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Baltimore rocks (... and raps ... and scats)
Special to Baltimoresun.comDid you know Tori Amos received a citation from the Mayor of Baltimore for a song about the 1980 Orioles? Or, that before Tupac Shakur was "West Coast," he was "East Coast" and a student at the Baltimore School of the Arts? Baltimore has been home to a...Tags: Family, University of Chicago, Peabody Conservatory, Dancing, World War II (1939-1945)
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A who's who of Maryland (abridged)
Special to Baltimoresun.comWhile you may be coming to Maryland to earn your fame and fortune, the majority of the Free State natives listed below took their talents elsewhere. The exceptions are marked with asterisks. Actors/actresses Bess Armstrong, John Astin, John Wilkes Booth,...Tags: Jimmie Foxx, Leon Day, Barry Levinson, Toni Braxton, Frederick Douglass
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Take a break from shoveling and check your quiz score
IN CASE YOU missed it - and chances of that are pretty good - I promised to produce answers today to the Winter Day Quiz, presented in this space Monday as a public service to snowbound readers of The Sun. Some of you might have found the quiz through...Tags: Hank Aaron, Brigham Young, Ernie Banks, Stan Musial, Johns Hopkins Hospital
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Florida Film Festival announces Midnight Movies, Music Sidebar films
The 2013 Florida Film Festival, sponsored by Full Sail University, today announced its popular Midnight Movies and Music Sidebar programs. These special programs screen in addition to competition films during the festival, which runs April 5-14....
Tags: Lou Reed, Ghost (movie), Henry Rollins, Maitland, Honor Blackman
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Beauty and aging discussed in HBO’s “About Face: Supermodels Then and Now”
Channel Guide MagazineBy Jay Bobbin One thing is for sure: HBO has one of the most attractive documentaries of the year. How could it be anything but, with such participants as Christie Brinkley, Cheryl Tiegs, Paulina Porizkova, Carol Alt, Beverly Johnson, Isabella Rossellini,... -
Celso Chavez, founding member of Possum Dixon, dies at 44
Pop & HissCelso Chavez, the guitarist-keyboardist in local '90s alt-rock band Possum Dixon, died Wednesday night after complications from a staph infection led to pneumonia, his former bandmate Rob Zabrecky confirmed to Pop & Hiss. He was 44.... -
SNERD - August 8, 2011
What a week! Obama's bash, Lost souls at The Cell, and the lunacy at Lolla!... Barack's 'Brawl Room' Blitz! Just how hot was it at the 50th birthday bash for President Obama last week at The Aragon "Brawl Room"? Well, for starters, it was soooo hot...my...Tags: Frank Sinatra, Joel Osteen, Kenny Williams, Heather Mills, Eminem
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SNERD - August 17, 2011
The Bears Looking for a "Sod-mother"... The controversy surrounding the slippery sod at Soldier Field isn't on solid footing behind the scenes. As Bears' and Chicago Park District bigwigs bicker about how best to maintain the field, my football feelers...Tags: Anthony Quinn, Joel Osteen, Eminem, Recreational and Sporting Goods Industry, Grant Park
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Lollapalooza Day 3: Rain, more rain, and a Foo Fighters finale
Lollapalooza 2011 is a wrap with record daily attendance (90,000), adding up to the most populated festival in North America (270,000) over the three-day weekend. Here’s an hour-by-hour account of Sunday’s action, once again from yours truly...Tags: Reggae (genre), Lance Armstrong, Nas, Grant Park, Foo Fighters (music group)
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Tags: Colleges and Universities, Antonio Villaraigosa, Al Gore, Danny Pino, IKEA
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Album review: The Cars, 'Move Like This'
Turn It Up2.5 stars (out of 4) The name fits. The Cars manufactured sleek, gleaming new-wave jingles, beginning in 1978 with their still-spiffy debut album. Turn on a Cars song, and instantly the world becomes a sea of androgynous boys and girls......
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Aug 7, 2011
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May 10, 2011
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May 10, 2011
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