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- Douglas Dispatch Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 12:10PMWith New Year’s upon us, here’s a look at some of the good luck rituals from around the world. They are believed to bring good fortune and prosperity in the coming year.
- Isn’t it fine? It’s 2009! Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 11:27AM Your annual guide to what’s in and what’s out as another year kicks off.
- PGA Tour Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 9:56AMWelcome to the Monday Scramble, the first Monday of ’09. Like most of this good ol’ country, we here at the Scramble are looking forward to the New Year, despite ending 2008 on a high note with this e-mail from a faithful Scramble reader about our final Scramble of the year: “If this is serious, it is the dumbest thing I have ever heard.
- ‘Love’ is constant, ‘Love’ is stunning Monday, January 5, 2009 @ 4:21AMAt last, a Vegas show that restores your virginity.
- Plans for miners strike 25th anniversary Sunday, January 4, 2009 @ 7:37AMConcerts, books, a special one day conference and a play which starts with the death of former Tory Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher are among the events being planned this year to mark the 25th anniversary of the year-long miners strike.
- Penguins, land mines, rescue at sea Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 4:33PMKim Doolittle was a Peterborough musician from 2002 to 2006 who has been travelling the world performing on cruise ships. This is one in a [...]
- Victims of own excess seek consolation Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 3:02AMAUSTRALIA and South Africa enter fresh terrain in this SCG Test match. After years of domination, underestimated years in which the team advanced Test cricket with fast scoring, varied attacks, excellence and results, the hosts find themselves searching for a consolation win.
- The great of ’08: A look back at the year that just ended Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 2:29AMAs you sit or stand or crouch or hop or whatever while reading this on the day of my dad’s birth, it’s time for Clearing the Desk’s annual look back at the year that was. In this case, we’re going to talk about 2008 because, you know, it just ended a couple days ago. I just wanted to remind you of that in case you drank too much and didn’t realized the calendar changed.
- The Andalusia Star-News Saturday, January 3, 2009 @ 12:13AMPeeping through my Venetian blind, I fell to thinking of 2008 and its memories, happy and sad, and of 2009 with all its promises. I prayed silently in the Lord’s Name for God’s guidance and help for those I know and for me, especially salvation for the lost and healing for the ill.
- It’s old home week in Naples Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 11:57PM College students and older alumni gather for a talent show to help the current sophomore class.
- What music columnist Adam Richter is listening to so far in 2009 Friday, January 2, 2009 @ 7:58PMJoe Strummer, Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam and more...
- C365`s 2008 Reminiscing And 2009 Hopes Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 6:20AMDeLorean - would be welcomed by C365. Funniest Moment Of 2008 There were plenty of laughs throughout the year but who can forget the cheers and the songs of the Indian Premier League?
- Happy New Year & Happy 400th! Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 3:34AMSam Champlain steals show as First Night rages
- Activities to keep the holiday spirit going Thursday, January 1, 2009 @ 3:12AMGood movies on big screen
- Musical resolutions: Area musicians have big plans for 2009 Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 4:17PMThe new year holds a variety of prospects for some of Rhode Island’s best known musicians, and they all look to 2009 with anticipation for different reasons.
- Yellow Springs, 2008: The year in review Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 1:35PMThe fate of Antioch College, unknown at the beginning of 2008, remained unknown at year’s end. However, in the intervening 12 months a heart-wrenching story unfolded as a second alumni effort to save the college failed and the college closed its doors.
- Top 10 Stories of 2008 Wednesday, December 31, 2008 @ 12:32PMFrom the sprawling impact of the financial crisis to the election of Barack Obama to the ejection of Girl Talk, take a glance back at the biggest headlines from 2008.
- Cheryl Cole aka Cheryl Tweedy Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 11:06PMWhy Is She Famous? Cheryl Tweedy is the breakout star from Girls Aloud, Britain’s hottest female group since the Spice Girls. "We would love to have the same success as the Spice Girls, they really made it,” she says. “They paved the way for girl groups and we’d love to think this is our time now."
- Delaney Bramlett Dies in L.A. Monday, December 29, 2008 @ 10:35PMDecember 29, 2008 Rock guitarist Delaney Bramlett, who collaborated with such artists as George Harrison and Eric Clapton , died in a Los Angeles hospital following gallbladder surgery. He was 69.
- Guitarist Delaney Bramlett dies in L.A. Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 9:35PMLOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Rock guitarist Delaney Bramlett, who collaborated with such artists as George Harrison and Eric Clapton, died in a Los Angeles hospital following gallbladder surgery. He was 69.
- Guitarist Delaney Bramlett dies Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 9:21PMRock guitarist Delaney Bramlett, who collaborated with such artists as George Harrison and Eric Clapton, died in a Los Angeles hospital following gallbladder surgery.
- News Brief Sunday, December 28, 2008 @ 2:18PMMistreatment of children was very much in the news as 2008 was ending. For example, in Egypt a teacher beat an 11-year-old child to death for not doing his homework.
- Zucker for punishment Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 3:07PMWANT to shed your Christmas flab and become New Year fab? Well luckily there are dozens of celebs on hand with their latest fitness and diet DVDs.
- Flooding reported in several area communities Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 10:18AMWe had our white Christmas, but the sloppy, slushy aftermath has been nothing to write songs about.
- Sound check Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 5:29AMWhat a year it was . . .
- Guitar virtuoso plays with best in the biz Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 4:49AMSonny Landreth is a mean guitar god himself, as lovers of the instrument will be reminded tonight when he returns to town for his first local gig in 15 years (7 p.m. at the New Lafayette Club).
