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The Portal: A guide to new and cool stuff
On the Web: paulsadowski.com/birthday.asp has mesmerizing trivia about your birth date, including some things you may not want to contemplate such as the approximate day of your conception and how many seconds you've been alive. •Barack Obama's...Tags: Annette Funicello, Frankie Avalon, Magic Johnson, Radio Industry, 2008 Obama U.S. Presidential Victory Rally
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Wouldn't change a thing in 'Caroline'
The production of Caroline, or Change currently running at Center Stage sears the audience's hearts like a hot iron. First, this show pulls and warps the delicate tissue. Then, it leaves a scorch mark. Finally, it burns clean through. And, like all such...Tags: Behavioral Conditions, Depression, Tony Kushner, Electrical Appliance, Louisiana
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End in sight for Pleasure Island
Sentinel ColumnistThe end is in sight for nightclubs at Pleasure Island, the Downtown Disney entertainment complex that opened in 1989. The final night for all six clubs -- Motion, Mannequins, 8Trax, BET Soundstage Club, Comedy Warehouse and the Adventurers Club -- will be...Tags: Johnny Cash, Michael Jackson, Gloria Estefan, Enrique Iglesias, Church Street Station
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Nick Reynolds, 75, dies; a founding member of the Kingston Trio
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterNick Reynolds, who as a college student grabbed a guitar, donned a broad-striped button-down shirt and quickly helped propel the 1950s folk music revival to the top of the pop music charts as a founding member of the Kingston Trio, died Wednesday in San...Tags: Lindsey Buckingham, Joan Baez, Hawaii, Arizona, Grammy Awards
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25 MORE Memories of Musikfest
Of The Morning CallThere were so many Musikfest Memories that I couldn't list them all in print! Below is an extended look at best -- and worst -- memories of the music festival. MORE BEST MEMORIES (1) "Mrs. Lassie" comes home (1986). Jere Knight, a writer, editor and...Tags: NAACP, Environmental Pollution, Allentown, Jack Kerouac, Assault
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Facing the music
Song Man: A Melodic Adventure, or, My Single-Minded Approach to Songwriting
By Will Hodgkinson
Da Capo, 290 pages, $16.95 paper
'Stay uncommercial. There's a lot of money in it," said Jerome Kern, who did OK by himself when he added "Ol' Man River,"...Tags: P J Harvey, Dionne Warwick, Music Industry, John Lee Hooker, Jimi Hendrix
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Bo Diddley dead at 79
Tribune music criticBo Diddley, who died Monday at age 79 in Florida, was as essential to the creation of rock 'n' roll as Chuck Berry, Elvis Presley and Little Richard, though he seldom got the credit or the accolades that were showered on his better-known peers. The...Tags: David Bowie, Game Playing, Heart Disease, Bo Diddley, Bob Seger
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Amy Winehouse, Kanye West Top Grammys
She was a continent away, but that didn't stop troubled British soul-singer Amy Winehouse from being the main attraction at last night's Grammy Awards as she took home five awards, including best new artist. But the erratic singer -- who once took...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Nancy Sinatra, Kanye West, Beyonce, Los Angeles
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Bo Diddley, 79; singer-songwriter's beat marked rock 'n' roll
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterPrimal rock and blues musician Bo Diddley, who helped cast the sonic template of rock more than 50 years ago with a signature syncopated rhythm that became universally recognized as "the Bo Diddley beat," died Monday. He was 79. Diddley died of heart...Tags: Health and Safety at School, Music Industry, David Bowie, Willie Dixon, Radio Industry
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The Final Results on 'Dancing with the Stars'
Zap2It.comWe've waited weeks and suffered through countless awkward Samantha Harris interviews to get here. Who will win the "Dancing with the Stars" Mirror Ball Trophy? How painful will the next two hours be? Will The Guttes dance his encore with Anna or...Tags: Joey Fatone, IMAX, Leeza Gibbons, Priscilla Presley, Television
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Mario Can't Survive 100th Episode of 'Dancing With the Stars'
Zap2It.comIt's a festival of sweet and sour on tonight's 100th episode of "Dancing with the Stars." Amidst all the glitter and celebration, someone still got sent packing. As part of the celebration, there was an hour-long special counting down the Judges'...Tags: Joey Fatone, Macy's, Casino and Gambling Industry, Ricky Martin, Dance
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'Cry-Baby' has flash, wit, but no heart
Sun theater criticOpportunity knocked last night at the door of the Marquis Theatre, where Cry-Baby is making its Broadway debut. But nobody answered. Like Hairspray, this new musical is set in the Baltimore of John Waters' imagination. But Cry-Baby lacks the quirky...Tags: Music Industry, John Waters, Theater, Broadway, Country Music
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