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- B-52s refuel, get back in action with Lauper tour (Tacoma News Tribune)
The rejuvenated B-52s – Fred Schneider, Keith Strickland, Kate Pierson and Cindy Wilson – are still dancing this mess around 30 years after their deliriously wacko hit “Rock Lobster” shook up common notions of what rock ’n’ roll should, and could, be.
- Lunch with the FT: David Remnick - Financial Times
“We can’t live without the goose prosciutto,” says David Remnick, with all the avidity of a malnourished gourmand. He is 6ft 1in, approaching 50 and lean for a journalist known to be something of a foodie. He has suggested we meet at Esca, an ...
- Finalists for 21st Annual Trillium Book Award announced - CNW Group
17 Ontario Authors short-listed for Ontario's Prestigious Literary Prize NEWS TORONTO, May 23 /CNW/ - Six English books and six French have been short-listed for the 21st Annual Trillium Book Award/ 21e édition du Prix littéraire annuel Trillium ...
- See Edwin McCain Sunday at People’s (Juice)
You probably know him best for late ’90s hits like "I’ll Be" and "I Could Not Ask for More," but Edwin McCain is asking his fans to turn their ears...
- Jazzie B: The day I became Jazzie OBE - Daily Telegraph
It's been a month of honours for Trevor Beresford Romeo aka Jazzie B, the founding father of the British group Soul II Soul. Positive: Jazzie B At the start of May he was at Buckingham Palace to receive an OBE for his services to music, then a ...
- Living in fear (Guardian Unlimited)
This playful and knowing first collection is fuelled throughout by a strong sense of lyricism. Take the piece "Before a Make-up Bag", a mock-hymn to the creators of cosmetics: "Praise him for the angel face / and second chance of it / the would you care to dance of it."
- Hard Rock Frontwoman Otep Shamaya Continues to Spread the Message ... - MarketWatch
Hard Rock Frontwoman Otep Shamaya Continues to Spread the Message ...MarketWatch - 38 minutes agoShe has filmed segments for several top-rated TV shows, including HBO's "DEF POETRY," Bravo's "DATE MY EX" and most recently TLC's hit show "LA Ink." Otep ...
- Goldberg Brings 'For Colored Girls' To Bway 9/8, India.Arie Will Star - Broadway World
Whoopi Goldberg and DreamTeam Entertainment Group are pleased to announce that two-time Grammy Award winner India.Arie will make her Broadway stage debut this fall in a new, re-envisioned production of Ntozake Shange's acclaimed play, FOR COLORED ...
- Young & Talented notebook (The Star-Ledger)
Allison Strong, the New Jersey Poetry Out Loud state champion, came in fifth in the national competition, winning a $1,000 scholarship and a $500 stipend for her school to purchase poetry books.
- Up close and personal with the Lincolns - Chicago Sun-Times
Up close and personal with the LincolnsChicago Sun-Times, United States - 41 minutes agoThey read poetry together, and talked politics. They shared ambition -- Mary wanted to marry someone who would be president, and recognized greatness in ...
- Edwards, Busted - Slate
Edwards, Rielle Hunter, Busted: HuffPo 's Sam Stein, who got the story rolling , appears to be vindicated. ... P.S.: Always trust content from kausfiles ! Never trust content from Jerome Armstrong . ... P.P.S.: Will this be the first presidential ...
- Effort on to restore Ga. poet Byron Herbert Reece's farm - Atlanta Journal Constitution
Effort on to restore Ga. poet Byron Herbert Reece's farmAtlanta Journal Constitution, USA - 2 hours agoReece was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize in poetry, but he stayed close to home to care for his parents, who were both stricken by tuberculosis, ...
- Writers Notebook: Author to sign copies of her book Tuesday at ... - Winston-Salem Journal
Writers Notebook: Author to sign copies of her book Tuesday at ...Winston-Salem Journal, NC - 34 minutes agoHer optional theme is "Poetry Beyond What the Eye Can See." In addition to the reading by Ahmad, poets and writers may read from their or others' work. ...
- About this Entry (Arts Journal)
"Uh Oh" I thought to myself as Dana Gioia stepped on stage at The Merchants Exchange in San Francisco yesterday evening: The National Endowment for the Arts Chairman and former poet laureate was wearing a custard yellow knitted tie with a square end.
- Music: Silver Jews' latest album mostly loses its way (Chicago Tribune)
Silver Jews, "Lookout Mountain, Lookout Sea" (Drag City)
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