battle to get secondary ticketing companies to pay a levy from the profits they make on live shows.
Financial Times |
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Col. Moelmann Takes Radio City, Sans Rockettes
Jack Moelmann is making a name for himself, at least for one night at Radio City Music Hall. 1010Wins says the 67-year-old retired Air Force colonel has always wanted to play the Wurlitzer organ at the venue, which was installed in 1932. On his website he says, "I believe the stage is the largest in the world being some 144 feet wide (a city block)...there are two identical consoles which ...
Gothamist |
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San Diego Welcomes Venezuelan “El Sistema” Students to 4th Annual International Youth Symphony
The San Diego Youth Symphony and Rotary International Youth Exchange present the 4th Annual International Youth Symphony.
La Prensa San Diego |
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Council approves noise control standards
It’s not often that residents can listen to the popular BTO song “Takin’ Care of Business” at 75 decibels in the Sumner City Hall council chambers. Hearing any music is pretty rare, in fact.
Puyallup Herald |
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Cereal Hype!
By Crystal Nguyen, M. A. Walking down the cereal aisle, I caught myself running towards an orange and blue colored box of cereal bars that featured a musical pop star on the package. The cereal bars had edible magenta colored music notes on it and I could get free bonus stickers.
La Prensa San Diego |
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Here's what's happening this weekend
Southeast Sports Festival welcomes athletes to town at a special edition of the Downtown GetDown from 6 to 10 p.m. today on the Adams Street Commons.
Tallahassee Democrat |
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Play MPE(R) Launches Canadian Mediabase Downloads With Canadian Major Labels
Destiny Media Technologies, the global standard in digital media delivery, is pleased to announce the rollout in Canada of music downloads directly from the Canadian Mediabase charts to Canadian radio broadcasters.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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SoulFest asking people to bring food donation
SoulFest music organizers are asking people to bring a food donation for the New Hampshire Food Bank.
Boston Globe |
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Jazz ‘diva’ brings stories, music to the barn
Elizabeth Shepherd brought her trio and some stories to the Gambrel Barn last week. “I like to talk – I hope you don’t mind,” was one of her first comments.
Elmira Independent |
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Focus Shorts
"Hot Summer Nights" is the theme for Forest Grove's First Wednesday celebration on Aug. 6 from 5 to 8 p.m., when downtown offers food, music, art, entertainment, wine tasting and retail specials.
The Hillsboro Argus |
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