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MUSIC NOTES (Richmond Times-Dispatch)
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:50:04 GMT Special Ed and the Short Bus continues to storm the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in Scotland, which bills itself as the largest arts festival in the world. Over the weekend, Richmond's off-kilter bluegrass/jug-band scooped up a Herald Angels Award. Definitely a keeper for the mantle. . . . The Doughboys, garage rockers from Plainfield, N.J., will hold a free, in-store performance at Carytown's Plan ...

Scottish Gathering to offer a world of sounds (Contra Costa Times)
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:19:04 GMT Although music isn't the first thing that comes to mind when the Scottish games are mentioned, the truth is that this Highland Gathering features a diverse musical lineup.

Jack Hutton: Editor who led 'Melody Maker' from the jazz age to the Beatles era (Independent)
Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:13:01 GMT Jack Hutton was the highly professional and dynamic editor of Melody Maker who ensured the music paper's transition from the jazz age into the Beatles era and beyond. A lifelong journalist, publisher and keen jazz trumpeter, he launched many new successful titles including Sounds and Kerrang! As a journalist he met and interviewed an extraordinary range of stars, from Charlie Chaplin to Miles ...

No. 2: Make yourself at home above Toronto's Rogers Centre (USA Today)
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:52:53 GMT If you could sit anywhere at any ballpark in the major leagues, where would it be? USA TODAY combined nominations from readers and votes from our staff to come up with the 10 best seats in baseball. We'll count them down each day over the next two weeks, all the way to No. 1.

When Madonna wed her Guy (The New Straits Times)
Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:31:29 GMT CHRISTOPHER CICCONE gives a revealing account of what transpired before and during his sister Madonna’s wedding to Guy Ritchie. IT’s Dec 31, 1999. Donatella Versace has a New Year’s Eve party at Casa Casuarina, her Miami mansion, where I first meet Guy Ritchie, the new man in Madonna’s life.

Praise the Lord and pass the dosh (Guardian Unlimited)
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:38:07 GMT Eight-day Pentecostalist gathering in London draws worshippers with get-rich philosophy

NORTH YORK: Great new exhibits opening in September (Etobicoke Guardian)
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:46:38 GMT There are lots of arts events to keep you busy in September. Local galleries have great new exhibits opening, including Learning to See, The Way of Now and no. it is opposition. There's the Giant Gardening and Nature used book sale to benefit the Weston Family Library.

Rock brings Creamfields to a close (BBC News)
Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:48:58 GMT Kasabian have closed the tenth anniversary of the dance music festival with an explosive set but couldn't steal DJ Tiesto's thunder in the Cream tent.

Bad-boy Brits The Fratellis offer laddish jams with Here We Stand (Pittsburgh City Paper)
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:02:17 GMT The Fratellis are tagged as a "lads' band," but the coy writing is far sharper than any favored by America's askew-ballcap contingent. By Chris Parker.

Stewart Ritchie (Money Marketing Online)
Thu, 28 Aug 2008 09:47:45 GMT Stewart Ritchie was first lauded by Money Marketing back in 1990 for saving the SSAS. At the end of 1989, it was almost curtains for most small self-administered schemes.

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