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Magic City music making
UPDATED: 10:06 a.m. CT, August 22, 2008
Birmingham News |
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Stars gear up for DNC
Hollywood's devoted politicos will be attending the Democratic National Convention, including concerts by Kanye West and Fall Out Boy.
Newsday |
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City seeks a few good ‘stompers’
A team of women dressed as hillbillies stomps grapes at last year’s Hollister Grape and Fall Festival. BDN photo by Donna Clevenger The City of Hollister is looking for a few good grape stompers.
Branson Daily News |
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Burned Media Ltd. Successfully Launches Version 2.0 of Hypster.com
Burned Media Ltd., a Digital Music and Media company, has announced it has successfully launched version 2.0 of the Hypster.com music discovery property.
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Friday Happenings
Dead Boys -- Cheetah Chrome, a 53-year-old veteran of punk rock, still calls himself a Sonic Reducer ("ain't no loser"). Chrome got his start in the legendary Cleveland garage band Rocket from the Tombs, which spawned both Pere Ubu and Chrome's band, the Dead Boys. He's playing alongside punk rockers young and old to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Dorchester's Unnatural Axe. Church, 69 ...
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Datebook - August 22, 2008
Rocky Mountain National Park program 7:30 p.m. at Beaver Meadows Visitors Center. Climate Change at Rocky & Beyond. This illustrated program explores the causes and effects of climate change in RMNP, 586-1206.
Estes Park Trail Gazette |
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Customer Service
TORONTO - Pop music superstars Mariah Carey and John Legend will headline a two-hour "Canadian Idol" season finale.
Brandon Sun |
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Songs
2500. I love music, and so does my family. I am in the process of putting together a list of must played dance songs at the wedding, and i'm drawing a blank! all i got so far is "love shack" Any suggestions? I know the newer stuff i want played, i did older stuff.
The Jersey Journal |
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NYC BLOG: So What Else is New? "Today's Rap is Wack," Method Man Says
This topic has been run over, kicked, drowned and shot more times than I can count. "The music was way more grounded than it is today," Method Man told The Press Association. "Today, you don't feel the movement. Back then, you felt the movement. I mean, the whole hip-hop movement.
SOHH.com |
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Paedophile Glitter faces the music back in Britain
Paedophile 1970s glam rocker Gary Glitter arrived back in Britain on Friday after a farcical merry-go-round of Asian airports and was immediately ordered to register as a top level sex offender.
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Paedophile Glitter faces the music back in Britain
Paedophile 1970s glam rocker Gary Glitter arrived back in Britain on Friday after a farcical merry-go-round of Asian airports and was immediately ordered to register as a top level sex offender.
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TORONTO – Pop music superstars Mariah Carey and John Legend will headline a two-hour "Canadian Idol" season finale.
Toronto Star |
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Shehnai maestro Bismillah Khan's second death anniversary observed
In an effort to make Indian classical music more popular among the youth, a disciple of legendary shehnai player Ustad Bismillah Khan held a concert here on his second death anniversary, complete with some rare musical instruments.
Calcutta News |
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Dave Stewart: Exclusive Premiere: An Anthem For Change
Earlier this year when I was recording "American Prayer," a song I co-wrote with Bono, the words seemed to take on a whole new resonance, given the inspirational candidacy of Barack Obama.
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MTV Ponies Up ‘$5 Cover’
MTV New Media will team up with Hustle & Flow director Craig Brewer on $5 Cover, a new episodic online series that tracks the lives of young musicians as they try to follow in the footsteps of Elvis Presley and Justin Timberlake by making a name for themselves in the Memphis music scene.
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Riverview hosts sidewalk art festival today
The East Valley Art Guild's Fourth Friday Art Walk will be 6-9 p.m. at Riverview, Dobson Road and Loop 202.
The Arizona Republic |
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iTunes Blocked In China; Tibet Album Suspected
BEIJING (AP) -- Apple iTunes customers in China can't download any new music. All music downloads have been blocked since Monday, and an activist group says Beijing is trying to block access to a new Tibet-themed album.
KTHV Little Rock |
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China Blocks Access to iTunes Store
China's authorities have blocked access to all eight million or so songs in the iTunes music store, apparently because one album -- Songs for Tibet -- doesn't sit well with them.
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Changing their tune: The rock star life takes detours for local moms
Celine Dion does it. Madonna and J-Lo do, too. But local singers Lyn Holly Walters and Carmen Dungey -- women who have been singing and entertaining audiences since high school -- say being an entertainer and a mom is a lot easier when you're a Billboard babe and rolling in money.
The Flint Journal |
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Weekend SC festival celebrates Gullah culture
Friday, August 22, 2008 at 10:28 a.m. (AP) -- CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Artists from four states will visit Charleston for the Gullah-Geechee Nation International Music and Movement Festival.
WPDE-TV Myrtle Beach - Florence |
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Library to sponsor Battle of the Bands
Music lovers need go no further than Simon Park this coming Saturday, when three Arkansas bands will battle it out for the title of best local group.
The Log Cabin Democrat |
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VSA arts Awards Fellowships for Teaching Artists With Disabilities
VSA arts announces its 2008 Teaching Artist Fellows: Fran Sillau of Council Bluffs, Iowa; Kong Ho of Bradford, Pennsylvania; Shaqe Kalaj of Livonia, Michigan; Derek Mortland of Columbus, Ohio; and Glenn McClure of Geneseo, New York. The premier fellowship for teaching artists with disabilities in the country, the award provides support for the artists in pursuit of their careers, as well as ...
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VSA arts Announces Sound Ricochet: an International Music and Writing Exchange
VSA arts is launching an international music exchange program where students ages 8-14 share their musical traditions with each other through video. Sound Ricochet is designed to be carried out in an environment that is inclusive of both students with and without disabilities. Participating classrooms create four video segments with written descriptions of their cultural relevance. VSA arts ...
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Democratic National Convention brings stars
There will be plenty of politicians in the Mile High city next week, but maybe even more celebrities. Hollywood's devoted politicos will be attending the Democratic National Convention, including concerts by Kanye West and Fall Out Boy.
Newsday |
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UCA president honored at annual Toast and Roast
LITTLE ROCK University of Central Arkansas President Lu Hardin was the honoree at the 34th annual Toast and Roast benefiting Big Brothers Big Sisters of Central Arkansas at The Peabody in Little Rock on Thursday night.
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