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Beatles debut album released 50 years ago
It was 50 years ago today….a Beatles album came out in the U.K. That would be the Fab Four’s debut album, “Please Please Me,” released March 22, 1963. To mark the occasion, the Beatles official website is posting the five-minute...
Tags: George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Charles Mingus, The Beach Boys, John Lennon
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'Broadway Musicals: A Jewish Legacy' airs Tuesday
As Sir Robin carols merrily to King Arthur in Monty Python's Spamalot, "In any great adventure, if you don't want to lose...you won't succeed on Broadway if you don't have any Jews." Eric Idle's cheeky lyric, which unfailingly generated knowing...
Tags: Entertainment, Religion and Belief, Music, Documentary (genre), Harold Prince
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Pop musicians' (final?) tweets for the apocalypse
Here's how end-of-the-world projections, based on the Mayan calendar, are being greeted in some quarters of the pop music world on Twitter. Pop & Hiss has decided to include two end-of-the-world tweets from Weird Al Yankovic because 1) he had the...
Tags: Music, Entertainment, John Cusack, Popular Music (genre), Brad Paisley
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CD Review: It Came From Connecticut Volume 1
When I was growing up in Boston in the 1970s and '80s, I saw a lot of great local bands ruined by overzealous studio producers who tried to conform the bands' lively and distinctive sounds into some imagined "commercial" radio formula of the day. You...Tags: New Haven (New Haven, Connecticut), Vessels (music group), Hurricane Sandy (2012), Cheshire, Music Industry
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This weekend: ‘The Walking Dead’; ‘Saturday Night Live’; Whitney Houston
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelDrama and music fill a jampacked weekend schedule. The highlights: 1. “The Walking Dead,” at 9 p.m. Sunday on AMC, becomes an acting showcase for Andrew Lincoln, who excels as the mourning Rick Grimes. Fans learn more about the fighting... -
Bill Maher welcomes Eric Idle, Michael Moore for season finale
The TV Guy - Orlando Sentinel“Monty Python” favorite Eric Idle will be a guest on the 10th season finale of “Real Time With Bill Maher.” The program airs live at 10 p.m. Friday on HBO and repeats immediately at 11. The panelists should produce fireworks for... -
London Olympics close with more music and much praise
It must be true: All good things indeed must come to an end — a fireworks-strafing, confetti-showering and rock-god-reviving end if you're talking about the Summer Olympics that concluded Sunday. "We lit the flame, and we lit up the world," said...
Tags: Services and Shopping, Music, Entertainment, David Bowie, Music Theater
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London Bids Adieu With Musical Madness, U.S. Tops Table
ReutersLONDON (Reuters) - London bade a flamboyant and madcap farewell to the Olympic Games with a romp through British pop and fashion, bringing the curtain down on more than two weeks of action that ended with America topping the sporting world with 46 gold...Tags: Music, Entertainment, Roger Federer, Sports, Wimbledon Championships
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Britain bids lyrical farewell to Games
LONDON — Britain bid a lyrical farewell to the Olympics on Sunday in a manner reflective of the way the host country embraced these Games for the past two weeks: With a bit of self-deprecation, an exhibition of national pride and a genuine desire to...
Tags: Entertainment, Music, Pet Shop Boys (music group), Usain Bolt, International Olympic Committee
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Tickets for 'Spamalot' on sale Tuesday
Tickets go on sale Tuesday for Aberdeen Community Theatre’s production of “Spamalot” at the Capitol Theatre. Performances are at 7:30 p.m. June 12-16 and 2:30 p.m. June 17. Tickets are $18 in advance and $20 at the door. They’...
Tags: Entertainment, Music, Tony Awards, Music Theater, Entertainment Events
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Meet King Arthur and his knights
In writing “Monty Python's Spamalot,” Eric Idle didn't just rip off “Monty Python and the Holy Grail.”
Courtney Rott Jr. points out that “Spamalot” includes the song “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life” from “Monty Python's Life of Brian.” The...Tags: Entertainment, Music, Arts and Culture, Comedy (genre), Television
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'Star Trek' actor, 50th anniversary of iconic group, country stars coming to State Theatre
Lehigh Valley Music"Star Trek" star William Shatner, the 50th anniversary of Peter, Paul and Mary, country duo Montgomery Gentry, Bill Cosby and former presidential candidate Steve Forbes are among the highlights of the State Theatre's new 50-performance season. The 2012-'...
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