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9 hrs ago | MTV

Owl City Vs. The Postal Service

When you type "Owl City Sound Like Postal Service" into that magic little Google contraption you get 280,000 results.

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Related Topix: The Postal Service

Fri Nov 06, 2009

Philly.com

Andrews: USPS must explain Logan Twp. closing

The U.S. Postal Service has violated federal regulations by failing to provide financial details that justify the planned closing of a mail-processing facility in Gloucester County, according to U.S. Rep.

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Related Topix: The Postal Service, Gloucester County, VA, US Politics, US News, US House of Representatives, Robert Andrews, Democrat

Manitowoc Herald Times Reporter

Postal Service releases holiday mailing tips

The U.S. Postal Service estimates that 16.6 billion cards, letters and packages will be delivered between Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

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Related Topix: The Postal Service

Eye Weekly

Robbie Williams - Reality Killed The Video Star

El Perro Del Mar: Love Is Not Pop Swedish love songs tend to cut through the crap.

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Related Topix: The Radio Dept., Echo & the Bunnymen, Pop/Rock

Thu Nov 05, 2009

Digital Spy

Fiery Furnaces attack 'bogus' Radiohead

Fiery Furnaces musician Matthew Friedberger has attacked Radiohead after misunderstanding a question about the group.

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Related Topix: The Fiery Furnaces

KSDK NewsChannel 5

Arrest made in robbery of St. Louis letter carrier

The U.S. Postal Service said a juvenile has been arrested in connection with the armed robbery of a mail carrier in St.

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Related Topix: The Postal Service

Wed Nov 04, 2009

Scoop

Yo La Tengo coming to Wellington in February

Mystery Girl Presents Mystery Girl, Galesburg and 95bFM are pleased to be bringing to New Zealand a ' for the first time in ten years a ' the band that has a cult following even the Mormons envy, a band that influences the influential and renders the critics uncritical - yes thata TMs right, it is Yo La Tengo.

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Related Topix: Yo la Tengo

East Bay Business Times

Postal Service to raise some rates

The price of a first class stamp stays at 44 cents in 2010, but other U.S. Postal Service prices will go up.

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Related Topix: The Postal Service

Willamette Week

David Bazan Friday, Nov. 6

After nine Pedro the Lion releases, a decade as indie rock's scholastic defender of Christianity, and hosting theological QA sessions at every show - followed by a very public loss of faith, a couple years of blackout binge drinking and an album that buries, mourns and rages at everything he believed - Bazan has run out of answers.

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Related Topix: Pedro the Lion, Lawrence Metro, Opinion

Cumbernauld Today

Indie legends in town the Noizy Indie Social Club has announced another gig in Cumbernauld.

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Related Topix: The Frank and Walters

Tue Nov 03, 2009

Bury Free Press

Laverne lands deal to write 'rock chick' books

TV presenter Lauren Laverne, from Sunderland, is to publish a series of teenage novels after signing a book deal.

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Related Topix: Kenickie

Mon Nov 02, 2009

The Eagle

Indie duo take act - on the road'Nov 1 at

"We have a member of the band who couldn't be here today," Ben Gibbard said into his microphone as silence fell over the 9:30 club.

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Related Topix: Big Sur, CA, The Long Winters

WWFX-FM Worcester

The Rock History Report for November 2nd, 2009

1968 - Stevie Wonder released "For Once In My Life." 1974 - George Harrison set out on his first tour in eight years, becoming the first former Beatle to hit the road for a nationwide solo trek.

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Related Topix: Comedy Movies, Girls! Girls! Girls!, Musical Movies, Pop/Rock, Elvis Presley, The Girls, Stevie Wonder, Soul, The Who

Sun Nov 01, 2009

Metromix Indianapolis

Osso, Sufjan Stevens' the BQE and DM Stith

Musician Sufjan Stevens will present his 40-minute film, "The BQE," at the Indianapolis Museum of Art's Tobias Theater , with the Osso string quartet performing before the screening and singer-songwriter DM Stith performing after.

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Related Topix: Sufjan Stevens, Indianapolis, IN, Indianapolis Metro, Music, Entertainment

Fri Oct 30, 2009

ContactMusic.com

Paul Newman - Generous Paul Newman

Paul Newman was the most generous US celebrity of 2008, donating $21 million to good causes, according to The Giving Back Fund.

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Related Topix: Drama Movies, Cool Hand Luke, Paul Newman, September, 9

MyFoxMemphis

Job Training Agency Faces Takeover

A taxpayer-financed Memphis agency that specializes in job training and helping employers find workers is facing a possible state takeover.

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Related Topix: Memphis, Law, Employment / Labor Law

City Pages

Monsters of Folk finesse Orpheum

Upon hearing the eponymous release from Monsters of Folk, I feared that the gimmick wouldn't last; I feared that again a group had been formed that could never surpass the greatness of each member's other projects.

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Related Topix: The Traveling Wilburys, Pop/Rock, Bright Eyes

Thu Oct 29, 2009

Brooklynvegan

last night: 3 shows, but many indie rock members (Death Cab, Son...

Ben Gibbard played with Jay Farrar at Webster Hall with John Roderick opening. "Along with all 12 songs from the album, Farrar and Gibbard each sang a song from a different project, before finishing with a pair of covers.

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Related Topix: The Long Winters, The Postal Service, Jay Farrar, Pop/Rock, Uncle Tupelo, Styrofoam, Electronic

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

Police seize guns, stolen mail from Atlanta home

Police and federal agents raided a southeast Atlanta home on Thursday, seizing stolen mail, check-making equipment and guns.

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Related Topix: Atlanta, GA, Atlanta Metro, US News, ATF, The Postal Service

Delaware Beachcomber

The Brakes' sound reminiscent of classic '70s acts

One of Philadelphia's hottest young rock bands, The Brakes, is making an impression far from its hometown.

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Related Topix: Brakes, The James Gang, Pop/Rock

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