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A few months ago, Linda and Dick Kirschten of Martin's Additions in Chevy Chase were watching an ABC News program called "Power of 2" about simple things people could do to improve the world around them, including organizing donation drives to food banks and pantries.
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Maroon 5, Counting Crows at top of game Tuesday
SARATOGA SPRINGS — Saratoga Performing Arts Center was hopping Tuesday for a chilly night in August.
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Limerick added to night of free cultural events
HUNDREDS OF free cultural events will take place around the country next month on as part of an expanded Culture Night organised by the Arts Council. The event, which takes place on Friday, September 19th is in its third year in Dublin and has been expanded to include Limerick, Cork and Galway.
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Producer sues Vanessa Hudgens for $5 million
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A music producer has sued Vanessa Hudgens for $5 million, claiming the actress and her father have repeatedly violated a contract and failed to pay him his share of her earnings.
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'Sinners can't serve church'
Homosexuality is a sin which cannot be condoned by the church. This is part of the defence of the Dutch Reformed Church Moreleta Park which is facing a damages claim by its former music tutor Johan Strydom, 31, who was fired after it emerged that he was a homosexual.
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Indie bands talk digital music and life without the labels
As the online music market grows, some artists are now forging ahead without the help of a record label. Indie bands are among those who've opted to sell and market their music on their own, and they're getting successful at it, even while dealing with some of the downsides of the Internet. Read More...
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Review: Emotion makes NIN show
Trent Reznor has always been a controversial artist. His music, recorded under the name Nine Inch Nails, can be viscerally arresting and lyrically disturbing.
Knoxville News Sentinel |
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Fated to annihilate
The grimy lowdown on hard rock combo Annihilation Time. Plus: Jeppe, Passenger, Octopus Project, and more
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
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International Youth Music Festival
Talented upstarts storm the chamber
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But is it metal?
Rock riffs meet classical chops in the hands of Judgement Day
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Briefs: Phipps celebrates fresh, local vegetables
Fresh veggies and a tasting contest will turn the front lawn of Phipps Conservatory & Botanical Garden into a farmers' market and festival Sunday.
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Health calendar
Special events: The American Diabetes Association is sponsoring "Divabetic-Diva 4 Ever," a program for women with diabetes that includes music, games and makeovers, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ...
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Briefs: Moonalice to perform at SummerSounds
The pedigree of the members of Moonalice, performing Friday at SummerSounds, Greensburg's Concerts in the Park, is impeccable.
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Car rally set for Louisa winery
There are wine festivals, then there are unique wine festivals. Cooper Vineyards soon will be the site of the latter. The 5th annual MINI Cooper Rally will be Aug. 23, and that popular little car will share the spotlight with the wines of Cooper Vineyards.
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For immediate release: the arts are marketable
Creepily religious, straightforward and smart. Gets people who already know Godspell excited and people who don't, intrigued. All for the best. I realize core-classical music doesn't have lyrics to pull from, but I would love to see an ad campaign for a presentation of The Rite of Spring (I know I've used this example before) that uses quotes from all the terrible reviews and then just says ...
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Doug Ramsey on Jazz and other matters...
At eighty, Herb Geller is playing alto saxophone even better than when he was a key jazz figure in the 1950s and '60s. He is performing not with the gravity of Brahmsian old age but with full vigor.
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Olympic band students return from China
They may not have come home with gold medals around their necks, but the students returning from Beijing as part of the Olympic Orchestra got a hero's welcome from excited family and friends Tuesday afternoon.
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Milwaukee's Discovery World honors Les Paul
MILWAUKEE -- Guitar legend and innovator Les Paul is credited with developing revolutionary engineering techniques like close miking, echo delay and multitracking.
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Twee: Indie pop fashion
[ First, a primer: The word "twee" refers to a sub-genre of indie pop music distinguished by lighthearted lyrics and melodies. While some bands embrace the twee label, others find the term disparaging.
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Obituary: George Furth / Actor-playwright known for 'Company'
George Furth, an actor and Tony Award-winning playwright who wrote the book for the landmark 1970 Broadway musical "Company" and also wrote the 1971 play "Twigs," died Monday. He was 75. Mr. ...
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Acoustic festival in the forest
THE first Nanga Music Festival will be held at the Nanga Bush Camp near Dwellingup from September 12-14. Headlining the acoustic folk festival will be American singer/songwriter Kristina Olsen who will be in Australia exclusively for this event.
Mandurah Mail |
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Newsmakers
■ Britney Spears may get a shot at redemption during this year's MTV Video Music Awards. Widely panned for her performance at last year's show, Spears, 26, is in negotiations with MTV to make an appearance at the ceremony Sept. 7, a spokesperson for MTV said yesterday. Although the network said that nothing has been made final, Spears is already appearing in promotional ads for the show. Spears' ...
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Olympic opening uses girl's voice, not face
Associated Press - August 12, 2008 7:43 AM ET BEIJING (AP) - Another example has emerged of China's desire for a perfect Summer Games with word that a song sung at the opening ceremony was...
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At opening ceremony, one girl sang, another lip-synched
The real singer, 7-year-old Yang Peiyi, with her chubby face and crooked baby teeth, wasn't good-looking enough for the ceremony, its chief music director told state-owned Beijing Radio.
San Jose Mercury News |
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Diane Warren to receive achievement award
The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard will honor songwriter Diane Warren with the inaugural Film & TV Music Career Achievement Award.
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