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MATT DRISCOLL: DAMON CASTILLO BAND TONIGHT AT MASA >>> If I was into dreamy Latin looking men who wear vintage leather jackets and play vintage Fender guitars with a jazz, funk, rock and soul styling rarely heard, I would sooooo be into Damon Castillo — leader of the aptly titled Damon Castillo Band. But I’m not gay. Really. No joke. I just know a good looking man when I see one — no harm in that. What I’m also keen enough to recognize is musical talent, and the Damon Castillo Ban

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T-shirt start-up i/denti/fies a new fashion model

The music and fashion have long provided people with important means of self-expression.  A new company called i/denti/tee, conceived and launched by non-traditional-agency-like-object Anomoly, aims to aims to monetize the space where music and fashion meet.  I like their model, which sits at the intersection of three key trends -- mass customization, crowdsourcing and eco/social consciousness -- to produce a unique line of music t-shirts that are ready-made for the 'net generation.  I know

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Jon Hamm woos Tina Fey ... on '30 Rock'

Posted at 12:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 4 On Thursday's "30 Rock," Liz Lemon tries to reconnect at her high school reunion. NBC photo Liz Lemon’s boss, Jack Donaughy, make think she’s a loser in the dating world. But she’s getting a winning boyfriend soon. Jon Hamm of “Mad Men” (left) will be visiting the offices of “30 Rock” soon. He’ll play a pediatrician who moves in with Tina Fey’s Liz Lemon on the NBC Thursday night sitcom. “I just finished a couple of episodes,” Hamm said Tuesd

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Author Interview with Debbi Crane & a Raffle

Above: Debbi Crane, Pokey Bolton, and Cheryl Prater at Make It University! at International Quilt Festival/ Chicago in 2007.   We have a very special guest with us today: Debbi Crane, co-author of MIXED MANIA: RECIPES FOR DELICIOUS MIXED MEDIA CREATIONS published by Interweave. Debbi, we’re so glad you could join us today! I must say, you co-authored a very chic mixed-media book! Interesting title, interesting concept. Tell me a little bit about the idea behind your book. Cheryl and I were r

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12.4.08: 80's remakes everywhere, Jack Black is Prop 8 Musical Jesus, and more

EVERYTHING RIGHT IS WRONG AGAIN The big news of the last 24 hours is the slate of "Wha...?" 80's remake announcements from our Hollywood overlords. • Universal is dusting off minor John Carpenter 80's sci-fi classic They Live, in which WWF superstar Rowdy Roddy Piper discovered that aliens lived among us and were taking over the world via well hidden subliminal messages, which could be seen by humans only with a special pair of glasses (that also revealed the disguised aliens).  His response

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More Grammy Nominations

Best Gospel Performance    -- "I Understand," Kim Burrell, Rance Allen, Bebe Winans, Mariah Carey & Hezekiah Walker's Love Fellowship Tabernacle Church Choir    -- "East To West," Casting Crowns    -- "Get Up," Mary Mary    -- "Shall We Gather At The River," Take 6    -- "Waging War," CeCe Winans   Best Gospel Song    -- "Cover Me," James L. Moss, songwriter (21:03 With Fred Hammond, Smokie Norful & J Moss)    -- "Get Up," Erica Campbell, Tina Campbell, Warryn Campbell & E

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Target events for 2009

1. COMPETE IN TRACK SPRINTING EVENTS. My favorite would have to be the 100m dash. Those who have trained/ran with me know very well that I have an almost irreversible tiptoe. I've been walking on tiptoe ever since the day I learned how to walk, and have never learned to walk with my heels touching the ground. While this serves as my waterloo when it comes to long-distance running, it sure has given me an edge in t

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FCF 7

or monstrous I whose wind blows long grass, who! whoot! jungle not Amazonian swamp, but thick green leafage surrounds, hear everything, no one knows how these massive rectangular structures were used, now birds screech in the little rooms of the buildings, fly away, long iguanas run under rock, tiny bright green and red lizards run down paths past one tiny statue, on lowish ground, on a small concrete block, two funny-monkey- hideous- dog-jaguar faces and p

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Zoe's Song

We choose a hymn/song for each of our children. Asher's was The Solid Rock. That hymn brought me so much strength from the truth in it's lyrics! Zoe's Hymn is Come Thou Fount. I've included the words to this somg that I have sung many times in the past two weeks. In fact just days after we heard about this little girl I was photographing a wedding and they sung this in their service and I stood in the back and sung with all my heart and cried streams of tears. It was a special time of honoring

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Coldplay lead Grammy nominations

