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Here are some more quick picks for you, the loyal reader: MUSIC: Big Star Keep An Eye On The Sky a ' Big Star has led an interesting existence in being one of the most famous hit-less bands of all-time. Or perhaps as the least successful famous bands of all-time. Either way you choose to look at them, you probably know tracks like "In The Street" , ...

More than 273,000 people want John Mellencamp to quit smoking, but that's still not enough.

Burn off those holiday calories with a blast from the past with '80s tribute band the Molly Ringwalds.

Keith Sweat wrote the official anthem for the 25th anniversary of the Chicken McNugget.

You already got something for him , her , and everyone in between . Whether for wishful thinking or hintful winking, here's a shopping list of little indulgences that you'll totally want this year.

Jules Shear has been a force in music for more than three decades. He has recorded more than a dozen records over the years - solo and in various incarnations.

A short trailer has been released for the provocative biopic about the short-lived '70s girl group The Runaways.

Boiler Room Theatre answers the question, "What Christmas show do we do this year?" by coming up with its own original revue.

Daisy Rock - FTC debuts 'You Are Here' - Where there's smoke.. - Chris Brown quits Twitter - Phillip Hoose's 'Claudette Colvin' - Plants vs.

It was just another manic Monday for Tish Ciravolo. The founder of Daisy Rock was so excited to meet Vicki Peterson of the famous girl-band Bangles and talk about her line of guitars designed for women, she jumped up from her desk, stepped on a box and broke her ankle.

Necklaces in brass, $32, copper, $24, and pewter, $30, at Joanne Rossman, 6 Birch St., Roslindale Village, 617-323-4301. www.joannerossman.com . 2 VASE FACTS We've got a lot of gray winter days ahead.

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Fred Durst + THE BANGLES Fan-filmed video footage of the concert can be viewed below.

The New Year's Eve Blast is back! Ring in the New Year with your favorite jams all night from The Bangles to Journey to Duran Duran.

FLOWER POWER: No Ugly Christmas Sweater parties for you ! Anthropologie's From-The-Green Cardi is a Michelle Obama -worthy delight of a sweater.

Saving Abel are anticipating Chinese food for their Thanksgiving meal. Singer Jared Weeks says they'll have the day off but they won't be close to their homes in Mississippi, so he figures they will get "Chinese cuisine" somewhere.

Originally know as Colours, the Supersonic Bangs, and the Bangs, the Bangles sprang from L.A.'s paisley underground scene in 1981.

About the only thing missing Friday at Holy Cross Episcopal School was The Bangles -- you know, the '80s band that sang "Walk Like an Egyptian" -- as pupils welcomed parents and other guests to the Egyptian Museum.

Susanna Hoffs, leader of the - 80s girl group The Bangles, and - 90s alt-rocker Matthew Sweet might seem a contrast - " and indeed appeared so at a sold-out show as Sid and Susie at Sellersville Theater 1894 Sunday night: Sweet in jeans and a T-shirt, wearing aqua-sock-like Five Finger Footwear shoes ; Hoffs in a frilly, shoulder-strap black dress ...

Wait, did you blink? Then you certainly missed the brief appearance of the sun, radiating invisible rainbows over our fair city.