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Thurston Moore of Sonic Youth Hosts a Program of David Bowie's Music Videos at MoMA
David Bowie (British, born 1947) and Mick Rock (British, born 1949). Still from Space Oddity. 1972. Video (color, sound). 5:05 min. Gift of David Bowie. Image courtesy of the artist.
Art Daily |
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Plot against Obama called unusual
The alleged assassination plot by neo-Nazi skinheads to kill Barack Obama is unusual for a group that is known more for street violence and music concerts than organized schemes, according to the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Knoxville News Sentinel |
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Jonathan Bailey Holland next up for UTC’s Meet the Composer
Music lovers will have the opportunity to meet and hear composer Jonathan Bailey Holland at 7:30 tonight at UTC in the Roland Hayes Concert Hall of the Fine Arts Center, corner of Vine and Palmetto streets.
Chattanooga Times Free Press |
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Spaghetti Western Orchestra revives sounds of the Old West
SCHENECTADY ? "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly." "A Fistful of Dollars." "Once Upon a Time in The West."The sounds from these classic films are as iconic as the images. The scores of composer Ennio Morricone ? full of eerie cadences, lonesome whirring melodies and stark orchestrations ? virtually define the Spaghetti Westerns of the 1960s, films that were often shot by Italian directors on ...
Albany Times Union |
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Firmware Upgrade Makes Squeezebox Duet Sing
When we first reviewed the baby Squeezebox five months ago, we weren't totally impressed. The Duet now connects your computer's music library to your stereo with kindergarten ease and MIT smarts.
Wired News |
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Top Scoops
Bono addressed 14,000 women in Long Beach, Calif., this week at The Women's Conference 2008. The following is an excerpt from his speech. Rock stars have two urges. (No, really, just two.) They want to change the world, and they want to have fun. And I believe we can't do one without the other.
Scoop.co.nz |
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Verizon Wireless Launches High-Speed Wireless Broadband Network Throughout Athens, Vinton, Jackson and Meigs Counties ...
Verizon Wireless announced today that it has expanded the national rollout of its 3G high-speed wireless network to portions of Athens, Vinton, Jackson and Meigs counties. The wireless broadband network will enable Verizon Wireless customers to access the wireless Internet, email, mobile music, videos and more from their laptops and phones.
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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WSU alum highlighted in jazz festival
Hagelganz returns to WSU as a faculty member this year after touring the world and garnering prestigious awards.
Washington State University Daily Evergreen |
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African Americans aren’t treated equally in athletics
Mike Woods: African Americans aren't treated equally in athleticsMike Woods is a Hamilton College music profes¬sor and an avid sports fan. He spoke with O-D sportswriter Marques Phillips to talk about Bernard Hopkins' vic¬tory over Kelly Pavlick in a recent middleweight boxing match and about the role of race in sports:
The Observer-Dispatch |
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Canadian music royalties go online
Canada on Monday extended music royalties to the Internet in a move that will encompass commercial TV and radio station Web sites, electronic gaming sites and online radio stations.
Reuters via Yahoo! News |
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Canadian music royalties go online
Canada on Monday extended music royalties to the Internet in a move that will encompass commercial TV and radio station Web sites, electronic gaming sites and online radio stations.
Reuters via Yahoo! Canada News |
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Ska-punks kick off U-Rock today
Maxwell Smart will ignite the first U-Rock of the quarter, when the band takes center stage outside of the Bronco Student Center today.
Poly Post |
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Topeka Symphony Receives Record Gift
The Topeka Symphony received its largest gift ever. The "six-figure gift" would go to creating a new work on religious faith, conflict and reconciliation. It has been titled 'PARABLES.' It will debut in Topeka on May 1st, 2010. The gift comes from Douglas and Andrew Reeves in honor of their parents Jean and Julie.
WIBW Topeka |
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Alternate jurors sworn in for Spector's retrial
LOS ANGELES - Opening statements in the murder retrial of music legend Phil Spector have been set for Wednesday after six alternate jurors were chosen.
Jam! Showbiz |
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Jefferson County Commissioners Consider Possible Move of Wakarusa Music Festival
According to the meeting's minute, over 33 people showed up for the discussion. Some of the questions raised include two bills from Douglas County the Wakarusa music group has not yet paid, as well as sanitation and traffic issues.
WIBW Topeka |
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Phil Spector jury chosen for murder retrial
The panelists set to hear opening statements this week in the fatal shooting of actress Lana Clarkson include jurors familiar with guns and suicide. The jury that is set to begin hearing evidence against Phil Spector this week includes panelists with knowledge of guns and suicide, two issues at the heart of the music icon's murder retrial.
Los Angeles Times |
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CD to feature music director of San Bernardino Symphony as conductor
Carlo Ponti, music director of the San Bernardino Symphony Orchestra, is making his recording debut.
The Press-Enterprise |
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Jazz News: George Wein and the Newport All-Stars at Dizzys Club Coca Cola
NEW YORK, October 27, 2008 - ELECT GEORGE WEIN! After you go out to vote, spend the evening with George Wein & the Newport All-stars at Dizzy's Club Coca Cola, at Frederick P. Rose Hall, Broadway & 60th Street, 5th Floor, on Tuesday, November 4, (Election Day) and nightly through Sunday, November 9, at 7:30 pm and 9:30 pm.
All About Jazz |
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New year, new release for IE rapper Ill Manor
Ill Manor wants to start off 2009 with a bang. That's when the rapper, whose real name is Byron Brock, plans on dropping his next release.
The Press-Enterprise |
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Band elevates Ryan Adams' latest album
Out today are records from three singer-songwriters who take on country and roots music from three very different perspectives.
The Kansas City Star |
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Stargazing ‘Stone' non-singers have weekly challenge; Kim Possible plays with puppets
Dominic Monaghan told Entertainment Weekly that the rock star he’ll play on a special edition of “Chuck” is not the same as the rock star he used to play on “Lost.”
The Kansas City Star |
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Arts center gets face-lift
GREENVILLE — The Greenville Cultural Arts Center, housed in a former Presbyterian church on Route 32, is home to shows ranging from visual arts to music to theater. Renovation and repainting of the building has just been completed, and the center is now a sparkling white.
The Daily Mail |
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Search the Archives
Pittsburgh jazz history has unknowingly affected millions of adults and children who may be unaware that “Mister Roger’s Neighborhood” harbors a local jazz legend.
The Pitt News |
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Honor roll
River Oaks Baptist School won a prestigious national foreign language award and was the only recipient in the country to do so.
River Oaks Examiner |
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Cancer, A Guitar, And A Will To Live
A young man receives gifts as incentive, but is rewarded ultimately with his life.
WYTV Youngstown |
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