- NAMES & FACES: Courtney Love, Kim Kardashian are hissing Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 2:22AMUsmagazine.com reports that model and actress Kim Kardashian and incorrigible rocker Courtney Love are engaging in blog war.
- NFL games to watch Saturday, December 27, 2008 @ 12:22AMNew England at Buffalo
- 2008 Rewind - Top Stories from June Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 7:06PMFull recap- stories listed below
- Orphan Annies to recall the Liverpool days for Beatlemania Jan. 3 Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 7:03PMLONG HILL TWP. – “Beatlemania Again,” the national touring Beatles stage show, will be presented at 9 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 3, at Orphan Annie’s, 1255 Valley Road, Stirling.
- Arts & entertainment calendar Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 5:19PM Check out these events in MetroWest and beyond, for the week of Dec. 28 to Jan. 3.
- Douglas Dispatch Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 1:27PMWhen was the first Christmas card sent? Why do we kiss under the mistletoe? Learn the origins of Christmas and fun facts about some of our favorite christmas traditions and symbols.
- Top notes... Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 3:52AMAs 2008 ends, music writers everywhere consider what was fine and dandy for the ears in the last year.
- Dublin Spooks, Coward’s Songs Share Close Quarters: John Simon Friday, December 26, 2008 @ 3:41AMDec. 26 (Bloomberg) -- From Dublin’s Rough Magic Theatre comes “Improbable Frequency,” a funny vest-pocket musical running at the invaluable 59E59 complex in midtown Manhattan.
- The Intersection of Poetry and Politics Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 8:50AMAs America?s fourth inaugural poet, Elizabeth Alexander will have an outsize platform for her elliptical work.
- David Bowie, Rudolph And Mr. Magoo: Take Our Annual CityNews.ca Christmas Quiz Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 8:36AMHow much do you know about the media’s contributions to the Christmas spirit?
- A Mexican Celebration of Christ and Community Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 6:51AMIn few places, perhaps, does the Christmas season unite whole villages so thoroughly in communal rituals of music and merrymaking as in rural Mexico.
- Happy Newton Day! Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 3:51AMO come, O come, Emmanuel, And ransom captive Israel . . . Advent, we learned at school, was a time of anticipation: of looking forward to the coming of the Messiah. But we boys knew better. Advent was looking forward to something a lot more interesting - Christmas.
- More News Thursday, December 25, 2008 @ 3:24AMHere we are again, the joys of Christmas about to sneak down the chimney in hopes that Saint Nick will come with his many gifts of wonder.
- Second coming Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 12:39PMRemixing is old hat but remixing Christmas carols is catching up with crowds in the city pubs. TOI gets the pulse.
- Browns used to strugging at Christmas time Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 12:32PM For many, perhaps, this is one of those Christmas Days that brings a welcome break from the Browns. Most 25ths of December have been like that since the team came back in 1999.
- Rocking in the New Year — Rockport style Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 12:27PM New Year’s Rockport Eve is a community celebration of music and fun that will welcome in 2009. From 6 p.m. to midnight, downtown Rockport will be hopping with dozens of concerts of all kinds of music from all eras and genres, plus storytellers and puppets, and a miniature train ride.
- Not many holidays to remember for Browns Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 10:45AM For many, perhaps, this is one of those Christmas Days that brings a welcome break from the Browns. Most have been like that since the team came back in 1999. Perhaps it is easier to remember Browns Christmas weeks than it is to live through them. A nostalgic look back:
- Winners and losers of 2008 Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 5:57AMLeona Lewis London-born Guyanese-Welsh transatlantic hit machine The only X Factor winner not to sink into obscurity, 23-year-old Lewis topped the US and UK charts with her debut album, had the fastest-selling download single ever and launched the 2012 Olympics. Hardly puts a foot wrong.
- At Your Library: It takes a village to produce joyous Festival of Lights Wednesday, December 24, 2008 @ 5:09AM On Saturday, Dec. 6, "Festival of Lights" activities provided our community with a celebration of the "warmth and traditions of the New England holiday season." The York Public Library hosted a number of special activities including the fourth annual...
- Bethel-Tate students celebrate world customs Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 5:10PMThe second-graders at William Bick Primary learn about more than Christmas trees and wassailing for the holidays, they learn about customs around the world.
- JJ Grey & MOFRO: "At The End, Music Is Music" Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 4:51PMFollowing many years interviewing musicians about their work, my recent conversation with JJ Grey stands out not only by the ease in which the give and take of a Q&A flowed but in the sense that this a person who has given and will continue to give much thought to his actions as a songwriter, recording artist, performer and human being.
- Strange Stage Moments Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 4:30PMRandy Seol/Strawberry Alarm Clock: “We got to play the big music festival, Cal Jam II [in 1978], on a side stage. It was a big production, with modern dancers and backing singers. For some reason, we had our keyboard player playing from a hot-air balloon tethered to the stage.
- And the Beat Goes On Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 4:03PMThe English Beat Wed. Dec. 31. Klein Memorial Auditorium, 910 Fairfield Ave., Bridgeport. 9 p.m. $50-$100, (203) 259-1036, www.fairfieldtheatre.org On March 20, 1979, a meltdown occurred at the Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Harrisburg, Pa. The worst nuclear disaster in...
- Shawna Russell to perform at First Night Tuesday, December 23, 2008 @ 3:07PMOkemah recording artist Shawna Russell will be performing at First Night Ada, Dec. 31 at 6 p.m. in Dorothy I. Summers Theatre, and again at 8:45 p.m.