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- Young@Heart-ers put new spin on pop (Orlando Sentinel)
You might know the songs from Top 40, alternative or oldies radio. But we all know how hard it is to make out the correct lyrics. And maybe we don't quite get what Thurston Moore is going on about when Sonic Youth's frontman is singing "Schizophrenia."
- Leah Garchik Archive - San Francisco Gate
January February March April May June July August September October November December 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 Steve Heilig forwards two poems written by Barack Obama in 1981 for an Occidental College ...
- Peterborough Festival 2008: Opening celebrations and Central Park ... - Peterborough Evening Telegraph
Central Park will be buzzing with activity this weekend, as it forms the focus of the celebrations to mark the opening of the festival. The festival wouldn't be the same without the annual Mayor's Parade , which this year will have a distinctly ...
- Mahakavi Pala dead - Newindpress
Mahakavi Pala deadNewindpress, India - 3 hours agoThe life of Pala Narayanan Nair was dedicated to the cause of poetry, said writer and critic MK Sanu. Expressing grief over the demise of the poet, ...
- Norma Woodall (Mendocino Beacon)
Norma Alice Woodall passed away May 20, 2008 at Ukiah Adventist hospital, following a long illness. Alice was born March 21, 1924, in San Francisco, Calif. Her parents then moved to Little River, where they founded a homestead out on the Little River Prairie.
- Phylicia Rashad to Speak at Stella Adler Studio June 9th - Broadway World
Broadway WorldPhylicia Rashad to Speak at Stella Adler Studio June 9thBroadway World, NY - 48 minutes ago... poetry readings, jazz, classical music, theater and dance theater events. ADMISSION IS FREE, SEATING IS LIMITED. CALL FOR RESERVATIONS (212) 689-0087.
- A N Wilson: Don't let's be beastly to the Germans. They gave us Goethe ... - The Independent
As the Max Mosley case reminds us, the British persist with the curious idea that "German" equals "Nazi". Our prejudices, based only on recent history, are philistine and contemptible I want to write, not about le vice anglais , which is a harmless ...
- THE ITINERARY - Fort Worth Star Telegram
THE ITINERARYFort Worth Star Telegram, TX - 2 hours agoEvents include music, poetry and a street dance. www.ufofestivalroswell.com. Or, maybe it's the year to stay home -- mancations are out, staycations are in. ...
- Iran native brings the world's spices to New York's top restaurants - PR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung)
Iran native brings the world's spices to New York's top restaurantsPR-Inside.com (Pressemitteilung), Austria - 15 minutes agoWhile he was studying for his master's degree in New York City, Sharifi focused on mystical Iranian poetry. He found food-related passages dotted with ...
- Bob Dylan's birthday bash in Shillong (Outlook India)
The birthday boy was missing but not the fanfare as his songs sung in the early 60s are still 'blowin' in the wind' for folk enthusiasts here. No other city in India has perhaps been celebrating legendary folk singer Bob Dylan's birthday without a break for the past 37 years.
- Identity fusion - Globe and Mail
Alexis Puentes has done it all wrong and succeeded wonderfully. A Cuban expatriate, he left his burgeoning career as a jazz-fusion bassist to come to Canada, where there is next to no market for Latin music. He has since reinvented himself as a ...
- Sorted for rhymes and lines: the secret of great lyrics (Independent)
On a recent trip to Brazil, I commented to the bossa nova-era songwriter Carlos Lyra that so many of the great Brazilian songs contain the word coracao – heart – in them. "It's so romantic," I said to Lyra. "It seems that Brazilians can't help but sing of the pain and the joy in their hearts." "Actually," Lyra replied, "there's another reason. Coracao is the easiest word in the Portuguese ...
- This is hello - California Aggie
Hello, everyone! As you may have realized, this is my first column. I'm so very sad that I've reached the beginning; I truly will miss the feeling of not knowing what I am missing. On the one hand, because this is my first column, I suppose I should ...
- Church Briefs for 4/26 - Terre Haute Tribune Star
Church Briefs for 4/26Terre Haute Tribune Star, IN - Apr 25, 2008The Bible teaching hour at 9:30 am Sunday features Lauren Lopez teaching the junior class, the teen class meeting in McDonald’s and Dick Triestram teaching ...
- Issue Project Room Moves Again (The Village Voice)
A nomadic experimental-music spot gets a lovely (and hopefully permanent) new home (By Annie Fischer)
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