| | | | | MUSIC NOTES | | Ready to be festive? If you've got satellite radio, you can start fa-la-la-ing now with Holly (Sirius channel 81 and XM channel 35), which plays contemporary holiday hits from artists such as Amy Grant and The Carpenters. Then on Monday comes Holiday Traditions (XM 36), which will offer traditional holiday songs from the'40s through the'60s. On Thanksgiving, Holiday Pops (Sirius 79, XM channels ... | | Richmond Times-Dispatch, Wed Nov 19 21:28:25 PST 2008 | | | | 50 Most Loathsome New Yorkers | | "How come you guys are such haters?" someone asked us recently. Shocked and insulted, we shook our heads. Our biggest issue thus far?last September's Best of Manhattan issue?was a compendium of positivity. On any given week we're founts of compassion: lovers, not haters; uniters, not dividers. | | New York Press, Wed Nov 19 07:12:43 PST 2008 | | | | Tree Huggers, Bible Thumpers Shed Tears, Crack Wise: S.F. Stage | | Nov. 20 (Bloomberg) -- ?The Quality of Life,? Jane Anderson?s play about a conservative couple from Ohio who visit their liberal relatives in Northern California, can?t quite decide whether it wants to be a lightweight comedy or a touching drama. | | Bloomberg, Wed Nov 19 22:37:46 PST 2008 | | | | Kanye Goes After Paparazzi With ALL CAPS | | Time to check back in with Kanye West and 50 Cent, hip-hop?s favorite rivals. It seems Kanye got into another scrap with a paparazzo outside a club in England early Friday morning (the first since his tussle with a cameraman in LA back in September). According to TMZ.com (via MTV.com ), Kanye was leaving Newcastle?s Tup Tup club with four girls when a photographer got in his face. A minor ... | | The New York Observer, Mon Nov 17 08:36:28 PST 2008 | | | | Kanye West Focuses On Melodies On 'Minimal But Functional' '808s & Heartbreak' | | When it comes to straight-up vocal prowess, Kanye West will never be compared to some of the all-time greats, such as Luther Vandross or Stevie Wonder - and he's fine with that. With Kanye, it's more about feeling - he wants you to feel his music, not concentrate on the range of his voice. | | MTV Asia, Wed Nov 19 19:00:23 PST 2008 | | | | 11-18-08 EUR ALL ON ONE PAGE | | OBAMA'S '60 MINUTES' SCORES BIG: CBS news program had highest overnight ratings in nearly 10 years. *A record audience tuned in to CBS' "60 Minutes" Sunday night to watch the first televised interview with Barack Obama and his wife Michelle since he was elected the 44th U.S. President. | | Eurweb, Tue Nov 18 00:11:22 PST 2008 | | | | Eminem: Latest album will come in early 2009 | | Eminem's latest album, "Relapse," is now headed for an early 2009 release, the Detroit rapper announced during the live three-hour sendoff to MTV's daily video countdown show, "TRL," on Sunday evening. | | Detroit News, Sun Nov 16 22:11:42 PST 2008 | | | | 11-17-08 EUR ALL ON ONE PAGE | | WANDA SYKES GOT MARRIED UNDER PROP 8: Comedian says recent overturn led her to finally speak publically about being gay. | | Eurweb, Mon Nov 17 00:10:50 PST 2008 | | | | Superman that ho | | I know a lot of people love "Crank That" by Soulja Boy. Everyone's heard it in the past month, whether it is at parties, club meetings or barbeques. It's everywhere. Even I can't resist trying to learn the dance so I can join my friends in "crankin' that." | | Student Life, Sun Nov 16 21:36:35 PST 2008 | | | | Roadshow: We have a winner | | The average price of gasoline falls below $2.50 in San Jose, and Stephen Hazel of Santa Clara wins a free tank of gas. | | San Jose Mercury News, Thu Nov 13 07:41:31 PST 2008 | | | | Fats Domino doc to air on PBS | | NEW ORLEANS - Fats Domino lost his sprawling yellow-and-white house in hurricane Katrina and with it, the keepsakes of an extraordinary career that took him from New Orleans honky-tonks to worldwide hitmaker. | | Jam! Showbiz, Fri Nov 14 12:21:55 PST 2008 | | | | Does a degree really set you up for life? | | In the haste to bundle one's difficult teenagers off to university, it can easily slip your mind to ask them if they actually want to go. For those of us who have suffered the earache of marching our children at gunpoint through A-levels, this doesn't seem the time to entertain doubts that they might be unsuited to an academic environment. They have to go, and that's it. What else is there? ... | | Guardian Unlimited, Fri Nov 14 06:43:21 PST 2008 | | | | Freeway on a new road to success | | As America prepares for a historic change of political power, Philadelphia rapper Freeway is experiencing his own transition. Just a year ago, Freeway was poised to... | | Boston Herald, Thu Nov 13 21:22:50 PST 2008 | |
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