Archive for January, 2010
Friday, January 29th, 2010
Last week, Glastonbury Festival co-organizer Emily Eavis started a Haiti benefit auction on eBay, with all proceeds going to Oxfam . Among the items donated by rock stars was Damon Albarn's offer to sell an original song to the highest bidder. More items have been added to the auction, including a signed Interpol box set , a stage outfit from PJ Harvey , and a collection of 4AD memoribilia . And ...
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PJ Harvey, Interpol Join Haiti Auction (Pitchfork)
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
ROCK ALL NIGHT: AC/DC perform in Wellington. AXE ATTACK: AC/DC perform in Wellington. I'M A LITTLE TEAPOT: AC/DC perform in Wellington.
Continue here: AC/DC heard in Kilbirnie, Karori (Stuff)
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
ROCK ALL NIGHT: AC/DC perform in Wellington. AXE ATTACK: AC/DC perform in Wellington. I'M A LITTLE TEAPOT: AC/DC perform in Wellington.
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
In just four hours, the Make Some Noise: Cure Kids Cancer Foundation netted more than $100,000 with donations still coming in days later and its 11-year-old founder says it’s only the beginning of what he hopes will be a national campaign to fund research into pediatric cancer.
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Make Some Noise (Madison Eagle)
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
In just four hours, the Make Some Noise: Cure Kids Cancer Foundation netted more than $100,000 with donations still coming in days later and its 11-year-old founder says it’s only the beginning of what he hopes will be a national campaign to fund research into pediatric cancer.
Continue here: Make Some Noise (Chatham Courier)
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
CORPUS CHRISTI —Lady Antebellum Seeing Big Picture Heading Into Grammy Telecast Country trio Lady Antebellum might be up for a pair of Grammy Awards during the Jan. 31 ceremony, but Dave Haywood, the group’s multi-instrumentalist, is also thinking about what this year’s Grammys represents for country music as a whole.“It’s exciting for country music,” Haywood said. “Taylor Swift is kind of ...
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Weekly music chatter (Corpus Christi Caller-Times)
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Friday, January 29th, 2010
Now Bowie fans can rejoice over the news that A Reality Tour has finally been remastered as a double-CD (plus a DVD)
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David Bowie's Live Reality Revisited (antiMUSIC)
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
You can’t not love Mike Halat. You just can’t. I’m sorry. I had thought of writing this column as a very professional, buttoned-down profile on the Biloxi-based singer-songwriter. Then I thought about who I was profiling and broke out laughing. You certainly get some interesting looks from co-workers if you spontaneously start laughing at your desk.
Continue here: A little humor keeps it fresh for Halat (The Biloxi Sun Herald)
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
Medical examiner Gerald Feigin earns his living figuring out how people died. But as he awakens sick each morning, he's having trouble figuring out what, "in my house is killing me."
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Mystery illness stikes Glouco pathologist (The Philadelphia Inquirer)
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Thursday, January 28th, 2010
For almost 30 years, Athens’ small size has not accurately reflected its immense and nationally influential music scene — and the members of Brooklyn indie-rock foursome Boy Genius, who has previously played in Athens at 2008’s PopFest, recognize this fact as much as anybody else. “Athens is my Mecca,” Marisa Cerio, Boy Genius’ lead guitarist, said.
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Boy Genius calls Athens its ‘Mecca’ (The Red and Black)
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