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Massages, treats help students with exam-week stress at GVSU, other area colleges
Press Photo/Adam BirdLicensed masseuse and nursing student Tiffany Korican, top, gives a massage to Ann Hartlieb to help manage stress during exam week at Grand Valley State University. Reggae music, Jamaican food and free massages. Vacation? Hardly. They are among...
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Scouting For Girls At Winter Wonderland
Rick brings you an hour of the Xlist plus the best new music and some random stuff too. Email rick.shaw@xfm.co.uk or text 83xfm (standard network).
Xfm Online |
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Cincinnati Pops Associate Conductor Going To New York
Conductor Steven Reineke has been named music director of The New York Pops.
WCPO Cincinnati |
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Pure Play Music and DSG, Europe's Leading Consumer Electronics Retailer, Announce Expanded Distribution Deal
announced agreement increased by 40%; estimated first year revenues for Pure Play of over $18 million
PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Pet Hate
Uh-oh, Britney’s in the firing line again – this time for using lions and elephants in the video for her new single, Circus . The singer was contacted by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) about her use of the wild animals in the music clip which they say are shocked, whipped and beaten into performing by trainers.
My Kinda Place |
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Happy Camper
Paul Togioka gave Kaua‘i people a taste of why he was nominated for a Grammy award. His rendering of Christmas carols on a banjo Friday night atop the Hawaiian Telcom float was very unique. Sunday, he went back to his guitar to provide music that blended perfectly with the National Tropical Botanical Garden craft fair.
The Garden Island |
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City urged to stop planned go-go bar on residential street
PATERSON — Luz Nunez remembers when Charlie's Angels, a bar with scantily clad female dancers, was open for business on Robert Street. The music was loud. Teenagers smoked in front of the building, the fumes seeping into her house.
The Record |
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Steve Jobs personally picks Apple ads choice of tracks
Steve Jobs attention to detail over all things Apple extends to him personally selecting which songs get used to soundtrack the various Apple ads. The Apple co-founder and CEO is known to be a keen music fan but his tastes appear to be more eclectic then some had thought.
Macworld UK |
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Chorus warms up voices for Messiah performance
ZANESVILLE -The Zanesville Civic Chorus and Orchestra's performance of George Frederic Handel's "Messiah" is a 79-year-old tradition.
Zanesville Times Recorder |
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Musicians protest use of songs as weapons by American jailers
Blaring from a speaker behind a metal grate in his tiny cell in Iraq, the blistering rock from Nine Inch Nails hit Prisoner No. 200343 [...]
The Sault Star |
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The Capitol shutters downtown club
The loudest nightspot in downtown Ocala has gone silent. The Capitol, an alcohol-free, Christian-based music venue aimed at teens, hosted its final show on Nov. 30. Co-director Scott Inman said organizers did not renew their lease, primarily due to a rent increase.
The Ocala Star-Banner |
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What You're Doing Tonight: 12/10
Whether you are looking for a drink with friends, Christmas lights, or a night of music Tuesday, has an event for you.
NBC Washington |
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Too Drunk to Drive? Let Your iPod Tell You
iPod owners can now use their music player to measure their breath's blood alcohol content.
NBC Washington |
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Kissmas Bash is teen hit
Concert attendance in Buffalo has been waning a bit, mirroring a national dip in the biz. But Kissmas Bash, which took over HSBC Arena on Tuesday evening, appeared to be close to sold out, and these people came to party, for sure. The audience was extremely vocal throughout and seemed familiar with the material of every act, as disparate as these acts were.
The Buffalo News |
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Coldplay - Coldplay Deny Satrianis Plagiarism Accusations
Coldplay have moved to deny claims from guitarist Joe Satriani that they used one of his riffs.A copyright infringement suit filed by Satriani on Thursday ...
ContactMusic |
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Singer in tune with College of Lake County choir
Blind singer is 1st to perform with College of Lake County choir Three dozen singers rose in unison and clutched identical black binders of sheet music as they awaited their cue from the choir pianist. The signal came and, at once, the Choir of Lake County sounded the first words to the holiday staple, "Little Drummer Boy."
Chicago Tribune |
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December 03 2008 Edition (rss)
Log in above for full coverage, or subscribe now! Odell S. McGuire, 81, professor emeritus of geology who taught for 32 years at Washington and Lee University and a banjo player who led a revival of Appalachian music in Rockbridge County in the 1970s, died Monday, Dec. 8, 2008, in Lexington.
The Lexington News-Gazette |
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Television - Entertainment
US forces have used loud music to torture hundreds of detainees in Afghanistan, Guantanamo and Iraq, but now the musicians whose songs are being played are saying enough is enough.
Scoop.co.nz |
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Talk of the Town:Coldplay fires back
The day's best showbiz stories including Jay Leno's new network deal, Coldplay's copyright rebuttal, and Blur's reunion concert. Bob Mezan reports.
Times of Malta |
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"Edge of Disgrace - the best C64 demo ever"
This demo was released a month ago or so but I can't get enough of it. The music is amazing and so is the art direction. One of the few C64 demos that doesn't do crazy tech stuff just for the sake of it but makes sure everything fits extremely well.
EuroGamer |
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Two 'Nutcrackers' and a Portsmouth home tour
Come celebrate Ballet New England's 20th anniversary season of "An 1836 Portsmouth Nutcracker" at The Music Hall, 28 Chestnut St., Portsmouth. Showtimes are Thursday, Dec. 11 at 7 p.m.; Friday, Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. and Saturday, Dec. 13 at 10 a.m. and 2...
Portsmouth Herald |
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Award-winning quartet to sing in Ogunquit and Wells
Fans of barbershop quartet music in Wells and Ogunquit have a big weekend in store for themselves. The award-winning quartet Melodies and Memories will perform three times over the weekend as well as participate in the Southern Maine Christmas Parade on...
The York Weekly |
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Harvey Reid, Joyce Andersen are back to play annual concert
Nationally renowned acoustic guitarist Harvey Reid and his wife, rising acoustic star Joyce Andersen, will perform their annual Seacoast Christmas Concert on Dec. 21 in the Remick Barn at the Museums of Old York.
The York Weekly |
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Young composers intriguing
Mason Bates' “Red River.” The reference is to the original name of the Colorado River, the one that mostly ends up in the Hoover Dam.
The Washington Times |
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Musicians join chorus of protests against sonic assault on detainees
GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba – Blaring from a speaker behind a metal grate in his tiny cell in Iraq, the blistering rock music from Nine Inch Nails hit Prisoner No. 200343 like a sonic bludgeon.
San Diego Union-Tribune |
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