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Beijing bands on Vice TV
These days it seems Vice magazine is trying its hand at almost everything. Besides the iconic music magazine and record label they do some interesting web documentaries at VBS. Like every other news organization in the world they decided in the spirit of the Olympics to do a month of pieces on Beijing and China. Since their main focus is music they did a bunch of interesting little ...
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A Spirit of South Asia Is Moving in Manhattan
The borders that ?Erasing Borders,? a four-day festival of Indian dance, means to erase are multiple.
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Get ready for Goombay
Asheville’s Goombay festival runs Friday-Sunday on The Block, at Eagle and Market streets, downtown. Look for live music, drumming, arts and crafts, festival food and, of course, the parade. The Goombay parade is set for noon-1 p.m. Saturday and will feature the Carver High School marching band from Winston-Salem.
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Reporter accused of leaving his dog inside hot car
It was a case that outraged many. A Chandler police dog left in a hot car is found dead and it's all because his handler left him there. Every news organization in the valley covered the story, including the Arizona Republic. Now one of their reporters who covered that case is accused of doing something similar. FOX 10's Sarah Acevedo reports.
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Arts notes
Comeback trailR&B/contemporary-jazz singer Will Downing, who has spent more than a year recovering from polymyositis, will sing on Jerry Lewis' Labor Day telethon for the Muscular Dystrophy Association.
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Home and garden briefs
The summer concert series at the New Jersey Botanical Garden in Ringwood State Park wraps up tomorrow, with a 7 p.m. program featuring the 3-M Band.
The Star-Ledger |
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Food, art and music lovers will enjoy Nu Nuz
A modest little café has opened around the corner from Bayshore High School and IMG's campus.
Bradenton Herald |
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No barbecue this year as economy dumps Ham Jam
The latest casualty of Florida's slumping economy apparently is the First Coast Ham Jam, the annual barbecue contest and country music festival that celebrated its 20th anniversary in Clay County in 2007.
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Rainn Wilson wants to rock you
Rainn Wilson joins the growing list of actors spawned from the Jerry Lewis school of acting. Like Jack Black, Adam Sandler and so many other young movie stars, Wilson will more often turn to a goofy face, a pratfall or a never-ending string of ad libs in an effort to pull a laugh out of unfunny material.
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THE WEEK AHEAD: Aug. 21-Aug. 27
Fun activities will include a slip 'n' slide, a dunk tank, the Tampa Bay Rays' speed-pitch booth, music and lessons on building a sand sculpture followed by a contest with prizes.
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Review of new music releases
"A Little Bit Longer" HHH
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Folksy Holland builds following despite discouraging childhood
Editor's note: This is the first of a series of columns profiling underappreciated female musicians and bands with women members. The project was inspired by writer Inga Muscio, who spent a year only listening to music and reading books created by women. The Daily Nebraskan's Hilary Stohs-Krause contemplated doing the same but realized while browsing her iPod that the majority of her music was ...
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The hot five in music and movies
HOT FIVE SINGLES
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Lied's fall season rife with inspiring performances
Every year, the Lied Center for Performing Arts manages to provide countless opportunities to be dazzled. This fall, the venue will host theater productions, dance troupes and orchestra performances, beaming with quality entertainment. September and October will set the mood for the Lied Center.
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Charity uses Omaha concert to build up starter cash
A relatively new charity organization in Omaha is trying to get its program off the ground. Called Peace Center, the group wants to help veterans get much needed treatment for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, or PTSD. An organization cannot function without money, so for now, the people involved are in constant fundraising mode.
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Omaha venues boast packed fall concert schedule
Apparently, college students like music. The staff at the Daily Nebraskan isn't quite sure when this phenomenon started, but we're doing our best to document it. Here's a list of upcoming shows, all in Omaha, that you crazy kids would be crazy to miss. Flobots Friday, 9 p.
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Turnstiles draw on early influences for EP
Some of The Turnstiles' songs sound a little different - and they should. Some tracks on their recently recorded EP "See Right Through" were nearly two years in the making. "Some of the songs we just recorded we've been sitting on for two years," said Roland Fuoco, bass player for the Turnstiles.
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Club Notes: The politics of concert-going
Who knew that you had to be a delegate to attend a chunk of this week's Democratic National Convention-related music and social fests? Odds are, a lot more people would've become involved with the political process if they knew it was going to earn them an all-access pass to this week's parties.
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"Last blast from the Love Generation"
Music and nostalgia will be the themes all weekend-long in Astoria as iconic musicians from the tie-dye era gather at the Clatsop County Fairgrounds to play the "Concert for Big Red."
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A Slice & a Spectacle
Pizza tastes better in the presence of banjos. It is our oldest, most accurate culinary truth. To see the theory work in surreal practice, kindly patronize Porky's Pizza Palace in San Leandro, where every Thursday night, you can watch fifteen or so banjo-brandishing citizens plow through, say, "Elvira" in ramshackle unison as you scarf down prodigious pies, majestic fried zucchini, and soothing ...
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Gillt-edged
Vince Gill makes it look easy. With 19 Grammy Awards and more than 26 million albums sold, he's one of country's most popular, celebrated superstars -- and one of the wittiest.
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Free concerts at Simi Town Center
The Simi Valley Town Center will present two nights of free, outdoor music concerts. •The Southern California R&B and blues band Reno Jones will play at 6 p.m. Thurs., Aug. 28 at the mall, 1555 Simi Town Center Way in Simi Valley.
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The Libertines
The three pillars of a "real" band -- sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll -- have eroded significantly in recent years. Thankfully, the Libertines are bringing back all that was dirty and appealing about being a rock star. They have an iconoclastic singer who also has, infamously, a drug problem.
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At home at the Junction
It's midsummer, and you're tired of heat-magnifying concrete. You've used up your vacation -- and your gas funds. You'd give just about anything for fresh country air, starry skies, and a bonfire with friends.
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Takin' it easy with Eagles tribute in Westlake
The city of Westlake Village will host a concert in the park at 7 p.m. tomorrow, Fri., Aug. 22, at Bernice Bennett Park, 31800 Village Center Road, Westlake Village. Music will be performed by The Long Run: A Tribute to the Eagles.
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