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Saturday | Netscape

Blind Faith - Sea of Joy - 1969 - LIVE

Blind Faith - Sea of Joy - 1969 - LIVE >> Posted By Progressive 4 hours, 17 minutes ago in Arts & Entertainment London Hyde Park 1969 is the official release of Blind Faith's June 7, 1969 free concert at London's Hyde Park.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

Retro To Go

Retro TV W/C 6th November 2009

Barry Murphy returns once more to trawl the TV and radio guides , finding anything worth tuning into this week.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Biography Movies, The Notorious Bettie Page, Gretchen Mol, Blind Faith, Texas

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Hollywood Reporter

'Doctor Who' star lands 'Rex' pilot

No longer will American TV audiences be asking doctor who? Popular British actor David Tennant, best known for playing the title role in the BBC's long-running sci-fi series "Doctor Who," is set to make his American television debut as the title character in NBC's hourlong pilot "Rex Is Not Your Lawyer." Written by Andrew Leeds and David Lampson, ...

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Related Topix: Doctor Who, Drama Movies, Science Fiction TV, Entertainment, Science Fiction Movies, Television, Drama, Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Mystery Movies, Adventure, David Tennant

Sat Oct 31, 2009

Examiner.com

One hit wonders: Brownsville Station and Smokin' in the Boys Room

Guitarist Michael "Cub" Koda has been one of the most influential musicians in modern rock - despite the fact that his band, Brownsville Station, only scored on the charts once in 10 years.

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Thu Oct 29, 2009

About.com

Classic Rock Ghost Stories

What with the mind-altering drugs, devotees of the occult, and all those creative imaginations, classic rock was a great breeding ground for tales that just might be true and thus make for some great ghost stories -- the kind that just beg to be told when you're getting into the Halloween spirit.

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Wed Oct 28, 2009

Music-News.com

Ginger Baker signs copies of his new book at Fopp

Legendary drummer, the critically acclaimed Ginger Baker - who has performed with such supergroups as Cream, Blind Faith, the Graham Bond Organisation and Hawkwind - celebrates the release of his new book, 'Hellraiser' with a signing session at Fopp's Earlham Street store in London's Covent Garden on Friday 30th October 2009.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Cream, Blind Faith, Graham Bond, Jazz

Mon Oct 26, 2009

Trend Hunter Magazine

67 Ways to Tell Stories - From Storytelling Cupcakes to Chain Novels

People live to tell stories. Almost every sentence spoken is part of a story, whether it's what one did that day, relating something that someone else said, or actually making up a fictional story .

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Sat Oct 24, 2009

Usenet.derkeiler.com

Halloween NYC 10/30 Ian Lloyd STORIES & John Ford of STRAWBS +BEATexpo 2009 Stamford, CT

From : FAZZMUSICLTD Date : Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:20:34 -0700 NYC, LI & CT Show Listings for all you John Ford & IAN LLOYD - STORIES Fans!!!! Halloween & beyond.... FRI 30 Oct 2009 8-10PM HALLOWEEN WEEK-END SHOW – PRIZE FOR BEST COSTUME! Kenny's Castaways - John Ford & Ian Lloyd's STORIES 157 Bleeker Street - NYC, New York 10012 US Cost: $10 ...

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Stamford, CT, Stamford Metro, The Strawbs, New Haven Metro, Stories, Life, Holidays, Halloween

Wed Oct 21, 2009

The Huffington Post

Dana Joy Altman: Real Food Rehab: Local Cheese, It's Music To My Ears

I grew up eating bad cheese. It wasn't cheese, actually, it was "processed cheese food." And then there were those bland, rubbery, generic blocks of unnaturally colored mild cheddar.

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Related Topix: Life, Cheese, England Dan & John Ford Coley, Illinois

Mon Oct 19, 2009

MAGPIE

Music is Never Wrong: a visit with Josh Homme & John Paul Jones of Them Crooked Vultures

A visit with Them Crooked Vultures' Josh Homme and John Paul Jones Interview by Jay Babcock Posted: October 15, 2009 Them Crooked Vultures is a new band comprised of guitarist-vocalist Joshua Homme , bassist John Paul Jones , drummer Dave Grohl and guitarist Alain Johannes , with Jones and Johannes also playing other instruments.

