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Artist of Famed Obama Poster Arrested in Boston
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Michael Ricci
L.A.-based artist Shepard Fairey created the now-ubiquitous graphic of Obama, who wrote to him, Your images have a profound effect on people.
BOSTON -- A street artist famous for his red, white and blue “Hope" posters of President Obama has been arrested on warrants accusing him of tagging property with graffiti, police said today.
Shepard Fairey, 38, was arrested Friday night on his way to the Institute of Contemporary Art for a kickoff event for his first solo exhibition, called ...
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Las Vegas is One Long Happy Hour
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Michael Ricci
I love martinis. I average about two a year, usually here in Las Vegas, where they are known to spawn. A cold glass of beer is a splendid sight, and a glass of Chardonnay has a lovely sort of moon glow. But a martini comes with that great stiletto heel.
And after the first sip of my very first martini, I become disoriented and hopelessly lost. We'd arrived in Vegas at 5 p.m., Posh and I, and by 6 we ...
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L.A. to Consider Landmark Status for Puppet Theater
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Michael Ricci
Fans turn out at a commission meeting to voice support for the Bob Baker Marionette Theater, which is struggling to stay afloat.
Pinocchio danced on the table and wise-cracking Fred Mingo sat on it Thursday as they helped convince Los Angeles officials to consider making a marionette theater near downtown an official city cultural site.
Fans of longtime puppeteer Bob Baker pleaded for his puppet stage and workshop at 1345 W. 1st St. to be protected with the landmark designation ...
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Major Record Company Seeks U.S. Jazz Talent
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All About Jazz
Compass Management, along with one of the worlds largest and most respected record companies, are creating an original and exciting new jazz act to launch in the Autumn of 2009. The act will be stylish, dynamic, aspirational and will bring something new and very unique to the worlds music stage. The concept of the project is to bring the very best of young U.S. jazz talent together, to broaden the appeal of the genre and showcase these talents across Europe ...
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Springsteen Blasts Ticketmaster over on-Sale
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Billboard Magazine
Bruce Springsteen and his manager Jon Landau are blasting Ticketmaster for redirecting customers attempting to buy Springsteen tickets to their secondary ticketing site, TicketsNow. On Monday, fans trying to make face-value purchases for tickets were instead sent to TicketsNow, “even when other seats remained available at face value," says a letter posted on BruceSpringsteen.net. “We condemn this practice." “We perceive this as a pure conflict of interest," the post continues. “Ticketmaster is there to ensure that we have a good, ...
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Joe Russo Can't Be Stopped
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JamBase
By: Andrew Bruss
Joe Russo by Rod Snyder Drummer Joe Russo's stature on the concert circuit saw a drastic rise during the summer of 2006, a season that opened up a whole new world to him. But for every door that opened, it seemed as though two more closed in its place. By the end of the year, Russo and Marco Benevento (keys, organ, piano) slowed their longtime collaboration, the Benevento/Russo Duo, to a crawl, ...
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Correspondence: Hard Bop
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Rifftides by Doug Ramsey
Rifftides reader and occasional correspondent Red Colm O'Sullivan writes from Ireland (where else, with a name like that?):And here's another frequently used term that has no meaning whatsoever: “Hard Bop". I have NO IDEA what that MEANS (as opposed to supposed to mean). That brought to mind something I wrote for a 2000 compilation CD on the Savoy label. The two-disc album was called The Birth of Hard Bop. It was made up of music recorded in 1956 ...
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Edition Records Signs Deal for Their UK Distribution with Harmonia Mundi
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All About Jazz
2008 proved to be a very successful first year for Edition Records. Following a sequence of critically acclaimed, beautifully produced and packaged CD’s from Dave Stapleton, Matthew Bourne, Bourne Davis Kane, Paula Gardiner and Kevin Figes, 2009 looks even better with the first 3 releases of 2009 including Geoff Eales' new album with Chris Laurence and Martin France, Dave Kane's Rabbit Project and a new album from the Mark Lockheart Group. In early January 2009 New Note, one of the ...
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