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Apple, Japan check iPod battery overheatings
Japan is looking into reports that two iPod Nano music players overheated while being recharged and scorched items nearby, according to a report Tuesday. (AAPL)
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'The Rocker' rocks
Rating: ' The Rocker," a comedy in which old-school rock meets new-school pop, gets off to a promising start with a familiar countdown: "1-2-3-4!"
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Tokyo tells iPod users to exercise caution
Japan on Tuesday warned consumers of the risks of Apple ’s iPod nano portable music player after the country’s industry ministry received three reports of minor fires caused by overheating devices.
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Recording Studio: Choose the right guitar
Because Jim Dalrymple records all of his music on the Mac, he tends to focus on software designed for that purpose. However, there are other important factors to consider from the outset—one of the most important is choosing the right guitar for the job.
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Digidesign kicks off Pro Tools HD roadshow
Digidesign is holding free seminars across North America to show how Pro Tools HD can help in music recording and post production.
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The Music Tapes
What? The occasionally off-kilter underground project the Music Tapes is the brainchild of Julian Koster, most notably of seminal indie rockers Neutral Milk Hotel. Koster's third Tapes LP, Music Tapes For Clouds and Tornadoes , out now on Merge, guides listeners on a magical mystery tour of sorts. Nine years in the making, the record cobbles together a sonic rollercoaster, using every piece ...
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Gordo Takes over Sirius
SIRIUS' Jam_ON, the channel devoted to jam band music, will welcome former Phish bass player Mike Gordon as a guest DJ on Monday, August 25 from 6:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m. ET.
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Virgin Festival 08.09 and 08.10 Baltimore
The Virgin Mobile Festival takes place annually at Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course , home of the Preakness . The infield is transformed as two monster stages, at the north and south ends, host some of the world's biggest acts in music.
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N.O. Film Fest update
New Orleans Film Festival organizers are elbow-deep in planning for the Oct. 10-16 event, and though the 2008 lineup has not been announced, this much is certain: Things are going to be a little different this time.
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Get ready to do some serious stargazing. The Toronto International Film Festival has announced its final list of 312 films for the 33rd edition of the fest, Sept. 4-13.
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South Africa: 'I Am Guilty of Murder'
The hitman hired to kill music icon Taliep Petersen has told the Cape High Court that he should be found guilty of murder.
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Muxtape Getting Eaten By RIAA, Too [Muxtape]
We all know about Pandora's troubles paying their ever-increasing rent to the RIAA, but now another one of our favorite internet music spots could be succumbing to corporate pressure as well....
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Bollywood, Here They Come! Emmy Award-Winning The Wonder Pets! Take Preschoolers on a Musical Adventure in 'Save The ...
Linny, Tuck and Ming-Ming will have preschoolers shimmying and singing along in an exciting Bollywood-themed half-hour The Wonder Pets! primetime special, "Save The Bengal Tiger!," premiering Monday, Sept. 8, at 8:00 p.m. on Nickelodeon.
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Top of the Queue: Hayes, 'Shaft' made movie music cool
When a character played by Keenen Ivory Wayans finally begins to fulfill his destiny as a black superhero in "I'm Gonna Get You Sucka," he gets the best advice possible from his mentor, played by Bernie Casey. Every good hero, Casey says, needs a theme song. The guy who knows the most about that could have delivered the line himself, if his character in the movie hadn't just accidentally shot ...
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Brian Wilson and Capitol/EMI Partner With Gannett for First of Its Kind Album Premiere Promotion for Wilson's That ...
Music legend Brian Wilson and Capitol Records / EMI are partnering with Gannett for an exclusive premiere of Wilson's new album, That Lucky Old Sun.
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Nico Muhly, Composer, Musician
At 26-years-old, Nico Muhly has an impressive resume; on top of studying at Julliard and being the subject of an extensive New Yorker piece , the musician/composer/musical wunderkind has worked with Philip Glass, Rufus Wainwright, Antony (of Antony and the Johnsons), Björk and even Brooklyn boys The National. If you're not impressed yet, just take a listen to his latest album, ...
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Defect Suspected In iPod Overheating
Japan is investigating a possible battery defect in the popular iPod Nano music player after reports that two overheated in Tokyo, a government official said.
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ProLink Announces Promotional and Event Partnerships with River Oaks US Men's Clay Court Championship; and Elton John ...
AUSTIN, Texas----ProLink Sports + Entertainment + Media announced today that it will serve as an event partner for two of tennis' premier events: the 2008 World Team Tennis' All-Star Smash Hits event benefiting the Elton John AIDS Foundation in Atlanta, Georgia and the 2009 River Oaks US Men's Clay Court Championship at River Oaks Country Club in Houston, Texas.
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Music Review: Poco - Pickin' Up The Pieces
Pickin' Up The Pieces was an imaginative and creative debut album by Poco. I have always felt that Poco deserved better. The group formed in 1969 and was among the earliest proponents of the fusion between country and rock music. Poco’s commercial problem was they were just a little too country for the rock market and a little too rock ‘n’ roll for a country audience. It would be the Eagles who ...
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Music Review: Blackbud - From The Sky
Blackbud: Definately one to watch. In true British Parliamentary tradition, I must declare an interest. Late in 2003 I went to see a band in England’s Southend area. The support that night was Blackbud, an impossibly young band from Wiltshire in the west of the country. Apparently they had started out doing covers of Jimi Hendrix and Stevie Ray Vaughan and they had clearly...
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Movie review: 'The Rocker'
'The Rocker" gets off to a promising start with a familiar countdown: "1-2-3-4!" It has a good beat and you can laugh to it.
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Music festival a hit in Chatham — About 6,000 attend event at airport — COMMENT ON THIS STORY
To say the local airport normally doesn't see this much traffic would be putting it mildly. According to organizer estimates, approximately 6,000 people attended the first-ever Rockstock on Saturday, which went off with few issues. Finger Eleven, Sloan, The Trews and Thornley were the [...]
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New gems from Xbox Live Arcade
I'm a sucker for big, juicy games with flashy graphics, block-rockin' audio and tons of things to do. This summer has been unusually rich in such ambitious productions, with high-profile releases like "Metal Gear Solid 4," ''Ninja Gaiden II" and "Grid."
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'I have children: don't kill me'
Music legend Taliep Petersen pleaded not to be killed as he lay bound on the floor of his Athlone home, one of the men charged with his murder told the Cape High Court on Tuesday.
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Asian Zither Festival enlivens City in September
VietNamNet Bridge – Performers from the Chinese mainland, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea and Vietnam are expected to participate in the second Asian Zither Festival in HCM City early next month.
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