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Music Review: Gnarls Barkley "The Odd Couple"
Gnarles Barkley, the collaborative effort of neo-soul artist Cee-lo and producer Brain "Danger Mouse" Burton returns with "the Odd Couple", a sophomore record that dares to break the mold of the follow-up record.
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Briefings Articles
10. (CNN) -- Sen. John McCain on Monday rejected a "big government" takeover of the health care system, saying he wants to empower families to make more medical decisions.
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Not so splendid for Splendour fans
ORGANISERS of the Splendour in the Grass music festival have been overwhelmed by the demand for tickets, with many fans left empty-handed.
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Kanye West, record labels sued over jazz samples
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Rappers Kanye West, Method Man, Redman, Common and their record companies were sued on Thursday by late U.S. jazz musician Joe Farrell's daughter, who accused them of using her father's music without approval.
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Kanye West, record labels sued over jazz samples
NEW YORK - Rappers Kanye West, Method Man, Redman, Common and their record companies were sued on Thursday by late U.S. jazz musician Joe Farrell's daughter, who accused them of using her father's music without approval.
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Blues lifer takes anti-war stand
Robert Ross was ahead of the curve when he started writing war protest songs in 2002, months after America invaded Afghanistan. “Back then I was in the minority since so many people were for a war,” Ross said. “But I had to write my record.”
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TBS Partners with Def Jam Recordings and Grammy-Nominated Singer Chrisette Michele to Promote Tyler Perry's HOUSE OF ...
ATLANTA , May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- TBS, television 's #1 comedy network, has partnered with Def Jam Recordings and Grammy-nominated singer Chrisette Michele for a promotional campaign designed to tout new episodes of the highly rated sitcom Tyler Perry's HOUSE OF PAYNE. As the centerpiece of the campaign, Michele has recorded a new, original song entitled "I Gotta Love Jones" for HOUSE OF PAYNE, ...
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The Dresden Dolls - No, Virginia Album Review
The Who: There's something new - well, maybe more appropriately, small - brewing in the dark corners and piano bars of the nation. Nobody really knows what to call it: it's part cabaret, part fanciful theater, equally influenced by Debbie Harry and Bertolt Brecht.
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Part-time clerk hands out big bonuses
Pasco Clerk of Court Jed Pittman has handed out more than a million dollars in taxpayer dollars as bonuses to his employees. Pittman, who doesn't show up for work full time, says his employees work hard.
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Post mortem to probe death of plastic surgeon Martin Kelly
The results of a post-mortem examination being held today are expected to help explain the sudden death of Martin Kelly, one of Britain's leading plastic surgeons.
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Bottomless Pit Hammer of the Gods
"I can't believe my heart": Tim Midgett offers that thought in the middle of "Human Out of Me", the sixth track from Bottomless Pit's debut album, Hammer of the Gods . Ideally, this album wouldn't even exist.
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Movers roundup: Napster, Encore Acquisition
Napster Inc. shares fell Thursday as several analysts lowered price targets and noted issues and concerns in the wake of the digital music retailer's fiscal fourth-quarter report.
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Haunting Soundtracks: Jazz with a Polish Accent
The Polish trumpeter Tomasz Stanko's records of the last six years, with their elegiac moods and clean, controlled lyricism, have become a primary reference point for current European jazz.
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Temecula Valley International Jazz Festival Finds It Easy Being Green
The Temecula Valley International Jazz Festival's 5th annual event to be held between July 10 and 12, 2008, in Old Town Temecula is getting Greener. This year the Temecula Jazz Festival is taking steps to be “green" thanks to solar powered sound and stage lighting provided by Sustainable Waves.
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ASF to hold AIDS Outreach benefit
The Alabama Shakespeare Festival is holding the 21st annual AIDS benefit at 7:30 p.m. June 2. The benefit performance will showcase a variety of acts from ASF and other local arts organizations and is being organized by Kim Aycock, ASF stage manager, and actor Rodney Clark, who will also direct.
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Uptown Magazine Online - Winnipeg's Online Source for Arts, Entertainment & News
'It's always the quiet ones...' 'It's those crazy kids and their devil music...'
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Despite a Juno win and a new gig on Canadian Idol, R&B sensation Jully Black remains refreshingly down-to-earth
When Uptown caught up with Jully Black back in November, the Toronto-based R&B diva was in the midst of promoting her recently released sophomore outing Revival - a record that was just starting to generate some serious hype.
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What's new in entertainment
A look at what's new in movies, books, music, television, video games and DVDs for the weekend. MOVIES: "INDIANA JONES AND THE KINGDOM OF THE CRYSTAL SKULL" Harrison Ford dons the fedora again as tough-guy archeologist Indiana Jones in this long-anticipated fourth film in the series. This time it's the 1950s and an aged Indy must battle Russian bad guys over a precious artifact. With Cate ...
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Healthcare Investment Must Deliver Safe Care
The New Zealand Nurses Organisation welcomes today’s Budget announcement of additional funding streams for the health sector. $10.4 million to develop Pacific health providers and their workforce; $12 million for Maori health workforce development; On-going funding to deliver Nursing Entry to Practice programmes for new-graduate nurses.
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Diplomacy heals rifts
BETWEEN musings on the politics, choreography and singers' sex appeal, few pause on the artistic value of Eurovision's songs.
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Beauchesne to lead R.I. Philharmonic
DAVID BEAUCHESNE, above, previously the Philharmonic’s director of education and community partnerships, will be its new executive director.
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Iqaluit This Week
Saturday May 24, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Iqaluit fire hall. Proceeds support Aqsarniit Middle School's French class trip to Quebec. Saturday, May 24, 11 a.m. planting party at the Iqaluit Greenhouse. Members are invited to meet with their teams and put together their plots.
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Lottery Winner Drives Away in Truck
One lucky lottery player drove off the lot of Bill Kobach Buick GMC with a new truck. It was part of a promotion sponsored by the Kansas Lottery.
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CLEAR-COM® ANSWERS PRAYERS FOR CROSSINGS COMMUNITY CHURCH
DMN Newswire--2008-5-22--OKLAHOMA CITY, OKLAHOMA, MAY 22, 2008 "On any given Sunday, Crossings Community Church of Oklahoma City, OK, serves its 4,000 plus member congregation in three services led by Senior Pastor Marty Grubbs with music provided by a 120-piece chorus and a full orchestra, all of which are networked via world-leading intercom provider, Clear-Com®.
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Mukadota honoured
DAVID Karavina — a Harare-based artist — has completed sculpting the statue of the late Safirio Madzikatire, otherwise known as Mukadota.
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