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Research On Music And The Brain - Promising, But No bReakthroughs (Yet)
"Much of what we heard struck me as science fiction crossed with faith healing and there were no ultimate conclusions other than a decision by the scientists to confer by email, select the one field where music might have the greatest benefits to medicine - and then blitz it with research."
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Five for Fall
IT’S A FRESH SEMESTER AND COLLEGE STUDENTS, new and old, are on the hunt for free or cheap things to do to avoid studying. Here are some suggestions: 1. Even though we call it “fall semester,” the temperatures in Columbia are still in the “summer” category. Take advantage of those 90-degree days and hit the rocks on the Saluda River below the Riverbanks Zoo parking lot. Just make sure to pay ...
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Weekend Best Bets
As Loudoun teeters on the edge of fall, concert series are winding down and fairs and festivals are gearing up. Below, find summer's last gasp of events taking place this weekend around Loudoun.
Leesburg Today |
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iTunes Blocked in China; Tibet Album Suspected
BEIJING — Customers in China of Apple Inc.'s iTunes online music store were unable to download songs this week, and an activist group said Beijing was trying to block access to a new Tibet-themed album. In Internet forums, iTunes users complained they had been unable to download music since Monday. That was a day after the Art of Peace Foundation announced the release of "Songs for Tibet," with ...
The New York Sun |
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Book Review: The Indie Band Survival Guide - The Complete Manual for the Do-It-Yourself Musician by Randy Chertkow ...
You're an independent musician struggling to gain an audience. This book can help. If your grand musical plan to jump start your career is to win American Idol and enter into a life of indentured servitude to a mega conglomerate, ignore Randy Chertkow and Jason Feehan’s The Indie Band Survival Guide. However, if you’re an independent musician without a label who feels your unique blend of ...
Blogcritics.org |
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Apple investigating after iTunes blocked in China
An Apple Nano and iTunes music card on a computer keyboard, May 2007. Apple have said they are investigating why access to iTunes appeared to be blocked for users in China after a pro-Tibet album became a hit on the online music store.
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Jay-Z wants Glastonbury return
Jay-Z says he would be happy to return to the Glastonbury music festival following his controversial performance.
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Review: Springsteen proves himself as 'future of rock' - over and over
Here's what Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band left out of Thursday night's show at the Sommet Center:
The Tennessean |
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Gaylord Entertainment Company to Present at the Morgan Keegan 2008 Equity Conference on Friday, September 5, 2008 at ...
NASHVILLE, Tenn.----Gaylord Entertainment Company announced today that it will present to investors attending the Morgan Keegan 2008 Equity Conference being held at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee on Friday, September 5, 2008 at 8:25 a.m.
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Auburn Teacher Found Guilty of Molesting Students
27-year-old James Raymond, a former Auburn elementary school teacher, has been found guilty of two counts of sexual touching and three counts of causing bodily injury or offensive physical contact. The charges involved three separate female victims. All of them were elementary school students in Raymond's music classes at the time the incidents took place. (Provided by News 13)
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Appeal to save memorial bandstand
Trustees of a bandstand built as a memorial to 11 Royal Marines musicians killed in an IRA bombing say it needs a £30,000 rebuild.
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Center Stage: Picks of the Week
Friday Aug. 22 Feel free to clap, but it’s hands-off for the blues band Elliott and the Untouchables at the Music at Sandhill concert series 6-8 p.m. at Town Center Commons. Free; www.villageatsandhillonline.com Saturday Aug. 23 For three decades, the Historic Columbia Foundation has invited the community to fill the streets in celebration of African-American culture at the annual ...
The State |
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News Brief Aug. 22, 2008
Aspiring musicians compete for big chance TUPELO - Soloists, duets or groups with country music aspirations have a chance to try out next week to be the opening act for next month's Tennessee River Run Country Concert at Pickwick Dam, Tenn.
Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal |
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'Latin Hendrix' to play KDNK blues fest
CARBONDALE - Listen to a dose of Omar Torrez's fingerwork on guitar and you'll hear his family's influence. And a little Hendrix.
The Aspen Times |
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Gwen Stefani has a second son
LOS ANGELES -- It's Love, Angel, Music, and Baby No. 2 for Gwen Stefani, who on Thursday gave birth to a boy.
Detroit Free Press |
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Tonight: roots rock and more
ASPEN - The final Thursday night concert on Fanny Hill at Snowmass promises to be a good one - at least for those with a fondness for old-time rockabilly/western swing.
The Aspen Times |
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Celtic roots
The Saw Doctors plan to put on a big show for Western New York when the band headlines the Irish Festival on Sunday, but it won't come close to the show we put on for them in 2006.
The Buffalo News |
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Polka parties
If everyone is Irish for St. Patrick's Day, surely everyone is Polish for the last week in August. Because this is the week that polka music and Polish culture take over Buffalo.
The Buffalo News |
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Apple investigating after iTunes blocked in China
BEIJING (AFP) - Apple said Friday they were investigating why access to iTunes appeared to be blocked for users in China after a pro- Tibet album became a hit on the online music store.
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Apple investigating after iTunes blocked in China
Apple said Friday they were investigating why access to iTunes appeared to be blocked for users in China after a pro-Tibet album became a hit on the online music store.
AFP via Yahoo! News |
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Apple investigating after iTunes blocked in China
Apple said Friday they were investigating why access to iTunes appeared to be blocked for users in China after a pro-Tibet album became a hit on the online music store.
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Sony S-Airply - the dock heavy wireless music system
If it wasn't for a decent header, I would have ignored the Sony S-Airplay for looking suspiciously like yet another small to medium sized iWhatever dock for the kitchen. As it turns out though it's lot more interesting than that.
Tech Digest via Yahoo! UK & Ireland News |
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China blocks Apple's iTunes, Amazon over Tibet songs
Chinese authorities appear to have blocked access to Apple's U.S. iTunes Music Store, following the release of the 20-song "Songs for Tibet - The Art of Peace" collection Wednesday.
IT World |
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Soft rock
If the meek inherit the Earth, they'll give an Oscar to The Rocker. But, being meek, they won't tell anybody.
Concord Monitor |
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Photos: All-New IFC Comedy Series Z ROCK Captures the Antics, Humor, and Angst of a Real Rock Band from New York
Original series Z ROCK is coming to IFC uncensored, uncut and commercial free on Sunday, August 24 for ten hilarious episodes. Are you ready to ROCK?!?!
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