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Lennon 'Peace' Lyrics Sell For Nice Piece of Change

Source: All About Jazz
July 11, 2008

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An American Pastime: Smoking Pot

Source: All About Jazz
July 11, 2008

And You Thought It Was Baseball!

It's a matter of culture: the U.S. is home to a huge baby boomer population that came of age when experimenting with drugs was a part of the social fabric.

The Netherlands, with its permissive marijuana laws, may be known as the cannabis capital of the world. But a survey published this month in PLoS Medicine, a journal of the Public Library of Science, suggests that the Dutch don't actually experiment with pot as ...

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Ten Questions with Matana Roberts

Source: RVAjazz
July 9, 2008

Matana Roberts is a composer/alto sax player from New York by way of Chicago. Shes got a lot of great things going on. I mentioned her new Chicago Project album here. In addition to that, she has a fascinating experiment called the COIN COIN Project that deals with her family roots as far back as she can trace them. A big fan of zines and independent media, she has her own video blog/vlog (whatever the kids are calling it) here. ...

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Are We Doing Enough to Support Live Latin Jazz?

Source: The Latin Jazz Corner by Chip Boaz
July 9, 2008

Our polls have moved forward at a slow pace in their early days. We did have some technical issues in our first days, but the voting never really progressed. I have decided to let polls build votes over two weeks with the hopes that they will gather some momentum. Ill be posting some reminders as well over the next couple of weeks, trying to encourage participation. Although I dont think our small number of votes give us an honest reflection ...

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Live Nation Signs Nickelback

Source: All About Jazz
July 8, 2008

Nickelback Signs Up With Live Nation

Less than a week after its deal with Shakira was confirmed, the entertainment marketing company Live Nation has signed the Canadian rock band Nickelback to another long-term worldwide contract for recordings, touring, merchandise and other rights, the company announced. Nickelback, whose hits include “How You Remind Me" and “Photograph," has sold more than 26 million albums around the world, and its most recent CD, “All the Right Reasons" (Roadrunner), has been on the Billboard ...

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Pioneer Develops 400-Gbyte Blu-Ray Compatible Disc

Source: All About Jazz
July 8, 2008

apan's Pioneer Corp.has developed an optical disc capable of holding 400 Gbytes, or about sixteen times the capacity of today's Blu-ray discs. The technology is also backwards-compatible with the Blu-ray technology, Pioneer said, as the objective lens optical specifications are the same as used by the lenses in BD drives. Each disc contains 16 layers of 25 Gbytes each, Pioneer said. For now, the disc is read-only. Pioneer solved these problems by, among other things, using a disc structure that ...

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5 Latin Jazz Trends from the First Half of 2008

Source: All About Jazz
July 8, 2008

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Jazz Impressions of Paris

Source: All About Jazz
July 8, 2008

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