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- CD reviews: The Hold Steady, Nas, John Mellencamp, Billy Joel (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
When bands like Hinder, Buckcherry or 3 Doors Down are heralded by pop culture pundits as being saviors of rock, returning the genre to prominence after a dominant run of pop starlets and hip-hop acts, you can’t help but wonder if the pundits ever venture outside the Top 40. Case in point: Brooklyn-based The Hold Steady might be one of the best American rock bands hardly anyone knows. The ...
- Atlanta Music Scene - AccessAtlanta
The entry titled "Jill Scott In Atlanta, On Possibly Becoming An Atlantan...(And Many Other Things)," and any of the comments about it. It’s an especially good day in the life of Jill Scott , she says when she rings the Atlanta Music Scene. “I ...
- Palanca won’t stage satirical play on woman president (Philippine Daily Inquirer)
MANILA, Philippines—A satirical play -- about a woman president toying with the idea of establishing a monarchy to save her troubled nation -- could have brought the house down at Monday night’s award ceremonies of the 2008 Carlos Palanca Memorial Awards for Literature.
- 91ST GDS FAIR BEGINS TODAY (The Wayne Independent)
The 91st GDS Fair begins today, Tuesday, August 26, 2008, and runs through Labor Day Monday September 1. The fairgrounds are located next to and behind the Wallenpaupack South Elementary School in Newfoundland, off Route 191/507.
- Michael Rosen: 'Give children books, not SATs' (Independent)
Michael Rosen, the children's laureate, can't help but feel a tinge of glee at the recent SATs fiasco. "There is a bit of schadenfreude, if you like," he says, "a bit of celebration at their misfortune" – meaning the misfortune of the Government; or the Department for Children, Schools and Families; or ETS; or head teachers; or advocates of testing. Take your pick, Rosen has multiple gripes ...
- A piece of Jerusalem in Abu Dhabi - The National
A piece of Jerusalem in Abu DhabiThe National, United Arab Emirates - 5 hours agoMaysa Diab Harb, the ambassador’s office manager, who was then an eight-year-old girl, remembers reciting a poem for Arafat at the event. ...
- Obama accepts historic nomination, takes aim at McCain in speech (Honolulu Advertiser)
DENVER — Sen. Barack Obama's speech accepting the Democratic presidential nomination last night was what many nervous Democrats were hoping for: a forceful challenge to Sen. John McCain and the Republicans, and a restatement of the message to change Washington and the nation that propelled him to the nomination.
- Celebrating the life of Smokey Joe – dead at 88 - Amandala
Celebrating the life of Smokey Joe – dead at 88Amandala, Belize - 13 minutes agoHe loved to write letters, prose and poetry, which he punctuated with his favorite adjective (bull-X#$@), which he even knew to conjugate, she jested. ...
- Free alt-art festival - Buenos Aires Herald
Ciudad emergente, a free 3-day festival organized by Buenos Aires City government at the Recoleta Cultural Centre, opens tomorrow. It will showcase youth culture, art, music, poetry, stencils, videoclips documentaries and music films. There will be ...
- Other ways to feast at the Picnic - Independent
MUSIC at a music festival? That's just for purists. Since its inception, Electric Picnic has built up a reputation for giving its punters a holistic festival experience. This year again at Stradbally , you can rock your socks off for the entire ...
- How 'Genius' Bill Walsh brought brains to a brute-force game (Contra Costa Times)
For decades, the consensus held that the thinking fan's game was baseball. In its leisurely rhythms were the textures, subtleties and nuances of life itself.
- CST scores the gifted 'Amadeus' - Chicago Sun-Times
The sly little joke at the heart of "Amadeus," Peter Shaffer's popular 1979 play, is that despite its title, Mozart is not really the star. Shaffer crafted the play's most flamboyant role for Antonio Salieri, Mozart's nemesis -- the powerful court ...
- Hip-hop emcee Tou Saiko Lee takes his message to the streets as he ... - Pioneer Press
Hip-hop emcee Tou Saiko Lee takes his message to the streets as he ...Pioneer Press, MN - 11 minutes agoHe has mentored dozens of young poets, nurturing a burst of interest among Hmong artists in hip-hop and spoken-word poetry. And he's likely the only hip-hop ...
- Concert brings Madiba birthday to Africa (Pretoria News)
A truly African concert will bring Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday celebrations home to the continent on August 23 at the Johannesburg Stadium.
- JUNETEENTH (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Juneteenth is a day about remembering the past and celebrating the future.
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