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Phelps' last major obstacles are a couple of teammates
BEIJING — So, it's come down to this for Michael Phelps: The only guys likely to stop him from taking down the ultimate Olympic record are wearing red, white and blue. Ryan Lochte was gunning for Phelps in the 200-meter individual medley. Ian Crocker was eager to take him down in the 100 fly. Neither has an Olympic gold medal of his own — an omission they'd sure like to fix before they leave ...
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Musicians rock tonight, Saturday
MARIPOSA -- Bill DeWitt & SnakeRock play tonight and Green Machine on Saturday night in Cousin Jack's Mariposa Evenings. Performances start at 7 in Mariposa County Arts Park, Highway 140, between Fourth and Fifth streets.
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Youth festival scheduled
PRAIRIE VIEW - On Saturday, Aug. 23, the Immanuel Church of Prairie View will host its third annual Youth Explosion Summer Festival for youth ages 10 and up.
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Angola: Leopoldo Viana Wins Eigth Edition of "Estrelas Ao Palco"
The mock music contest "Estrelas ao Palco" sponsored by the "Rádio Luanda Antena Comercial (LAC)" was won by Leopoldo Viana, who sang "Canto de La Terra" and "Conté" by Italian Andrea Bocelli.
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Arnold to perform classical guitar solo in September
Stacy Arnold, Navarro College guitar instructor, will perform a classical guitar solo at 7 p.m. Sept. 4 at The Cook Center on the Navarro College campus.
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What's going on around town this week
The Edgebrook Chamber of Commerce will host its annual Edgebrook Festival July 26 in the Devon-Central business district.
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Singing competition adds to fun at Irish Fest
Two songbirds from the suburbs took the top spots Sunday at this year's "Sham-ROCK Stars!" contest, held at the Irish American Heritage Center's Irish Fest last weekend. The two-day competition, modeled after the television reality show American Idol , started Saturday with a round of preliminary auditions. The top four finalists in the two age groups took part in a "sing-off" Sunday.
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Brown's music leaked online
New Chris Brown music has been popping up on the Web -- and the singer is not happy about it.
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Sizzla Kalonji: caught up with God, Girls and the Gun
Conscious deejay Miguel Collins, more popularly known as Sizzla, has advocated murder in at least 35 songs, that's more than Ninja man, Mavado or Munga, yet he still considers himself righteous.
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Concert Previews
Bodies of Water A sort of darker Mamas and the Papas for the Arcade Fire generation, the L.A. outfit Bodies of Water makes swooning, densely harmonic pop that's too much to digest in one sitting. Husband and wife David and Meredith Metcalf literally start
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Fresh faces at the Folk Festival
Don't phreak out, pholk phans: The Philadelphia Folk Festival has gotten a face-lift. This weekend, the annual gathering at the Old Pool Farm in Schwenksville will show off the results of a nip, tuck and infusion of new blood that means to put a fresh face on the 47-year-old festival.
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Talk of the Town
Talk of the Town brings you the latest in news, music and celebrity talk. Batman star Christian Bale escapes charges in alleged assault case, "Tropic Thunder" hopes to dethrone "The Dark Knight," and Madonna approaching her 50th birthday. Bob Mezan reports.
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Steely Dan dig deep into their catalog at DTE
STEELY DAN: Donald Fagen and Walter Becker take a discerning journey through their lengthy catalog of high-end, polished jazz-rock, with help from an eight-piece ensemble that includes drumming phenom Keith Carlock.
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Fest is old
With new talent bookers in charge this year, the Philadelphia Folk Festival is doing its best to lure in a new generation or two of fans, while still holding out plums for festival perennials.
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Athletes' bus in collision
A bus from the Athletes' Village collided with a van yesterday on the way to the Shunyi Olympic Rowing-Canoeing Park, and the Beijing Olympic organizing committee confirmed that two of the four van passengers died in a hospital.
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Stanley Jordan jamming in N.J.
Guitarist Stanley Jordan has kept his virtuosity out of the spotlight over the past decade or so, concentrating more on music therapy than on performing or recording. (Somehow that makes sense, given the way his tap technique seems like massage for the st
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'Society' folk: Janis Ian reminisces on Philly festival
IT'S NOT EASY being a child star - just ask Britney Spears. But for a much deeper and more satisfying response, from a survivor with a real head on her shoulders, check out Janis Ian's entertaining and enlightening tome "Society's Child: My Autobiography" (Tarcher/Penguin).
Philadelphia Daily News |
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In this section
Thousands of music lovers are heading to one of the smaller, alternative summer festivals to see acts including Supergrass, Squeeze and the Levellers.
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The King's Players bring Genesis to life in 'Eden'
For their eighth production, after a few years of performing beloved classics, The King's Players wanted to take a risk. They found "Children of Eden," a musical that convinced them it had tremendous potential. "This is a big risk, because no one really knows this musical," but producer Jean Reibel said she believed her group could make it succeed. "It's too beautiful a thing to miss."
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Ne-yo Planned Painting Career
R+B singer NE-YO has a back-up plan in case his music career stalls - he is a talented illustrator. The 28-year-old Closer hitmaker confesses that he was a keen drawer ...
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U2 - Bono Caused Album Leak
U2 rocker BONO is allegedly responsible for the band's latest recordings leaking online - after he played the tracks to pals on holiday. The Irish superstar was listening ...
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Today on the presidential campaign trail
Fri, Aug 15, 2008 (12:21 a.m.) Jackson Browne sues McCain, RNC over use of song in ad mocking Obama's `tire gauge' remark ... Troops donate more campaign money to Obama than McCain, despite McCain's military record ... A banished adviser stops by to see McCain in a warmer clime ...
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Jazz man Herbie Hancock comes to Westhampton Beach
'Herbie Hancock is the quintessential border crosser," wrote Down Beat magazine, unofficial arbiter of all things jazz. And that was before he became just the second jazz artist in Grammy history - the other was Stan Getz in 1965 - to snag the album of the year prize.
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Your Daily Lick: Antioquia
What a name for the debut of four white musicians playing a unique hybrid of Latin, African, and American music. Like San Francisco Afrobeat troupe Albino!, Antioquia doesn't seek to transcend its identity so much as transport it, then share the results through music.
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U People
(77 mins, No Rating, ). How his Another Planet Entertainment beat the competition to host the epic Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival.
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