Thursday, July 29th, 2010
On its grainy, black-and-white surface, "The Blank Generation" (FOUR STARS out of four stars) is 50 minutes of silent, home movie-style images recorded on 16mm at the legendary New York punk club CBGB in the mid-1970s. Raw live recordings back the footage, and there's no effort to get the lips in sync.
More here: Michigan Theater screens remastered 'Blank Generation'
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Monday, July 26th, 2010
Former Chattanooga Times publisher Paul Neely visited me in 1994 and asked me to write this column. I said, I will try it for six months. If I like it and you like me, I will continue.
More here: Roberts: Theres power in thanking people
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Monday, July 26th, 2010
Rain is much cleaner than bird crap, but it still ruins concerts. A healthy crowd powered through the heat on Saturday to enjoy the alternative rock segment of Celebrate Saint Louis' concert series at
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Silversun Pickups play abbreviated set downtown Sat. night
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Monday, July 26th, 2010
A rare copy of the Declaration of Independence is joining the exhibit, America I AM: The African American Imprint, on Saturday at the Cincinnati Museum Center.
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Rare copy of 'Declaration' coming
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Monday, July 26th, 2010
Leonardo DiCaprio's "Inception" won a battle of superstar action thrillers over Angelina Jolie's "Salt" at the weekend box office.
More here: 'Inception' No. 1 for second straight weekend
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Sunday, July 25th, 2010
Julu 31 Molly Malone's (Covington) Most of Freedy Johnston's songs are populated with characters that either seem blithely unaware of their terminal shortcomings or are keenly aware of them and lack the conviction or strength to do anything about them. His patently brilliant new album, 'Rain on the City,' offers up plenty of twangy Americana/Folk that shimmers with Power Pop melodicism.
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Freedy Johnston
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Sunday, July 25th, 2010
Hordes of police cruisers circled the Hollywood Palladium on Friday as Rage Against the Machine played its first hometown show in a decade to protest Arizona's new immigration law.
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Rage Against Machine energize fans at protest gig
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Sunday, July 25th, 2010
GUELPH A powerful force of nature swept through the Hillside Festival on Saturday.
Continue here: Four Hillside ovations for bluesman Matt Andersen
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Sunday, July 25th, 2010
What treasures are stashed around Kennett? We are about to find out. The Treasure Hunters Roadshow is on a world-wide treasure hunt and will be digging in town for five days. During this free...
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Modern day treasure hunters are coming ...
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Saturday, July 24th, 2010
Many people catch the music bug after theyve learned how to play an instrument. For Hugh Pool of the blues duo Mulebone, he literally had to catch the bug before he picked up a guitar. As a teenager, Pool said he contracted a bad case of pneumonia, an read more
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Mulebone brings the blues to G-A
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