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Shonen Knife can win over the most cynical music listener. Imagine three women from Japan who grew up on a steady diet of Ramones.

Published: Friday, November 6, 2009 at 6:30 a.m. Last Modified: Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 11:42 p.m. Yet another Easy Street eatery apparently has found it too difficult to survive.

A judge has set bond at $100,000 for a woman accused of trying to kill her neighbor.

One Crazy Ride / Riding Solo to the Top of the World 11/04/2009 Genre: Travel Documentary Directed by: Gaurav Jani Starring: Gaurav Jani I cringed when I was asked to take a look at these two travel documentaries by Gaurav Jani done from motorcycles.

Hong Kong has jumped from being one of the world's 10 most pessimistic places with regard to job prospects to one of its most optimistic markets in just six months.

This morning's quiz: a conceptual rendering of the Standing Wave project in the Trinity River, or a hotel-room painting? a The city wasn't kidding around about fast-tracking the Trinity Standing Wave whitewater-maker : Less than two months after the $3-million project resurfaced in a Trinity River Corridor Project Committee presentation , the city ...

Fan-filmed video footage of Swiss rockers GOTTHARD performing an acoustic version of the song "Heaven" on October 25, 2009 in Trezzo D'Adda , Italy can be viewed below.

Every cold war has its proxies. In a swath of Himalayan mountains wedged between the northeast Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh and China, they can take the shape of things as mundane as the empty beer bottles and cigarette butts left behind by soldiers on patrol.

His brave new world Bob Rennie stands next to a piece of art by Mona Hatoum at his gallery in Vancouver.

Disc of the week Gettin' away from mule toots Daniel Keebler A new blues album celebrates the Mississippi Sheiks, whose singer once revealed the reason he took up the musician's life Brad Wheeler From Tuesday's Globe and Mail Published on Monday, Oct.

On Sunday night at Jefferson Center, about midway through his set, Robert Cray picked out a familiar country-blues melody -- Robert Johnson 's "Come On In My Kitchen." At least, that's what I was hearing, because I'm a big Johnson fan.

GLOBE The Arizona Department of Transportation has scheduled the final paving on the US 60 Pinto Valley Project Monday through Wednesday, Oct.

I was recently asked to represent the Jewish community on an interfaith panel to be at On Top of the World in February.

For the second year, Asbury Lanes is battening down its hatches in preparation to serve as the Atlantic Coast rendezvous for the band of rogue troubadours aboard the annual Revival Tour - a sweaty, surly rebel-rock jamboree uniting some of the most tried-and-true voices in punk in a raucous roadshow of punk ethos stripped to its enginery.

Lindsay Lohan went to Paris last week to unveil her new fashion line, as as expected, everybody hated it.

The most memorable meal I've ever enjoyed was served to me at the age of 22 on a mild, Atlanta evening.

Since 2004, German-based conglomerate Siemens has steadily climbed its way near the top of the North American wind-turbine heap, becoming the region's third largest supplier.

By Michael Eck Special to The Times Union WOODSTOCK - This June the legendary Levon Helm was silenced once more, and scared, too.

Even after The Poop love-fest at Golden Gate Park , it was a rough week on the blog.

Foakee opens with a refreshing version of the bluegrass gospel song "Dig a Little Deeper in the Well," and there couldn't be a more appropriate statement to set up this record.