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- The Hold Steady: The best classic rock band you never heard of would make Petty and 'The Boss’ proud (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
By PRESTON JONES 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 ...
- Ash To Burns - Glasgow Daily Record
Ash To BurnsGlasgow Daily Record, UK - 1 hour agoThe Scots actress will play the mother of a poetry competition contestant in No Holds Bard, a comedy documentary for the Bard's 250th birthday next year. ...
- Lonely life as commoner for Nepal's former king (TODAYonline)
File photo of ex-kKing Gyanendra of Nepal. With few friends coming to visit and his son and one-time heir now living in Singapore, the new life of Nepal's ousted king as a commoner is by all accounts a lonely, meditative one.
- End-of-year school obligations drive parents batty (AP via Yahoo! News)
My son's baseball teacher scheduled an end-of-year, mother-son game the other day, and it was a blast. The 5-year-old boys "won" (wink wink), but not before us moms got to hit a few grounders and run the bases in Central Park in the middle of a work day.
- Happy Birthday, Milton - World Magazine
Happy Birthday, MiltonWorld Magazine, NC - 2 hours agoRather than being employed for its own sake, [Milton’s] poetry is always in the service of ideas and moral commitments, and it is always demanding that its ...
- Woodstock icon performs at City Opera House (Traverse City Record-Eagle)
Richie Havens hears poetry in song lyrics. The singer and guitarist connected with folk music in Greenwich Village and later moved from audience member to stage performer. He is scheduled to appear on stage at 8 tonight at the City Opera House in downtown Traverse City, continuing a decades-long legacy of inspiring his own audiences.
- DVD: If you didn't like 'Friends,' maybe you'll like 'Spaced' - Cleveland Plain Dealer
It's easy to get lost in "Spaced." The addictive British sitcom invades these shores Tuesday on DVD, offering welcome relief from the usual cookie-cutter TV comedy. Quick-witted co-creators Simon Pegg and Jessica Hynes (nee Stevenson) star as ...
- George Carlin: An Appreciation (The Plain Dealer)
The first reactions varied Monday when people learned of comedian George Carlin's death: "George Carlin, really?" "How old was he?" "Oh, man, too bad."
- Theater review: A wistful double bill (San Jose Mercury News)
The road not taken beckons at the California Theatre Center, which has launched its Summer Rep with a double bill of short plays musing on life's dreams and regrets.
- Twilight Author Announces Tour To Celebrate Release Of New Book - AHN
Twilight Author Announces Tour To Celebrate Release Of New BookAHN - 3 hours agoIt'll be some question-and-answer stuff about creative writing, how I write my poetry and how she writes her books. And I'll play a few songs, ...
- 'Skid Row History Museum' - Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times'Skid Row History Museum'Los Angeles Times, CA - 1 hour agoThe Box has planned a full schedule of events related to the show, featuring informal talks, monologues, poetry and music, including at least one gospel ...
- Teens To Create Artworks At Houston Museum - HULIQ.com
Welcome to First Unitarian Universalist Church! First Unitarian Universalist Church is a welcoming religious community of diverse individuals. We strive to be a beacon of ...
- An interview with Timothy Gager: A “Dire” Reader in Somerville - Somerville News
An interview with Timothy Gager: A “Dire” Reader in SomervilleSomerville News, MA - 31 minutes agoHe has a new poetry collection out from Somerville's Cervena Barva Press: “This Is Where You Go When You Are Gone.” In 2007 alone Gager had 32 works of ...
- Events showcase the voice of Ferrini's poetry - Gloucester Daily Times
The voice of Vincent Ferrini — the city's poet laureate who died Christmas Eve at the age 94 — will continue to be heard at two events over the next few days. This weekend, Music at Eden's Edge will perform the world premiere of a composition ...
- I Love You; Please Go Away - Huffington Post
I Love You; Please Go AwayHuffington Post, NY - 2 hours agoIt's the DoD equivalent of "I love you; please go away . . . I hate you; why won't you stay?" Or, in Pentagon prose rather than Bowery Street poetry, ...
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