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Rachid Taha at California Plaza
ACTIVISM'S SOUNDTRACK Algerian rai music combines political activism with surging North African rhythms. French-Algerian Rachid Taha -- whose songs explode from rai roots -- takes the style further, adding his own interpretations of rock, techno, punk...Tags: Robert Plant, Popular Music, Brian Eno
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At last, closure for the Gits
Special to The TimesIn the summer of 1993, everything seemed to be going the Gits' way. Bypassed in the initial wave of interest in Seattle's grunge bands, the punk quartet was close to signing with a major label and had begun recording its second album. But on July 7, after...Tags: Diseases, Janis Joplin, Murder, Florida Keys Vacations, Health and Safety at School
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'Auguries of Innocence' by Patti Smith
Who would have guessed, in the mid-1970s, that Patti Smith would end up as the visionary poet-mother of rock 'n' roll? Smith's brilliant early career seemed likely to end in burnout; as she intoned, memorably, at the start of her 1975 debut album,...Tags: Book, Poetry, Arthur Rimbaud
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Exploring Mapplethorpe's use of Polaroids
amNewYork staff writerA placard in the lobby warns, "Some of the works in this exhibition may not be suitable for all audiences." Photographer Robert Mapplethorpe made his name through his controversial homoerotic works, and while there is some of that on view at the Whitney'...Tags: Photography, Robert Mapplethorpe
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Rock stars aren't rocking the look
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWe first started to notice it at the Grammy Awards back in February. There they were, the new queens of pop -- Fergie, Natasha Bedingfield, Miley Cyrus, Taylor Swift -- swanning around the red carpet in forgettable designer dresses, their highlighted...Tags: Miley Cyrus, Grammy Awards, Music Industry, Jennifer Lopez, Christina Aguilera
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Cannes pits Hollywood against obscure arthouse
Hollywood legends and obscure arthouse directors descend on Cannes from Wednesday for the world's biggest film festival that combines edgy cinema with A-list celebrities, glitzy parties and frenetic deal-making.
Clint Eastwood is in the main...Tags: Penelope Cruz, Indiana Jones, Mike Tyson, Harrison Ford, Cate Blanchett
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A great year for water
At the Sundance Film Festival, 2008 became a banner year for large bodies of water as "Frozen River" took the grand jury prize for drama and "Trouble the Water" walked off with the top documentary award at the fest's closing night ceremonies Saturday at...Tags: Photography, Demographics, Anjelica Huston, Roman Polanski, Migration
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Residents want to save mystery West Village building
dfreedlander@am-ny.comIn New York City, in places where hard facts don't go, rumor and speculation fill the void. Such is the case with 43 MacDougal St., an 1846 building that has for decades sat empty and abandoned in the West Village. "I heard that it used to be a...Tags: Central Intelligence Agency, Federal Bureau of Investigation, West Village, Greenwich Village
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'Girls Rock' (girls go to rock 'n' roll camp)
Tribune arts criticTalk about irresistible subject matter: Adolescent and pre-adolescent girls go to camp to be in a rock band. There they meet, interact, form impromptu bands and rehearse and compose for a week, culminating in a raucous, riotous, all-girl rock-out of a...Tags: Music Box Theatre, Rock and Roll Music, Janis Joplin
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Melonie Diaz: This year's Queen of Sundance
Park City, Utah
MELONIE DIAZ is excited, anxious, overwhelmed, joyous, overstimulated and super-happy. "It's bananas," the 23-year-old actress proclaims, seeing the hundreds-strong mob lined up in the snow for the Sundance premiere of her first studio...Tags: Michel Gondry, Lower East Side, Parker Posey, Bette Davis, Burlington
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