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3 hrs ago | National Public Radio

Do You Really Listen To Full Albums?

I sure do love albums. We all do. But it's gotten to be pretty impossible to give them the time they deserve.

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Related Topix: Iron & Wine

11 hrs ago | KOTA-TV Rapid City

SD town of Ipswitch using mobile post office

Residents of the northeastern South Dakota town of Ipswich are using a mobile post office while the permanent building is fixed.

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Related Topix: The Postal Service

Sun May 19, 2013

Iceland Review

Whitsun Celebrated in Iceland

Whitsun, or hvA tasunna in Icelandic, is a religious holiday, celebrated on the seventh Sunday after Easter.

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Related Topix: The Holy Ghost

Sunday Herald

The bright stuff

IF Glasgow long ago passed the tipping point whereby it stopped being a place creative people left in order to further their careers and instead became one they moved to for the same reasons, then I'd argue it has The Pastels to thank.

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Related Topix: The Delgados

Patch.com

Bob Dylan, Keith Urban Headline Merriweather's Scheduled Acts for 2013

The following acts are scheduled to play at Merriweather Post Pavilion in 2013: The National with Dirty Projectors on June 6. Tickets are $35 - $45. Captial Jazz Fest on June 7,8,9. Tickets $60 - $175. Of Monsters and Men on June 11.

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Related Topix: The Dirty Projectors, Dirty Projectors, Pop/Rock, The xx, The Postal Service, Belle & Sebastian

Sat May 18, 2013

Concert Tour

Review: Kings of Leon, The Shins, Macklemore at Hangout Fest

I'm sitting here on a lawn chair in the sand, watching the waves crash against the sand, as Jim James' psychedelic musings drifted over from the Hangout Stage.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, The Shins, Gulf Shores, AL, Macklemore & Ryan Lewis, Hip-Hop

Connecticut Post

FBI searches apartment in ricin letter case

During the execution of a search warrant, members of the Joint Federal Haz-Mat Team, FBI, and local law enforcement gather in front of the Osmun Apartments near the intersection of First Avenue and Oak Street in Browne's Addition on Saturday, May 18, 2013 in Spokane, Wash.

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Related Topix: Spokane, WA, The Postal Service

Creative Loafing Atlanta

Mamma Bear debuts tonight

From its hard-hitting '70s glam drumming to the modern indie rock sound of distorted vocals and wall of wailing guitars, Mamma Bear's debut video for "Red's Dead" offers a nice mix of influences from the mind of head bear Kyle Gordon .

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Related Topix: The Orchids

The Miami Herald

FBI executes search warrant in ricin letter case

The FBI and other law enforcement agencies are executing a search warrant Saturday in the case of two letters containing the deadly poison ricin that were intercepted this week at a post office in Washington state.

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Related Topix: The Postal Service

KEPR CBS 19

Pasco mail center set for Spokane move in June

Plans to process your mail out of Spokane instead of the Tri-Cities are moving forward.

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Related Topix: The Postal Service

The Times-Picayune

Cannes 2013 notebook: 'Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon' to get a sequel, more festival tidbits

A 2013 Cannes Film Festival poster is displayed in the South of France, featuring actors Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward kissing on the set of 'A New Kind of Love.' MORE CROUCHING TIGERS: "Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon" is getting a sequel more than a decade after becoming the highest grossing foreign-language film in the U.S. The Weinstein Company ... (more)

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Related Topix: Movies, Entertainment, Celebrities, Joanne Woodward, Paul Newman, Oscars, Drama Movies, The Great Gatsby

Fri May 17, 2013

LA Daily News

Los Angeles worst city for dog attacks on mail carriers

The U.S. Postal Service says Los Angeles was the worst American city for dog attacks on letter carriers last year.

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Related Topix: The Postal Service

BroadwayWorld.com

Cody Simpson to Releases New Album Surfers Paradise, 7/16

Atlantic recording artist Cody Simpson has revealed details of his anticipated new album.

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Related Topix: Cody, Australia, Oceania, World News

Examiner.com

Way Walkers - A New Take on an Old Genre

Suddenly the lights begin flashing and the little machine starts beeping. Its head turns left, then right, and then settles its gaze on you.

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Related Topix: Choose Your Own Adventure

City Pages

Walker Art Center's 2013-14 music lineup

Never doubt the power of the Walker Art Center to bring together one of the most intriguing assortments of performance art in the region.

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Related Topix: Yo la Tengo

Salt Lake Tribune

Utah singer-songwriter inspired by memory of her gui...

On the Christmas of her senior year at Rowland Hall , that boyfriend gave her a guitar so that she could play with his musical family.

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Related Topix: Utah!, Canyon Rim, UT

South Wales Argus

Noise complaints force Newport's 200 Club to close

INDIE rockers took part in one of the last gigs to be staged at a Newport club which is closing less than a year after it opened.

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Related Topix: Catatonia

Film Threat

the Bootleg Files: Suspense - a Cask of Amontillado

CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: Yes, there was a commercial release - but you can't stop the bootleggers! Unless you were around in the late 1940s and early 1950s, you probably never heard of "Suspense." Originally created as a radio program, this half-hour anthology series was among the popular programs in the very early days of ... (more)

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Related Topix: Celebrities, Paul Newman, Grace Kelly, Leslie Nielsen, Horror Movies, Short, Thriller, Mystery Movies, Drama Movies, Bela Lugosi

Thu May 16, 2013

Nottingham Evening Post

Haunting songs of Norway

I started developing a serious interest in music when I was about 14 years old. I listened to a lot of punk and rock, and was seriously obsessed with Dave Grohl.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Foo Fighters, Punk, Millencolin, R-N-B, Lauryn Hill, Black Entertainment, The Orchids

WWAY-TV Wilmington

Mail damaged in postal truck fire

Viewer Ben Lewis sent us video of the fire. He says it happened on US 74/76 near the Brunswick/Columbus County line.

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Related Topix: Brunswick, NC, Columbus County, NC, The Postal Service

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