Entries from February 2008
Only single seats are available to the Torrance, California, performance of the Irish Rovers, tonight at 8pm. So, if you’re alone, or don’t mind not sitting with your date, they can probably squeeze you in.
Besides being one of the two or three very tip top Irish folk bands, the Rovers [...]
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Perhaps candidates would be wiser to appear with the musicians themselves rather than their songs.  Can you say “Obama and Bono” three times real fast?
Political campaigns often use rock or country songs to express their campaign ideal in a phrase. The problem, according to a clever Washington Post article, is that they rarely go deeper [...]
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February 11th, 2008 · 1 Comment
If you went down Torrance Blvd., or perhaps even Hawthorne anytime Saturday or Sunday evenings, you could probably hear the Armstrong Theatre rocking, even with your windows up. And, if you went up or down Madrona, you could probably see the joint shakin’!
Saturday night, the renowned Scot Bruce was as [...]
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Geraldine Ferraro has been in the news and on tv lately, not exactly campaigning for Hillary Clinton, but, certainly talking her up. On Super Tuesday, the New York Times reports, Ferraro was at a rally in Union Square, giving a speech on Clinton along with actress Fran Drescher and some local politicians.
On Sunday, March 7, [...]
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One of the best “reviews” of the Harlem Gospel Choir that we’ve seen (and we’ve seen them all) comes from a blog called “Eat More Cookies,” in Oklahoma. The Choir recently stopped in Stillwater in their world-wide touring, and engendered this fine, concise opinion. Note how much the kids enjoyed HGC, too.
The Harlem Gospel Choir [...]
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Umberthickle strikes again
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