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DeKalb County town celebrates UFO past with family festival
The town of Fyffe has turned a string of UFO sightings from nine years ago into an annual weekend festival.
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Pete Doherty - Doherty To Stage Gig At Home
PETE DOHERTY is planning to stage a gig in his barn - after officials banned a music festival the controversial rocker's band was due to play. Doherty's notorious ...
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Malaysia cancels 'too sexy' Avril Lavigne concert
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Malaysia on Tuesday canceled a concert by Canadian rock singer Avril Lavigne, saying it may taint the Muslim-majority country's independence day celebrations after the Islamic opposition slammed her show as being "too sexy."
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Essential Health Clinic to recognize its volunteers
Essential Health Clinic will acknowledge and recognize volunteers and supporters at the Tuesday Marketplace tonight from 5 to 8 p.m. An announcement will be made in the music area, directing market attendees to the Essential Health Clinic booth, shared with Tuality Hospital.
The Hillsboro Argus |
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Japan reports 2 iPods overheating, suspects defect
(AP) -- Japan is investigating a possible battery defect in the popular iPod Nano music player after reports that two overheated in Tokyo, scorching nearby paper and a woven straw mat, a government official said Tuesday.
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Update: RIAA Says Muxtape Hosting "Illegal Content"
Sam Gustin has learned that Muxtape, the music sharing site that went down yesterday citing "a problem" with the RIAA, has received numerous requests to take down content the industry group deems "illegal."Those requests apparently went unheeded -- until yesterday.I've just received the following statement from a RIAA spokesperson regarding Muxtape."For the past several months, we have ...
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Benevento/Russo Duo
Formed in 2002 when drummer Joe Russo was offered a Thursday night residency at New York City’s Knitting Factory and decided to partner with creative keyboardist and childhood chum Marco Benevento, the Benevento/Russo Duo has been dazzling audiences and heating up dancefloors ever since with their anthemic songs and eminently funky grooves.
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All Dates for this Event:
ELKINS HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1955 will dedicate a memorial for the late Clark Hull "Prof" Siedhoff, who served as Elkins High School music director from 1942-1960 and mayor of Elkins from 1961-1963 and 1965 until his death. The ceremony will take place at 10 a.m. Saturday at Elkins High School.
The Inter-Mountain |
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Clarence's Corner Dedication
The Sterling High School band performed the National Anthem and some other special music during the memorial dedication. View photo » Logan County Commissioner Gene Meisner speaks at the Clarence’s Corner dedication ceremony. Behind him is the family of Clarence Mentgen.
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Stars turn out for Isaac Hayes funeral
A star-studded turnout of mourners remembered U.S. singer-musician Isaac Hayes as a larger-than-life influence on many forms of popular music. Among the hundreds of people who attended Hayes' funeral Monday in Memphis, Tenn., were his longtime songwriting partner David Porter; soul singer William Bell; Al Bell, former co-owner of Stax Records; and such other Stax figures as Eddie Floyd, Mable ...
Moldova.org |
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Brazilian bossa nova king Caymmi dies
Dorival Caymmi, hailed as one of the founders of Brazilian popular music, has died at 94 in Rio de Janeiro, officials said.Local media reports said the cause of the singer-songwriter's Saturday death was multiple organ failure, The New York Times said Tuesday. Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva praised Caymmi as one of the country's greatest musical forces. His 60-year career ...
Moldova.org |
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Broadway veteran cast as leading man in Toronto's Sound of Music
The Toronto production of The Sound of Music has unveiled a huge cast of 51 performers to be led by Elicia Mackenzie in the role of Maria.
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Steve Harris In The Evening
A one-man new music pumping machine, Steve drives evenings Monday-Thursday, Saturday afternoon and The Weekender.
Xfm Online |
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Malaysia cancels Avril Lavigne concert over concerns her show is 'too sexy'
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) _ Malaysia on Tuesday canceled a concert by Canadian rock singer Avril Lavigne, saying it may taint the Muslim-majority country's independence day celebrations after the Islamic opposition slammed her show as being "too sexy."
The Morning Call |
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Sony Teases Music Controller Compatibility
Sony says it controllers for upcoming music titles like Guitar Hero: World Tour will work with other music games - and it wants to make old controllers work too.
DesignTechnica |
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Weekends: A solid week of beach music
There are still plenty of great shows going on at the beach to wrap up the last weekend or so of the summer. Let's get down to the nitty (and the gritty).
The News Journal |
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Stars turn out for Isaac Hayes funeral
MEMPHIS, Aug. 19 (UPI) -- A star-studded turnout of mourners remembered U.S. singer-musician Isaac Hayes as a larger-than-life influence on many forms of popular music.
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Can't Miss It: Tuesday
OLD TIMEY SOCIAL : Seattlest has plugged this before in Tuesday installments of Can't Miss It, but we're finally going to trek out to Ballard tonight to take part. If you want to watch us fall flat in an old timey jam session, or if you wanna join in one yourself, grab your guitar, your fiddle, or your spoons and head out for a night. 8 p.m. // Conor Byrne Pub // Free FREE MUSIC : ...
Seattlest |
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MusicMakesFriends strikes chord with Warner Music
Europe's online music-driven social networking site MusicMakesFriends.com has struck a deal with Warner Music International enabling users to access the Warner catalogue on the site's streaming platform, the two partners said Tuesday.
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Portsmouth Multicultural festival
This celebration features music and food from many different cultures and traditions. Reggae from Ebony Rockers sits alongside flamenco dancing, African drumming performances and workshops.
Socialist Worker |
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Apple, Japan check iPod battery overheating reports
Japan is looking into reports that two iPod Nano music players overheated while being recharged and scorched items nearby, according to a published report Tuesday.
Sacramento Business Journal |
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Eagle Lake Run draws local runners
Aug. 19, 2008 — On Saturday, Aug. 9, the Lassen Land and Trails Trust, Lassen High School’s cross country team and the Lassen National Forest held the Eagle Lake Run at Gallatin Beach on Eagle Lake.
Lassen County News |
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Popular Summer in the Park series closes with the Blues
All good things come to an end and that includes the city's 2008 Summer in the Parks concert series which set an attendance record last week of 4,000 people.
Thunder Bay Post |
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Yoko Kanno Makes Voice Cameo in Genius Party Beyond
The official Japanese website for Studio 4°C's Genius Party Beyond anthology of film shorts has confirmed that composer Yoko Kanno (Cowboy Bebop, Escaflowne, Macross Plus and Frontier ) made a voice-acting cameo in Koji Morimoto's "Dimension Bomb" short.
Anime News Network |
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Legendary Composer, Conductor, and Performer Lalo Schifrin Celebrates His Life With Autobiography
Scarecrow Press will release the autobiography of six-time Academy Award® nominated composer Lalo Schifrin this summer.
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