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Eclectic musical mix makes familiar sound
Thu, May 8, 2008 (2 a.m.) Singer Matt Bishop of the band Swtiches proclaims his group “a neurotic bunch of obsessive-compulsive weirdos.” The British band comes to the House of Blues on Friday as part of the Nylon Magazine Tour of indie bands.
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Palo Alto Online's Master Community Calendar
Showing listings from May 8, 2008 to May 14, 2008 in all categories. CSMA Jazz Faculty, Mike Morris & Friends Join saxophonist Mike Morris and friends for an evening of jazz favorites and original compositions.
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GTI study reveals the ‘SMART’ Middle East Mobile phone customer
In its third edition, the Global Telecom Insights (GTI 2007-8) survey by TNS has revealed fresh insights into the mobile phone usage patterns across the Middle East. 78% of mobile users use some form of Mobile music (FM/MP3) in UAE.
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Top 5 Articles
NewTimes has been publishing for over 18 years in San Luis Obispo County and is the largest circulated paper in the region, covering local news and entertainment each week.
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Athletes Away: Decathlon dynamo
Oostburgs Kenton Rauwerdink, a junior at Carthage College, is quite the well-rounded track and field athlete.
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Thousand Oaks Acorn - You cannot travel on the path until you become the path itself
"Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us or we find it not." - Ralph Waldo Emerson As I departed the airplane and approached the terminal in Cusco, Peru, the faint echo of music wafted through the air.
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Around Town: Wine stroll
Merced-Mariposa American Red Cross and Downtown Merchants will host a Wine Stroll and Mother's Day event from 4 to 8 tonight with wine and cheese tasting. It will start at Salmeri Insurance and a $10 donation receives a wine glass and entry ticket for a grand prize drawing. Merchants are also donating 10 percent of their evening's proceeds to the Red Cross.
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Deep in the songbook
Among the rising generation of singer-songwriters, 30-year-old guitarist Erin McKeown stands out as one of the most stylistically eclectic, an artist who blissfully rummages through America's musical closet borrowing from jazz, folk, rock, blues and Tin Pan Alley.
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Stanford series welcomes new works
Jenny Bilfield is on the phone, ready to hop a plane to Paris, where she's planning on tracking down the church, called La Trinité, in which composer Olivier Messiaen worked as organist for decades.
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Harbour boat crash victims farewelled
One was remembered as a larrikin with a zest for life, the other a big-hearted man known as "little mouse" whose death in last week's Sydney Harbour boat tragedy saved five others through organ donation.
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Video game launch draws celebrity boxers
BURNABY I In a glitzy event Wednesday that brought in media from around the world and some of the top boxers in the sport's history, Electronic Arts launched the development of its Fight Night Round 4 game, promising it will raise this virtual world to new heights of realism.
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DVDs: Blanchett rocks as Dylan
Todd Haynes' "I'm Not There," just out on DVD, gives us yet one more reason to worship at the altar of Cate Blanchett: She nails Bob Dylan with her Oscar-nominated portrayal of the music icon in the director's impressionistic portrait of the artist as self-indulgent enigma.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Thousand Oaks Acorn - Datebook
Westlake High School Jazz Festival, 9 a.m., on campus, 100 N. Lakeview Canyon Road. More than 40 high school, middle school jazz bands compete in 10 categories. Cal State Northridge jazz group, The Lane 29 Orchestra perform. $6 adults, children 5 and under free. Sharon Faltemier sfaltemier@aol.com.
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Entertainment calendar
MAY 8-14 Asian American Heritage Festival. Ethnic dance, music, martial arts, food and beverages.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Entertainment calendar
The Jerry Douglas Band. 7:30 p.m. Carriage House Theatre, Montalvo Arts Center, 15400 Montalvo Road, Saratoga.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Anzac spirit remembered at South Muswellbrook
LAST Friday South Muswellbrook Public School students participated in a poignant Anzac Day ceremony on their final day of classes for term one.
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Critics' choice
Ironic to Iconic: The Performance Works of Tanya Mars , a book surveying 30 years of Tanya Mars' multi-faceted career, is being launched Saturday with the Toronto artist/teacher present.
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UPDATED: 04 :49 a.m. EDT, May 08, 2008 Chuck Yarborough becomes a dry stone mason. Talk arts, movies, music, dining and more!
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What's On: Weekday Planner
For events on the weekend, please see the Night & Day Weekend Listings. Crowded House , touring in support of last summer's Time on Earth release, is here with a final show tonight 8:15 p.m. ($69.50 at 416-870-8000). The Music Hall, 147 Danforth Ave.
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Art facilitates life in Dance of the Red Skirts
One of the most seminal artists of the 20th century, Paul Klee gave the world some 9,000 paintings and drawings, and a body of art writing that articulates modern aesthetics and the role of the artist. "Art does not reproduce what we see," he wrote, "rather, it makes us see."
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Life, death and big bold music
Tafelmusik likes to close the official part of its Toronto season with a big blast of choral music. It didn't disappoint last night at Trinity-St. Paul's Centre, with two intense hours featuring Mozart's famous Requiem and Franz Josef Haydn's less well-known, musically rich St. Cecilia Mass .
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Facing a challenging future
If people see her books, Marni Evans knows some of them will buy them. The hard part – as is often the problem with retailing – is getting the right people to see them.
Toronto Star |
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It's festival time in the Shoals
Warm climate and new billboards with kids eating watermelons signal the start of the festival season in the Shoals.
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Roll up! Roll up for Redbridge arts festival
THRILL seekers are gearing up for this weekend, when thousands of revellers will enjoy fairground rides and sports action. The first Redbridge Sport and Arts Festival will bring a whole host of fun and excitement to Valentines Park, Ilford.
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Local pork projects in new budget
It's commonly called pork, but legislators are starting to use the term earmarks when referring to state appropriations that go to projects that are of personal interest to them.Legislators have passed a General Fund budget for next year and sent it on to Gov. Bob Riley for his review.
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