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A certain kind of kin

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Fourteen years ago, Yonder Mountain String Band formed over a Guinness in a bar in Nederland, according to a tale spun by guitarist Adam Aijala. The members were young, recently relocated to Colorado and looking for musical companions...

I see clay people

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Before Pixar flexed its artistic muscle (a muscle they could stand to exercise more frequently these days), the message in American animated films ranged from “always be true to yourself” to “always be true to yourself and also get heterosexually married...

Movement towards collaboration

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The creative process of a singer-songwriter can be a lonesome one. You write songs alone, rehearse alone, often perform alone. A byproduct of that solitude is total control over the final product, but when it comes time to start working with bands, the reality of ...

Reel to reel | Week of August 23, 2012

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THE AMAZING SPIDER-MAN 3D...

UK prosecutors to release ‘hundreds’ of alleged phone hacking victims’ names

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Britain's News of the World phone hacking scandal will soon move to a new stage, as UK prosecutors plan to release the names of hundreds of people whose phone records were allegedly accessed by journalists...

New book of KISS photos hits shelves for a cool $4,250

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Ace Frehley, Gene Simmons and the rest of KISS announced the 40th anniversary of the band in a big way: The group announced today it's putting a book on sale that collects old photos of the band in a massive, 3-foot bound publication...

Ice is back: Vanilla Ice releases remix of ‘Ice Ice Baby’...

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Remember the 90s? If not, Ice is back to remind you. Rapper Vanilla Ice, whose 1990 smash hit "Ice Ice Baby" is impressed into the consciousness of millions, has re-released the video for the song 12 years later...

Upcoming season of ‘The Office’ will be its last

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After nine years, NBC's The Office is coming to a close in May 2013, the network announced today...

Source: Director Tony Scott had inoperable brain tumor

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Director Tony Scott, who apparently committed suicide Sunday by jumping from a Los Angeles bridge, had an inoperable brain tumor, according to a source...

Guitarist Tom Morello rips Paul Ryan for liking Rage Against the...

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Yet another conservative politician has hitched his wagon to a liberal band. Rep. Paul Ryan, Mitt Romney's pick for Republican vice presidential candidate, has listed notoriously liberal Rage Against the Machine as one of his favorite groups...

Sharon Van Etten finds road to happiness passes through ‘Tramp’

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Completing an album can be like a life passage, closing one chapter and opening another. The third chapter in Sharon Van Etten’s recorded history, Tramp’s a haunting record that pushes out beyond the minimalist, emotionally raw folk of Van Etten’s first two albums. ...

Bourne to be bored

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The Bourne trilogy includes three of the best action thrillers in cinema, with Jason Bourne portrayed by Matt Damon as an everyman who finds he’s been programmed by the CIA to be a deadly assassin. The third film ends with Bourne lured out of hiding by reporter Simon...