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Judge Gives a Go-Ahead to James Brown Auction

Judge Gives a Go-Ahead to James Brown Auction

The personal possessions of the soul singer James Brown, the self-proclaimed “Godfather of Soul," will be auctioned On Thursday as scheduled after an appeals court judge declined on Monday to block the sale. Christie's, the New York auction house, will offer nearly 350 items, including hair curlers, several performance outfits and a green vinyl sofa, in ...

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Justin Time Records Celebrates 25 Years

Justin Time Records Celebrates 25 Years

The Montreal-based record label Justin Time Records first recording was inspired by a particularly swinging evening at local jazz club. It was there that founder Jim West first heard the Oliver Jones Trio, immediately sensing they should be recorded. It was, shortly thereafter, and Justin Time Records was born. Named for West's then infant son, the ...

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Capitol Records Underground Protected

Capitol Records Underground Protected

Saga of Capitol Records Los Angeles Approves Condo Next to Capitol Records With Provisions to Protect Underground Studios The city of Los Angeles has approved the building of a new development near the famed Capitol Records building. However, the planned condominium building must provide measures ensuring the recording studios underneath the building are not ...

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For Knitting Factory, Westward Ho (Brooklyn, Too)

Jared Hoffman has a vision for the Knitting Factory: smaller, leaner and outside of Manhattan. Far outside. The Knitting Factory's Jared Hoffman says the club's future is no longer in Manhattan. For 21 years the nightclub has been a symbol of downtown New York music, gaining an international reputation for an eclectic, finger-on-the-pulse aesthetic. ...

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Golden Arms and Glasses: When Algren Met Holiday

Golden Arms and Glasses: When Algren Met Holiday

Novelist Nelson Algren and singer Billie Holiday are two iconic figures of mid-20th-century American culture, though Holiday's name and visage--not to mention her voice--is surely better-known and remembered than Algren's is today. (At least Starbucks hasn't taken to hawking copies of The Man With the Golden Arm at the coffee counter yet.) Algren, perhaps, made the ...

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MegaHz - Call for Submissions

HzCollective Presents: MegaHz Experimental & Noise Festival **October 11th-12th, 2008*Call For Submissions:HzCollective Presents: 'MegaHz', a festival of international, touring andlocal artists presenting experimental, noise & avant garde music and visualmedia. Taking place between Charlottesville [Saturday October 11th] &Richmond, VA [Sunday October 12th], 'MegaHz' will serve as an opportunity

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Ticketmaster Accused of Price Gouging in Canada

Ticketmaster Accused of Price Gouging in Canada

As if the imminent Live Nation ticketing venture wasn't enough for Ticketmaster, the company now has to deal with accusations of “price gouging" by angry Elton John fans in Saskatchewan. When tickets for Elton John's performance in the capital city of Saskatoon went on sale, fans discovered that Ticketmaster had already sold out of their allotment, ...

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One More You Wrote Through Us: Horace Tapscott

One More You Wrote Through Us: Horace Tapscott

In 1961 pianist Horace Tapscott turned down a chance to have a high-profile career with the Lionel Hampton band and spent the next several decades in Los Angeles, leading several community-jazz bands and doing his best to extend the mentoring and teaching tradition that he had experienced growing up during the glory days of L.A.'s Central ...

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Capitol Records Looses Battle to Save Famed Echo Chamber

On Going Saga of Capitol Records L.A. City Council approves 16-story residential project in Hollywood 20 feet from Capitol Records under ground famed echo chambers We all learned a lot more about vibrations than we ever knew before this started. Councilman Garcetti Supporters of the Capitol Records tower and the Yucca Street project attended ...

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Concerts Operas and Theater at a Discount in Los Angeles

Major performing arts groups in the area are making cheap or free tickets available to all, not just students and seniors. Bargain-hunting concertgoers may be able to score seats right behind the orchestra at $40 apiece. The price drops to $15 two weeks before a performance. Big discounts to cultural events aren't just for students and ...


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