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Doctor Parker
New York bassist William Parker believes in music as a healing force, a vehicle for ecstatic transformation, similar to the meditative chants of Buddhist monks and the mystical dances of Sufi dervishes. His basic concept is to mix earthy grooves with cosmic abstractions, stirring up an energetic pow ...
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Figaro. People are so seduced by Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro that they tend to overlook the opera's anarchic roots. Historians today widely consider the 18th-century French dramatist Beaumarchais' stage play of the same title to have performed a major role in instigating the French Revolution. I ...
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Art House
Artists' Television Access. OpenScreening: "Against Interpretation": Local abstract film and video. Thu., May 15, 8 p.m. $5. Other Cinema's Blobsquatch: Jason Jones' Son of Sasquatch, noteNdo's live Nintendo hacking, Jesse England's VCR-wrangling, and much more weirdness. Sat., May 17, 8 p.m. $8. 99 ...
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Robyn is a new breed of chart chanteuse
Pop music is "anything that connects to a lot of people at the same time, that deals with what's going on when it's made," says Swedish singer-songwriter Robin Carlsson, better known as simply Robyn. "It's not even always about the music. But I think it's very much about the song." For Robyn, "the ...
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Rapper Dizzee Rascal Hopes Third Time Is the American Charm
As huge as hip-hop has gotten in the U.S., mainstream America has yet to really embrace artists from overseas. Case in point: Dizzee Rascal, a savage MC from East London who is still mostly unknown here, despite years of generating a buzz. Rascal broke out of the U.K.'s grime/garage scene of the ea ...
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On His New Record, Ne-Yo Saves Some R&B Hits for Himself
You don't often find integrity in the music biz. So when R&B singer and songwriter Ne-Yo tells us it just wouldn't be right to hold onto a song he's promised to another artist, we're surprised and just a little skeptical. "If everybody gets B-rated songs, and I keep all the A-rated songs for myself ...
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Putting Sickly Dogs to Sleep: From Bouncer’s Canine to Hillary’s Campaign
As some wise sage once said, timing is everything. Last week I showed up at Martuni's too early for the piano bar and too late for the happy hour. I watched the couple next to me ignore their bowl of bar snacks — a delightful mix of pretzels, melba toast, and other little crunchy crackery wond ...
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Grime City follows British urban music off the deep end
Despite its name, the Grime City crew plays few grime records these days, having followed British urban music off the deep end into the bass spelunking of dubstep, its mostly instrumental weirdo cousin. Just three years after its start, the DJ crew has replaced the two-dimensional backdrops favored ...
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Making a difference every day
From his perch in a trailer a few feet above the parking lot in front of K-mart in Waynesville, James Burgess sees clearly all the little squiggles and dips which comprise life.
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A day in the life of Wheatfield Prison
In the second part of our series on the state of the Irish prison service, Cormac O’Keeffe meets the staff and inmates at Wheatfield Prison.
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Arts Council needs you to weigh in on arts in Somerville
The groups will provide a chance to network with other folks who share similar interests; help formulate the direction of arts and cultural programming in Somerville; and share what you think are the assets and needs within the community. The Arts Council will share how the board and staff are thinking of "revisioning" the work it does in the community.
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Students face music as UoP centre hikes fees
Aspiring artists pursuing graduate and post-graduate courses in performing arts are being compelled to opt for other universities due to the newly hiked fee structure, which they say is unaffordable.
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Seabellies continue to rise
The first of the two singles Heart Heart Heart Out was released on March 11 and front man Trent Grenell said they already had a great response.
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Asia-Pacific telcos to bring iPhone to parts of the region
(Associated Press via NewsEdge) SingTel, Bharti Airtel, Globe Telecom, and SingTel subsidiary Optus have signed an agreement with Apple to offer the iPhone in their respective markets later this year.
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N.E.R.D. at top of class in hip-hop smarts
Chad Hugo and Pharrell Williams like banking millions as the Neptunes, a production duo that lays tracks for the likes of Jay-Z, Snoop Dogg and Madonna. But there's...
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Martha Stewart and Mario Batali Sit Down 'At Martha's Table' on Martha Stewart Living Radio Exclusively on SIRIUS ...
Martha and Mario go live one-on-one for an in-depth conversation about his passion for Italian food and his love of grillingThe 'At Martha's Table' series features Martha Stewart conductin...
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Electronic Arts profit outlook disappoints
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Top video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc issued an annual profit outlook on Tuesday that fell short of Wall Street forecasts as a drive to improve quality jacked up costs. Its shares fell 3.7 percent.
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DSI says key figure caught
A major producer of pirated movies and music was arrested in Bangkok's Thawee Wattana area yesterday, the Department of Special Investigation commander said. Shinnapat Piyapan was apprehended during a raid on his three-storey house at Rungroj housing estate.
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Arts celebration brings out students' creativity
A tradition has developed for the fourth- and fifth-grade students at Eleanor G. Hewitt School in Ringwood: Every other spring, the students try their hand at drama, visual arts, dance, music and creative writing in a two-day Celebration of the Arts.
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CARLSBAD: Teachers unions organize rally against funding cuts
CARLSBAD ---- Members of two local teachers unions will hold a rally in Carlsbad on Wednesday to protest the governor's proposed cuts in education funding. Members of the Carlsbad and Oceanside teachers associations have arranged for speakers and mus
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Electronic Arts top expectations, eyes share gains
SAN FRANCISCO - Top video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc on Tuesday posted a quarterly profit that beat Wall Street expectations and said it expects to gain market share on the strength of upcoming titles like "Spore" and "The Sims 3."
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Electronic Arts top expectations, eyes share gains
Top video game publisher Electronic Arts Inc on Tuesday posted a quarterly profit that beat Wall Street expectations and said it expects to gain market share on the strength of upcoming titles like "Spore" and "The Sims 3."
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VISTA: RBV students prepare for annual ArtSplash
VISTA ---- Smiles and colorful chalk dust were on the faces of about 160 Rancho Buena Vista High School students Tuesday as they created large drawings for the campus's annual ArtSplash festival. Throughout the day, 41 teams of students and one group
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'Find new ways to woo youth'
KUALA LUMPUR: The Malay-sian Youth Council (MYC) has urged youth leaders to create different approaches to attract more youngsters to join youth organisations.
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Maria Maria's scene outshines food / GUITAR LEGEND CARLOS Santana has taken his career in unexpected directions, ...
Now he's moved into restaurants, joining Dudum Sports and Entertainment - owners of Bing Crosby's Restaurant and Piano Lounge in Walnut Creek and Joe DiMaggio's Italian Chophouse in San Francisco - in a licensing partnership to open Maria Maria, a nouveau-...
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