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TriMeta s fare inspectors are fair
TriMet inspectors Sandy Raney, Tim Moore and Dick Sirianni check tickets on a MAX train leaving the Gateway Transit Center.
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Jemina Pearl: Winning Friends With Iggy Pop
Thanks to Iggy Pop's assistance, Jemina Pearl's "I Hate People" is garage-rock heaven.
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Modern Skirts' keyboardy rock is Peach State-bred
The most famous bands that emerged from Athens, Ga., in the 1970s and 1980s defied the conventions of Southern rock.
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TJC Professor To Debut Original, Personal Play
By STEWART SMITH Entertainment Writer How long must a child remain obedient to their father's wishes? At what point must a father finally relinquish control of his children's lives? David Crawford, a professor of theatre at Tyler Junior College explores these questions with the debut of his original stage play next week.
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Listen to The Bravery Single, Spectator
A new single has popped up online for the band, The Bravery and it's off of their upcoming album Stir the Blood .
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Berlin Wall: Share your memories 20 years later
East Germans danced atop the Berlin Wall with their West German neighbors as the longstanding dividing line came crashing down in a televised celebration 20 years ago today.
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Midler, Couric, and Bloomberg at the 14th Annual Hulaween Gala
Will you ever bring your Las Vegas stage show to Broadway? "You know what, never say never.
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Andrea Chalupa: At Bette's Hulaween: Mayor Bloomberg "dressed" as Matt Damon
Friday night, in the razzling-dazzling Waldorf-Astoria, Bette Midler entertained a packed ballroom of ghostly and goofy guests, raising over a million dollars, and counting, for the New York Restoration Project.
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The Betrayal (Nerakhoon) DVD Review
Few people knew during the Vietnam War that the CIA was simultaneously financing and backing a puppet government in nearby Laos.
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Zac Brown Band to Host Georgia Theatre Benefit Show
Zac Brown Band is looking to restore the glory of its onetime musical stomping grounds by hosting a benefit concert on Oct.
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There is a story about John Lennon hearing the B-52s' 1978 song Rock Lobster at a disco in the Bahamas.
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Concert Review: Jello Biafra at the Clubhouse Music Venue
Jello Biafra postures and poses at the Clubhouse Music Venue in Tempe. See more shots in our slideshow of the concert.
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"Wheel of Fortune" host Pat Sajak is 63. Actress Shelley Morrison is 73. Actor Bob Hoskins is 67.
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In honor of Sol Caf reopening, The Hatchet had owner Simone Freeman put together a list of her favorite songs to play while she works.
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a oeI thought I was on a kind of playdate, right? Then Killian starts...
Never Mind the Pity: How Killian Mansfield's Dying Dream Turned into the Making of a Miraculous Album.
Monument Valley: Years after crash
Twenty-five years ago - Oct. 16, 1984 - an Air Force B-52 bomber crashed and exploded on Hunts Mesa, sending a fireball thousands of feet into the air and turning night into day across Monument Valley.
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Military aircraft involved in training exercise
Don't be surprised if you see some extra military jet traffic flying overhead, including the old B-52's. The eastern air defense sector, headquartered in Rome, is taking part in a training exercise involving F-15's and B-52's. Military fighters throughout the northeast are taking part, and people may hear aircraft noise and see aircraft flying at ...
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Just When You Thought All the ACL Aftermath Was Over...
You could roam, as the B-52s put it during their early afternoon set Sunday on the AMD Stage.
The Rock History Report for October 12th, 2009
1968 - The Jimi Hendrix Experience got its start in London. 1968 - John Sebastian departed the Lovin' Spoonful to pursue a solo career.
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Allen: Former disc jockey to spin punk rock tales
If you grew up in North Texas in the late '70s and '80s, you might remember Rowlett resident George Gimarc, who created the format for KDGE "The Edge." You may also remember the type of impact radio had on the music industry before the Internet and viral marketing.
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