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Pop music critic Greg Kot's hot shows of the week
White/Light: The reference to the Velvet Underground's second album, the 1968 noise-fest "White Light/White Heat," is most appropriate. The Chicago duo of Matt Clark and Jeremy Lemos sinks into plush layers of drone with a bottom end fat enough to put any...Tags: Music, House of Blues Chicago
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Free stuff is good stuff
Staff reporterIt's the first real week after the holidays, and you're pretty much broke. But you want to have fun. Every week, this town has free shows, events that probably make you suspicious because they're free. But between curators that cull through thousands...Tags: Music, Classical Music
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Ticket Booth
On sale 11 a.m. Friday CORKY SIEGEL AND JIM SCHWALL, Jan. 17 ($20, 21+) at SideBar at FitzGerald's. LIL' ED AND THE BLUES IMPERIALS, LURRIE BELL, Jan. 30 ($10, 21+) at FitzGerald's. On sale noon Friday BRYAN SCARY AND THE SHREDDING TEARS, THIS...Tags: Tickets
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Show is planned as benefit and 'a source of hope'
Sentinel Pop Music CriticWhen I first encountered To Write Love On Her Arms, back in 2006, the organization was in its infancy. But founder Jamie Tworkowski and his connection with a friend coping with addiction and self-mutilation issues already was making an impact. Then-...Tags: Glenn Miller, Game Playing, MySpace, Buena Vista (Buena Vista, Virginia), Facebook
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Today's Celebrity Birthdays
Author Judith Krantz is 81. Football Hall-of-Famer Bart Starr is 75. Sportscaster Dick Enberg is 74. Actress K. Callan is 73. Folk singer Joan Baez is 68. Rockabilly singer Roy Head is 68. Actress Susannah York is 68. Rock musician Jimmy Page (Led...Tags: Folk Music, Music Industry, Dave Matthews, Jimmy Page, Bart Starr
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'Road' Runs Through Connecticut
Spider-Man has a new sidekick: the president-elect. Barack Obama collected Spider-Man comics as a child, so Marvel Comics wanted to give him a "shout-out back" by featuring him in a bonus story, said Joe Quesada, Marvel's editor in chief. "How great...Tags: Folk Music, Spider-Man, Dave Matthews, Soul Music, Barbara Hershey
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On Jan. 9, 1913, President Richard Nixon was born in Yorba Linda, Calif.
Today is Friday, Jan. 9, the ninth day of 2009. There are 356 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On Jan. 9, 1913, Richard Milhous Nixon, the 37th president of the United States, was born in Yorba Linda, Calif. On this date: In 1788,...Tags: Bill Clinton, U.S. Elections, George Washington, John Rich, George Bush
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In search of a slice of heaven
Special to The Baltimore SunThis review begins at the end, on a Wednesday morning, when I show up at work with a couple of slices of Dangerously Delicious savory pies to share with my co-workers. Everyone loves them. The crusts are superb, the fillings delicious. One of them is...Tags: Quiche, Mushrooms, Salads, American Express Company, Pies and Tarts
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Kevin Cowherd's Trading Places: Baltimore vs. Nashville -- films depicting the two regions
The movies entertain us, enlighten us, challenge us - except when they're set in Tennessee. A look at some films depicting the two regions involved in Saturday's big game. TENNESSEE ++++++++++++++++++++ || Coal Miner's Daughter || Weepy tale about...Tags: Steve Guttenberg, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon, River Phoenix, Kathleen Turner
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Happy Birthday Elvis
Get those hips ready. The King turns 73 today and it's time to get all shook up. So put on your blue suede shoes and sequined leisure suit and rock 'n' roll, baby. Saturday: Tribute artist Frank Fierli will rock starting at 7 p.m. at the Tylersport...Tags: Whitehall, Fires
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Upcoming Atlantic City shows and events
A roundup of shows, concerts and events at Atlantic City's casinos and other venues on the boardwalk. JANUARY Jan. 4-8: Tony Pace - Up On The Roof at the Hilton, 609-340-7160, $15 Jan. 10: Big Bad Voodoo Daddy at the Trump Plaza, 800-759-8786, $28....Tags: The Beatles, Theater, Engelbert Humperdinck, Marlee Matlin, People
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Tenacious Black tries bluegrass
The Associated PressJack Black may have been schooled in rock, but now he'd like to sing at the Grand Ole Opry with wife Tanya Haden's family, who recently turned him on to bluegrass music. The 39-year-old actor-musician energetically sings the traditional tune "Old Joe...Tags: Elvis Costello, Los Angeles, Vince Gill, Bluegrass, Joe Clark
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