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'Suge' Knight Arrested in Vegas Drug, Assault Case
LAS VEGAS (AP) -- Rap music mogul Marion "Suge" Knight was jailed Wednesday on assault and drug charges after he was accused of beating his girlfriend while brandishing a knife, police said.
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Oasis opens a '90s rock 'n' roll time capsule
Oasis, playing with Ryan Adams at the WaMu Theater on Tuesday night, offers a thrilling helping of '90s nostalgia.
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Rocking Till Morning
Finishing off a fifth album, My Morning Jacket faced a challenge that confronts many groups fortunate enough to stick around more than a decade — how to put together a set list that satisfies both the band and its fans.
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Music Review: Nat King Cole - Songs from St. Louis Blues/Looking Back
Collectors' Choice saves us from a musical misstep and includes a souvenir from a rare film. This Collectors’ Choice pairing finds two interesting and modest entries in the Nat King Cole oeuvre placed together on one CD: Songs from St. Louis Blues from 1958 is paired with Looking Back from 1965. Songs from St. Louis Blues is associated with the 1958 Paramount film that starred Nat as legendary ...
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Kid Rock thrills fans while filming music video at Motown Museum
Kid Rock was rolling old-school style Wednesday, filming the video for his latest single "Roll On" at the Motown Historical Museum, at 2648 W. Grand Blvd. in Detroit.
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The Big Takeover
Guitarist Shelby Cinca is standing in front of the Crestar Bank adjacent to Club Soda on Connecticut Avenue, nervously inspecting Mancake dancer Danny Perez's crotch. It's a crotch that tonight is dressed up in tiny leopard-print briefs.
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Jailed Cuban punk rocker to stand trial Friday
Wed, Aug 27, 2008 (4:15 p.m.) Cuba has ordered jailed punk rocker Gorki Aguila, an outspoken critic of Fidel Castro and the communist government, to stand trail on Friday for "social dangerousness," a charge that could carry up to four years in prison.
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Win 'RocknRolla' goody bag
When a Russian mobster orchestrates a crooked land deal, millions of dollars are up for grabs, and all of London’s criminal underworld wants in on the action.
My Village Peckham |
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Search the Archives
Listen to the music, breathe the fresh air, and feel your heart beat for the first time in months. At long last, the wait is over: College football is finally here.
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Search the Archives
Jerome White has been a newcomer in two foreign worlds: as a new student at Pitt and as an immigrant to the country of Japan. In one of them, he became a superstar celebrity. Can you guess which one?
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Langdon Weekend opens in Granbury Sept. 3
Tarleton State University’s Langdon Weekend events at Granbury represent a high point of the September calendar, for my part. The literary festival will take place at the Langdon Center, just shy of Granbury’s town-square area, launching at 9 a.m. Sept. 3 with a workshop on collaborative writing.
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Cuba to put anti-Castro punk rocker Gorki Aguila on trial
put anti-Castro punk rocker Gorki Aguila on trial The Cuban rocker whose biting profanity-laced lyrics against the Castro government has previously gotten him in trouble is now in detention and expected to face trial Friday, according to human-rights groups in Havana.
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Kate Nash, Corn Exchange, Edinburgh
Despite Kate Nash's considerable talents, there does lurk the suspicion that even many of her devotees must be getting fed up with her. Not that there's anything objectionable about her personality or the music, but the 21-year-old north Londoner has inspired so many dreary clones that simply the amount of copper fringes on display nowadays is enough to give her an air of tired omnipresence. ...
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Preview: Prom 64: Aimard/Rattle/Berlin Philharmonic, Royal Albert Hall, London
Sunday evening's Prom brings a key figure back into the frame. Lang Lang may make more noise, and Daniel Barenboim may resonate beyond the confines of the concert hall, but for sheer ubiquitousness no musician can compare with the French pianist Pierre-Laurent Aimard.
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Prom 54: BBC So/Davis, Royal Albert Hall, London
Fifty years to the day since the death of Ralph Vaughan Williams, it was only fitting that this Prom should be for him alone. And for those among us who still insist that a little of his "modal mysticism" goes a long way, the Ninth and last Symphony was there to remind us that the old man went out as he came in – confounding his critics. Indeed, the man once described as "a queer, mad fellow ...
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You write the reviews: T J Johnson, St Martin-in-the-Fields, London
Even Londoners may not be aware of the Café in the Crypt at St Martin-in-the-Fields church in Trafalgar Square. Not only does it offer good-value food served in unusual surroundings, it also has a gift shop and bookshop and is a charismatic musical venue covering all spectrums. Classical music, varying strands of jazz and even salsa are regular features of its programme.
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Wilson ready to handle the Ryder nerves
On the day it was revealed that Nick Faldo plans to use DJ Spoony and the drummer from Iron Maiden to inspire his team at Kentucky next month, two young Englishmen declared their eagerness to be a part of the party. For Justin Rose and Oliver Wilson these next four days of the Johnnie Walker Championship could just be some of the most nerve-wracking of their short careers.
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Inner flames
CLASSICAL Indian dancer Ajith Bhaskaran Dass, along with the Suvarna Dance Company, presents Ujjwala: Awakening The Inner Flame that explores the element of fire in its various representations.
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Jailed Cuban punk rocker to stand trial Friday
Cuba has ordered jailed punk rocker Gorki Aguila, an outspoken critic of Fidel Castro and the communist government, to stand trail on Friday for "social dangerousness," a charge that could carry up to four years in prison.
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Homestead's 2008 Summer Fest pushes hurricane safety
There were concerts, antique cars and children playing games Saturday at the Summer Fest 2008 at Losner Park in Homestead. The Homestead Merchants Association kicked off their event season with Summer Fest 2008, a free all-day block party.
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Obituary: David Hammond
Obituary: A 'natural force' for good in Irish life with a gift for television film-making and song
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Press Play: Meditations on Music
Back in the early ‘90s, country music was full of plaintive storytellers, singer-songwriters who were sensitive to the fact a great country tune starts with the characters.
Naples Daily News |
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Prison officers join critics of Titan superjails
Turnkeys latest addition to list of 34 criminal justice organisations objecting to new detention plans
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Music Review: The Band - Moondog Matinee
The Band: Chapter 6. 1973 found The Band unable or unwilling to release an album of original material. The same situation in 1972 produced the excellent live album, Rock Of Ages. They would travel a different journey in 1973 and release an album of cover songs. Moondog Matinee would take its name from an old Alan Freed radio show. The original intent was to return to...
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Pig Out: more than gluttony
The way Bill Burke tells it, Pig Out in the Park’s defining moment came on Saturday night in 1999, when the Grammy award-winning reggae artist Shaggy performed in Riverfront Park.
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