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Kevin Cowherd's Trading Places
When it comes to towering cultural icons, the difference between Baltimore's lineup and Nashville's is like the difference between the varsity and JV. NASHVILLE ++++++++++++++++++++ || Dolly Parton || Overly chesty country artist whose warbling...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Dolly Parton, Davy Crockett, Wine, Beer, and Spirits, Elvis Presley
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TV on DVD: Catch 4th season of 'Saturday Night Live'
Sentinel Television CriticThe fourth season of Saturday Night Live was a precious time, as fans know. It was the final season for John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd. The other original players, such as Jane Curtin and Gilda Radner, would leave after the fifth season. The classic...Tags: Jane Curtin, John Belushi, The Rolling Stones, Gilda Radner, Jimmy Carter
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Pop music and jazz figures
Pop music and jazz figures Bob Popescu, 77; co-owner of Catalina Bar & Grill, turned the Los Angeles club into one of the top jazz venues in the country (Jan. 5) Ken Nelson, 84; longtime Capitol Records talent scout had an ear for country music (Jan. 6)...Tags: National or Ethnic Minorities, Miriam Makeba, Emmy Awards, Television Industry, Al Wilson
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Today's the day for Baltimore Zappatistas
Frank Zappa has a friend in high places, which is why today is Frank Zappa Day in Baltimore. The late musician was born in Baltimore on Dec. 21, 1940, but never rated a government proclamation in his hometown until August 2007. The official reason for...Tags: Polo, Constitutional Issues, New Year's Day, Water Polo, Sheila Dixon
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Donny McCaslin At New Haven's Firehouse 12
Graced with brains and brawn, tenor saxophonist Donny McCaslin leads his taut, explosive trio in two shows Friday night at New Haven's Firehouse 12. McCaslin will dig into original material from his new CD, "Recommended Tools" on the celebrated...Tags: Religious Festivals, Olivier Messiaen, Norfolk (Norfolk, Virginia), Christmas, David Benoit
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ELMER VALENTINE: Owner of legendary rock venue Whisky a Go Go
New York Times News ServiceElmer Valentine, a self-described crooked cop who fled Chicago to start a new life on the Sunset Strip by opening the Whisky a Go Go, one of the most celebrated clubs in the history of rock music, died Dec. 3 in the Studio City section of Los Angeles....Tags: Folk Music, Dining and Drinking, Studio City, Cher, Metal and Mineral
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Last season not 'Lost' on fans
LOST: SEASON 4 Series: Last spring's 13 episodes can help tide you over (or help you scour for clues) until the Oceanic survivors start their fifth ABC season Jan. 21. Revisit the freighter "rescue," the return to society of the six who "survived" and...Tags: Derek Jacobi, Ed Koch, Eubie Blake, Charles Laughton, Bill Murray
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Freewheeling art
Like most cities, Baltimore offers urban cyclists a fairly limited range of parking options - a lonely metal stanchion outside a coffee shop, perhaps, or an innocuous group rack outside an office building. If it offers anything at all.
But starting...Tags: Station North, John Waters, Metal and Mineral, Downtown (Baltimore, Maryland), Tupac Shakur
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Jimmy Carl Black dies at 70; original drummer in Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention
Jimmy Carl Black, the original drummer in Frank Zappa's Mothers of Invention, a band that helped define the sub-genre of art rock, died of cancer Saturday. He was 70. He died in Siegsdorf, Germany, according to Roddie Gilliard, who performed with Black...Tags: Classical Music, Invention and Innovation, Popular Music, Death and Dying
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St. Louis Symphony's intrepid program is pure David Robertson
Tribune criticYou know you're attending a David Robertson concert when the only "standard" work on the bill is Edgard Varese's 1925-27 "Arcana." Such was the bracing program of 21st and late-20th Century music the music director presented with his excellent St. Louis...Tags: Popular Music
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The Monkees' 'Head' trip
Forty years ago, the Monkees' only feature film, "Head," hit theaters -- and people have been scratching their heads ever since.
Though far from a masterpiece like the Beatles' "A Hard Day's Night" from 1964, the film, starring Davy Jones, Peter Tork,...Tags: Dennis Hopper, Dining and Drinking, Martin Luther King Jr., Robert F. Kennedy, Peter Tork
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Avenged Sevenfold Moving On Up
It wasn't so long ago that Avenged Sevenfold was playing the Webster Theatre. This time, the hedonistic hard-rock band upgrades to the larger Chevrolet Theatre in Wallingford Dec. 13, with Shinedown, Shadows Fall and Burn Halo. Tickets go on sale Friday...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Method Man, Johnny Winter, Chevrolet Theatre, Marlborough
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