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- Lou Reed, Royal Albert Hall, London Beck, Guildhall, Southampton (Independent)
The last time I reviewed Lou Reed in this column, I made what I thought was a fairly transparent joke about taking heroin in the toilets beforehand. The credulous media diarist at The Guardian took this at face value, and alerted that newspaper's entire readership to my apparent junkiedom. This time, then, with a face as solemn as Reed's, I shall report that I watch Lou Reed recreate his entire ...
- UK quashes ‘lyrical’ terror conviction - Financial Times
A former Heathrow airport worker who wrote poems about beheading non-Muslims as the self-styled “lyrical terrorist” had her conviction quashed by the Court of Appeal on Tuesday. Samina Malik, 24, was the first woman to be convicted under ...
- 'Teacher Tales' - One Night Only June 1st at Steppenwolf - Broadway World
'Teacher Tales' - One Night Only June 1st at SteppenwolfBroadway World, NY - 6 hours agoDr. Robert Boone is the founder of Young Chicago Authors, publishers of Say What Magazine and home of the highly acclaimed teen poetry festival "Louder Than ...
- A mum’s diary of disabled son makes shortlist (icWales)
A PERSONAL diary written by a mother to help her cope with her baby son’s severe disabilities has been shortlisted for the Wales Book of the Year 2008, it was revealed last night.
- Cleburne rapper Scott Johnson is trying to send an uplifting message - Fort Worth Star Telegram
Cleburne rapper Scott Johnson is trying to send an uplifting messageFort Worth Star Telegram, TX - 19 minutes ago"My mother wrote poetry, and growing up in West Virginia, everyone’s got problems," he says. "It’s always down, and there’s always an air of depression. ...
- Study: Social networks may subvert 'digital divide' (CNET)
New research suggests that social-networking sites build valuable technological and communication skills, and that low-income students are picking up those skills too.
- At 94 year vintage, silver screen legend and singer Herb Jeffries is still living it up in Idyllwild (The Press-Enterprise)
There's a jewel in the hills of Idyllwild. In a place where creative minds and souls are drawn, one resident found the home he had been searching for.
- No crime checks for "airside" foreign workers - MSN UK News
LONDON (Reuters) - The government insisted on Thursday there is no threat to security from foreign employees working "airside" at UK airports without having had their backgrounds checked for criminal convictions. BBC 2's "Newsnight" programme ...
- Pizza and RAGU (Creative Loafing Atlanta)
Two plays taste great but are less filling... By Curt Holman.Plays about food come with a sadistic quality. Hearing actors extol the taste sensations of delicious dishes can offer the audience an exercise in frustration. If the notorious rule of lap dances says, "You can look but not touch," then in food plays you can't even look because the lovingly described edibles almost never appear ...
- Review of the book 'The Enchantress of Florence' - International Herald Tribune
The Enchantress of Florence By Salman Rushdie 355 pages. $26. Random House. From the very beginning of his new novel, "The Enchantress of Florence," Salman Rushdie plunges us into a world of marvels: "In the day's last light the glowing lake below ...
- NAC Corner: Power of poetry creates connections in unlikely places - Norwich Bulletin
NAC Corner: Power of poetry creates connections in unlikely placesNorwich Bulletin, CT - 11 minutes agoHowever, there was something unusual on the schedule — poetry. The event was hosted by Reliance House and Southeastern Mental Health Authority. ...
- Reflections Through a Surrealistic Eye: Dalí and the Camera (New York Times)
A strangely piecemeal and inspiring show at the Museum of Modern Art tracks the traffic of images, themes and ideas between Dalí?s films, and his more static efforts.
- 12th Annual Virginia Arts Festival Presents Black Watch, May 24 ... - PR Newswire (press release)
12th Annual Virginia Arts Festival Presents Black Watch, May 24 ...PR Newswire (press release), NY - 8 hours agoNew York Observer "There is poetry in Black Watch ... The cast of 10 splendidly conveys the profane roughness of the unit, a brave-face locker-room spirit ...
- A house not for mere mortals - Naples Daily News
EAST LANSING, Mich. — EAST HAMPTON, N.Y. — The house is off-limits to children, and adults are asked to sign a waiver when they enter. The main concern is the concrete floor, which rises and falls like the surface of a vast, bumpy chocolate chip ...
- Ode to Recovery - RedOrbit
Ode to RecoveryRedOrbit, TX - 14 minutes agoTheirs is a story that begins with pain and ends with poetry. They divorced when he was a little boy and his dad received legal custody of him. ...
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