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Related Topix: Queens of the Stone Age, Pop/Rock, Kyuss, Foo Fighters, Led Zeppelin, Nirvana, Grunge, Blind Faith

Sat Oct 17, 2009

KOST-FM Glendale

England Dan & John Ford Coley

This time a duo releases a song that talks about how when you're near the end and need a friend, you should love one another.

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Thu Oct 15, 2009

Independent Weekly

Luego's Taped-together Stories

Before Durham's Luego could record and release its full-length debut, Taped-together Stories , frontman Patrick Phelan endured a VH1-worthy scenario: The rest of the band bailed following a 2008 EP, I Know I Know , and a subsequent tour.

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Tue Oct 13, 2009

NOLA.com

Susan Cowsill still the baby sister whenever the Cowsills reunite

The Cowsills, including Susan Cowsill, bottom, in the late 1960s. Few of singer-songwriter Susan Cowsill's New Orleans friends knew of her prior life with popular 1960s singing siblings the Cowsills .

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Related Topix: The Cowsills, New Orleans, LA, The Ed Sullivan Show, Entertainment, Television, Drama, Music

Sun Oct 11, 2009

WMFD-TV Mansfield

Dayspring Holds Cruise-In And Hog Roast

Dayspring Assisted Living Center held a hog roast, cruise-in and rummage sale over the weekend at its facility on Ohio 545 in Mansfield.

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Related Topix: Mansfield Metro, Mansfield, OH, Stories

Fri Oct 09, 2009

Times Observer

Hits revisited with Coley Saturday

John Ford Coley will offer an acoustic concert live at the Struthers Library Theatre, Warren, at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct.

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Related Topix: Warren, PA, England Dan & John Ford Coley

Wed Oct 07, 2009

Cinema Blend News

Disney Buys Into Magic Projector

Ever wished you could take what you see in movies and make it real? What if you had a magical movie projector that could do just that? The Hollywood Reporter notes the concept has been launched at Disney, and they've bought in to get the idea underway.

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Related Topix: Bedtime Stories, Stories

Mon Oct 05, 2009

Mt. Airy News

Stokes Fiddlers Convention to bring back tradition

Musicians picked and rosined up their bows at the third annual Stokes County Fiddlers Convention and The Old Timers Cup at the Jomeokee Campground last night.

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Related Topix: Stokes County, NC, Sugarloaf

Sat Oct 03, 2009

Daily Breeze

He's happy to be singing the blues

Jeff "Papa J" Hudson of Garden Grove is the founder of Blues Gone South. His raspy voice makes him sound like he has stories to tell, stories of hard work, dedication - stories that only a blues musician could tell.

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Related Topix: Garden Grove, CA, Hermosa Beach, CA, John Lee Hooker, Blues, Pop/Rock, The Cream, Blind Faith

Thu Oct 01, 2009

WHER-FM Hattiesburg

Everything That Glit... - Dan Se...

After scoring several hits as part of the soft rock duo England Dan & John Ford Coley, Dan Seals reinvented himself as a country-pop singer and enjoyed a tremendous run of success during the latter half of the '80s. Born in McCamey, TX, in 1948, his brother was Jim Seals, later of another successful soft rock duo, Seals & Crofts.

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Related Topix: England Dan & John Ford Coley, Dan Seals, Country, McCamey, TX

Thu Sep 24, 2009

JamBase

Corea, Clarke & White | 09.08 | Minneapolis

Corea, Clarke and White :: 09.08.09 :: Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant :: Minneapolis, MN Chick Corea by Susan J. Weiand If 2008 was the year of reunions, 2009 has to be the year of spin-offs. While last year saw seminal bands including Van Halen , Return to Forever and The Police reunite, this year's answer has been fragments of super groups past.

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Related Topix: Chick Corea, Jazz, Return to Forever, Blind Faith, Al di Meola, Stanley Clarke, Lenny White

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