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The Beatles and much, much more
The Guinness Book of World Records heralds the English city as the “World Capital of Pop,” and Liverpool’s Wall of Fame on Mathew Street memorializes the 54 Liverpool tunes that hit No. 1 on the charts since 1951, more per capita for this city of 450,000 people than any other city. All year long Liverpool [...]
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HIGHS AND LOWS OF LIFE IN THE PUBLIC EYE Scandals and sensations
NEW YORK — Scandals and sensations: The year in pop culture From Tony Soprano to Britney Spears, 2007 offered shocks galore Jocelyn Noveck NEW YORK — So what really happened in that diner? You know, after the jukebox stopped playing “Don’t Stop Believin’ ” and the onion rings were gone? Did Tony Soprano die, [...]
Boyhood before the Xbox
The absence of modern paraphernalia would make the boy’s world of a century ago seem more alien than deep space to the youngsters on a 2007 Christmas list: no video games or miniature music players, no cellphones, no television, video or movies. And certainly no political correctness. The post-colonial ethos had not been invented, [...]
Life of country-rock pioneer Gram Parsons captured in new biography by David Meyer
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John Anthony conducts the Central Islip High School choir during a performance at Knights of Columbus in Central Islip
“Oh God, it was hell,” he says. “It was like a ‘Romper Room.’… No one stayed seated. They were always yelling. It was lunacy.” He thought he’d quit. Then he attended rehearsals for a production of “West Side Story,” directed by Jeanine Ecklund (who now choreographs the Show Choir that he also directs). He saw [...]
Mystery and music amid the fiords
In “Making the Whole Town Read,” residents of the region select a single book for a joint-reading, Sept. 10. “Summit 2008″ convenes the same day. In most years, former Nobel Prize laureates meet in Rome for a discussion of major issues, but in 2008 they will hold their summit in Stavanger, addressing the topics of [...]
WWE Tribute To The Troops Results
By James Caldwell, PWTorch.com The show opened with an intro video on the WWE wrestlers interacting with the troops throughout their stay in Iraq. Randy Orton then came out to start the show. Michael Cole and Jerry Lawler are handling the commentary tonight. Jericho followed out for his visit to Iraq. He took a victory [...]
The Dewey Cox Story ( stars) Roger Ebert,
Windsor Star Published:”Thursday, December 20, 2007 John C. Reilly was appearing in Chicago onstage the other night as Dewey Cox, and the act may be something to fall back on if he ever gives up the daytime job. Apart from anything else demonstrated by Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story, the movie shows that [...]