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Best entertainment bets for Aug. 15-21
Here are the top music and dance events for the week ahead, as chosen by the Pioneer Press entertainment staff.
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American Nastia Liukin wins all-around women's gymnastics
Nastia Liukin danced as if she was in the ballet, lightly and elegantly across the floor mat, using her classical music as inspiration to float through her floor exercise.
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PERPETUAL PUNK PLAYERS
YOU didn't have to be a spiky-haired punk to understand Rancid - all you had to do was hear three of the band's most famous songs: "Roots Radicals," played early in the set, and "Ruby Soho" and "Time Bomb," played at the close. At the first...
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Chords & camping
Seventy-five hours, 60 musicians and three days. That's the Philadelphia Folk Festival and this year the festival is 47 and going strong with some new wrinkles promised for the 2008 version.
Delaware County Times |
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Ozzfest down to just a show
Ozzfest slimmed down to one show, and Crue Fest featured only a handful of hard-rock bands, so where can you find the heavy stuff on the road this summer?
Delaware County Times |
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Hawks reach out to fans with Fest
In another sign of change under chairman Rocky Wirtz and president John McDonough, the Blackhawks announced Wednesday that their first on-ice workout will be open to the public as part of the team's inaugural Training Camp Festival.
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Bigger means better for SummerPalooza
When organizers of Oak Brook Park District's SummerPalooza planned this year's fest, they had one idea in mind: bigger and better.
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Does music affect behavior of listeners?
Teenagers who listen to heavy metal music are into unprotected sex, self-harm and shoplifting. Pop music fans are curious about their sexuality and worry about peer acceptance. Jazz fans are misfits and loners. Rap fans are into theft, violence and anger.
St. Joseph News-Press |
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Jackson Browne sues McCain, RNC over song in ad
Jackson Browne doesn't want John McCain running on anything fueled by his lyrics. The singer-songwriter sued McCain and the Ohio and national Republican committees in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles on Thursday, accusing them of using his song "Running on Empty" without his permission. The lawsuit claims the song's use was an infringement of his copyright and will lead people to ...
Lexington Herald-Leader |
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Jackson Browne sues McCain, RNC over song in ad
Jackson Browne doesn't want John McCain running on anything fueled by his lyrics.
The Kansas City Star |
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Hot summer night of jazz on tap
Comments ( No comments posted. ) The city of Jacksonville Beach caps its seventh annual Summer Jazz Series with soprano saxophonist Marion Meadows and electric bassist Gerald Veasley this Sunday at the SeaWalk Pavilion in Jacksonville Beach.
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Former celebrities opt to 'Go Country'
What would happen if you set "The Surreal Life" in a Cracker Barrel restaurant? Something not far from "Gone Country" (8 p.m. and 10 p.m., CMT), now entering its second season. "Gone" takes a cast of curious and not-too-busy-right-now celebrities and...
The Standard-Times |
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True frosh Sands sends a message
MORGANTOWN - West Virginia assistant head coach Steve Dunlap had a little talk with the Mountaineer safeties Thursday. "I told them were halfway through [preseason camp], Dunlap said. "I told them, If you want to show me something, hurry up. Inde...
The Charleston Gazette |
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Taste of Erie 2008
W hether you come for the buttery corn, sizzling seafood, or the plentiful music, this year's Taste of Erie truly has something for...well, every taste.
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Two Players Willing to Take on Second Shift
The Lincoln Center?s late show on Tuesday offered listeners a larger sense of what musicians can do when they play a concert and a recital in the same night.
New York Times |
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Hamilton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra auditions to be held in September
Auditions for the Hamilton Philharmonic Youth Orchestra will take place September 6 from 9 a.m. to noon at Hillfield Strathallan College, 299 Fennell Avenue West.
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Contemplations on the Life of Simone Weil, in a Range of Somber Hues
The Mostly Mozart festival offered a superb premiere of Kaija Saariaho?s wrenching and gravely beautiful ?Passion de Simone? on Wednesday at the Rose Theater.
New York Times |
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His Film Scores Are Spare, His Tango Newfangled
Gustavo Santaolalla, known for composing the scores for ?Brokeback Mountain? and ?Babel,? returns to his Argentine musical roots.
New York Times |
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Dailey & Vincent lead bluegrass nominees with 10
NASHVILLE, Tenn.—Dailey & Vincent lead all nominees for this year's International Bluegrass Music awards with 10, including for entertainer of the year.
Las Cruces Sun-News |
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At Home on the Podium or in the Chair
Most well-known conductors have a background of playing the piano or violin. Then there?s Osmo Vanska, clarinet player and maestro.
New York Times |
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Rage Against the Machine in Denver amid convention
DENVER—Rage Against the Machine will perform at an anti-war music festival during the Democratic National Convention.
Las Cruces Sun-News |
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Motley Crue gets back to rock 'n' roll basics for new album, tour
Too young to fall in love? Not anymore, dude. The middle-aged rockers of Motley Crue are making the rounds on the inaugural Crue Fest, on the heels of a new album, "Saints of Los Angeles." Lead singer Vince Neil, 47, spoke to us by phone last week from a tour stop in Seattle.
The Plain Dealer |
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Music and summer go hand in hand
Did you ever notice just how much a summer can be "defined" through the music you heard during that season?
Libertyville Review |
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Day in the Life
COLUMBUS, Miss. - Melissa Parker spends her days in an office with muted lighting and peaceful music. Her rented space in the Court Square Tower in Columbus serves as a place of serenity. As a massage therapist, she rubs the stress out of patient's muscles, leaving them feeling refreshed.
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Rivafest: Lots of fun, food and funky music
THE champagne flowed as exciting plans for this year's Ballina Rivafest event were unveiled at the festival's launch this week. The community has been called on to help support the annual event, which will be held on November 30 and is expected to attract 10,000 people to the town.
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