BRITISH talent has dominated the nominations for record of the year at the US Grammy Awards. Coldplay, who earned a total of seven nominations, will compete with fellow Britons Adele, Leona Lewis, Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant and MIA for the major honour at the awards show next year. The British rock band, Radiohead, and Plant will also face each other in the album of the year category while Welsh singer Duffy, who shot to number one with her catchy single, Mercy, and fellow British sou

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Common

I had an email from [IMG [info]]markhammonds last night, informing me that scaffolding had gone up around part of the old Marton Sixth Form College, and that the bulldozers were reving up to tear it to bits. The building in question housed The Common Room, and for this reason I'm feeling a little sad. If my late adolescence manifested itself anywhere it was in the common room of Marton Sixth Form College - it was here, after leaving the horrors of Bertram Ramsey Secondary School, that I first e

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Pop forum: Meet today's featured reader

Today's Pop reader has an excellent celebrity story and an intriguing photo. Meet her, greet her and feel free to contact me if you'd like to see yourself in this space. Reader of the day: cuteonecute1 Real name: Jill Tweedie Why I chose my screen name: It goes back to my dating days, I feel like it's my moniker -- I use it as a login for a bunch of different websites. Where I live: Philadelphia Occupation: Sales rep Best concert experience: About eight years ago, I went to a Wilco show wi

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Lessons learned from Madonna and Vampiric Pop

When someone mentions Madonna, the word 'reinvented' is never far away. Personally, I don't buy. Madonna never reinvented herself. Sure, she got a hair-cut some time, and sure, when her pop-stock was at an all-time low (for her at least, which equates to 'merely' selling a coupla million) she made sure she stayed in everyone's minds by literally giving her pound of flesh in a steel-bound, wipe-easy book where she had a ball fuckin' a whole buncha models and celebs. It's the kinda crisis I'd li

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Notes on Grammy Nods

As audacious and unnecessary as it seems to have a prime time special for an awards show that is merely about the nominees and not the awards show itself, the nominees for the 51st annual Grammy awards were unveiled last night. A complete list of all nominees can be found here, here. In the four major categories — album, record, song of the year and best new artist — the big winners look to be British rockers Coldplay, who earned a spot in each accept best new artist. Viva la Vida or D

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Singles [Nov. 20]: T.I. #1 & #2, Kanye #9

T.I. holds on to the top two spots on the Hot 100 singles chart while Kanye West's Love Lockdown joins the top 10 at no.9. Top 10 Singles on the Hot 100: 1. T.I. - Live Your Life feat. Rihanna 2. T.I. - Whatever You Like 3. Beyonce - If I Were a Boy 4. Katy Perry - Hot N Cold 5. Pink - So What 6. Kevin Rudolf - Let It Rock feat. Lil Wayne 7. Britney Spears - Womanizer 8. Akon - Right Now (Na Na Na) 9. Kanye West - Love Lockdown 10. Jason Mraz - I'm Yours

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Links & Pictures: a blogger's favorite literary devices

You guys, I love having a girl. Not just for the clothes. Molly is SO much more responsive than Jack ever was. I feel "bonded" to her in a way I didn't with Jack until he was a big boy and could actually do stuff. I put quotes around bonded because who knows what that means. But she coos and smiles and talks and follows you and IT IS SO FUN. I had to work so hard for Jack smiles, but Molly's easy. Is it a girl thing? I have no idea. Tomorrow morning I should have something up at Parenting

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Lil Wayne licks Grammy competition

Never mind that Coldplay’s new album is the Brit-pop band’s weakest effort yet. Or that rapper Lil Wayne is a better salesman than musician. Or that the Jonas Brothers pen power-pop like third-graders fill in Mad Libs. They are all smart, swaggering and popular, style-over-substance qualities that helped them Wednesday when nominations were announced for the 51st annual Grammy Awards. Lil Wayne led the pack with eight nominations. His 2008 album, "Tha Carter III," sold more than a million copi

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Californication Renewed for Third Season December 3, 2008 9:56 pm

Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Californication, News, Renewals, Showtime, Television. trackback Showtime has renewed the Golden Globe Award-winning comedy series Californication for a third season of 12 episodes. “It wouldn’t be SHOWTIME without a yearly dose of CALIFORNICATION,” said Showtime President of Entertainment, Robert Greenblatt. “This unapologetic show, about a group of characters led by the inimitable David Duchovny, has quickly established itself as one of our signature comed

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Pete Doherty Wants To Reform The Libertines

According to a report in the UK newspaper The Mirror, Pete Doherty, currently of Babyshambles and Kate Moss’s former boyfriend, recently turned up at a Dirty Pretty Things show in Paris and stood by the stage door. Reportedly, Doherty has told Carl Barat that he really wants to reform their old band, The Libertines (pictured above). Since Dirty Pretty Things are soon to disband, a reunion of The Libertines could possibly happen. A source told The Mirror: “Carl thinks it might work, but he needs

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