Music
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Plain White T's latest calculated, toothlessOct 14, 2008 11:00 pm - Plain White T's, "Big Bad World" (Hollywood/Fearless), The Plain White T's, Villa Park's most famous export, move further from the DIY scrappiness of the local VFW ...
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Crystal Lake's Old Ironsides hard to pin downOct 14, 2008 11:00 pm - On Old Ironsides' MySpace profile, the group describes itself in drolly mythical terms. Reading more like a superhero team's origin story than a band bio, the saga inclu...
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Janet Jackson to resume tour after bout of vertigo
Oct 14, 2008 11:00 pm - NEW YORK -- Janet Jackson is returning to her "Rock Witchu" tour and -- finally -- revealing the mystery illness that led her to cancel a string of concerts. Following t...
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Even Britney Spears wonders what she was thinking
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Slash to play at Rock Hall's tribute to Les Paul
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Pine's recording of Beethoven, Clement concertos one to treasureOct 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Your first reaction might be, "Why another recording of the Beethoven Violin Concerto?" But this is not "another recording." In her latest CD (her 10th) from Chicago-bas...
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Inchworm's latest shows maturity, diversityOct 07, 2008 11:00 pm - Inchworm, "Sheep in Wolf's Clothing" (self-released), The third release by Chicago's Inchworm, "Sheep" contains six mature roots pop tunes that sit as comfortably among...
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Dancer takes next step in opening a studioOct 07, 2008 11:00 pm - After running her own competitive and performing dance teams for nearly a decade, Stacie Freda took the next step and launched her own dance studio. Freda opened Lights,...
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Another memento from Shea Stadium: Clash tapes
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Lyric Opera offers a real gem in 'The Pearl Fishers'Oct 06, 2008 11:00 pm - When one thinks of the French composer Georges Bizet, the first reaction, of course, is "Carmen," the opera that came late in his life and exploded in popularity in the ...