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The Other Table: A fast December
The Other Football» Orlando Sentinel â The Other FootballBack in the 1990s, the Counting Crows wrote a song called “A Long December”. It's a heartbreaking song written when lead singer Adam Duritz was visiting a friend in the hospital following a car accident. It got significant radio and video... -
Hip-hop hooray for 'In the Heights'
Los Angeles Times Staff WritersNEW YORK -- In the tossup of this year's Tony Awards, a Latino story trumped an unusual African American coming-of-age tale Sunday as Tony voters gave their best new musical prize and three others to "In the Heights," about Caribbean immigrant families...Tags: Xanadu (musical), Chicago Shakespeare Theater, Salsa (genre), Patrick Stewart, Broadway Theater
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Baltimore: A muse for many
Sun ReporterBaltimore has been many a musician's muse over the years. Today, the indie rock group Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks release their latest album, Real Emotional Trash. Malkmus was the primary singer and songwriter for the indie rock band Pavement until...Tags: Emmylou Harris, Dining and Drinking, Tori Amos, The Beach Boys, Entertainment
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Chris Carrabba fesses up
Metromix Staff“You’ll have to forgive me, I’m geek multi-tasking,” says Chris Carrabba, sounding rushed. “I’m watching ‘V: The Final Battle’—remember that? And I’m ordering comic books online, opening a box of...Tags: Green Day (music group), Restaurant and Catering Industry, Restaurants, Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Applegate Marches With 'Penguins'
Zap2It.comOver a decade ago, she was Kelly Bundy and he was Danny Tanner. Now they're both just penguins. Christina Applegate has signed on to voice the lead bird opposite Bob Saget in the "March of the Penguins" spoof "Farce of the Penguins." The R-rated film...Tags: Harvey Fierstein, Lewis Black, Bob Saget, Gilbert Gottfried, Samuel L. Jackson
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Baltimore rocks (... and raps ... and scats)
Special to Baltimoresun.comDid you know Tori Amos received a citation from the Mayor of Baltimore for a song about the 1980 Orioles? Or, that before Tupac Shakur was "West Coast," he was "East Coast" and a student at the Baltimore School of the Arts? Baltimore has been home to a...Tags: Tori Amos, Family, Arts and Culture, Music Industry, Folklore and Mythology
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Music review, Ryan Adams at Park West
Tribune rock criticRyan Adams must have one doozy record collection, mostly consisting of artists whose best work came out before the 26-year-old singer-songwriter was even born. Confirmation of Adams' obsession for classic rock, old-time country and the golden age of...Tags: Rock and Roll (genre), The Rolling Stones (music group), Ryan Adams, Elton John, Led Zeppelin (music group)
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Music review, Counting Crows at UIC Pavilion
Special to the TribuneCalifornia's ever-square Counting Crows proudly begs, borrows and steals from its heroes, even as its telltale influences back it into a stylistic corner. The band's been crippled creatively by cribbing from greater artists like Bob Dylan, Van Morrison,...Tags: Education, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Counting Crows (music group), Lenny Kravitz
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Original song: 'The Motorcycle Diaries'
'Al Otro Lado del Rio' (To the Other Side of the River)
For the first time, a foreign-language song won the Oscar — "Al Otro Lado del Rio" (To the Other Side of the River), from "The Motorcycle Diaries," written by Jorge Drexler. As part of his...Tags: Motorcycling, Sports, Academy Awards
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