Rock music under threat as small venues go bust across Britain

Source: Guardian Unlimited

It has been a weekend of Polish hip-hop and drum and bass at the Bongo Club. But even when you throw in the rock'n'roll ping pong, it won't be enough to save it. One of Edinburgh's most popular small music venues, ...
Full article at: Guardian Unlimited  More like this  10 hours ago, 12:37pm CDT

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New Andy Seamans for 05/26/2012

Source: Creators Syndicate

Can you name the man who became famous in the postwar era for stirring Arab forces against the Turks? 1. World War I was the ultimate outgrowth of a chain reaction starting with an assassination that took place in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. Who w ...
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Us and Effective Peacekeeping

Source: PaperCamp.com

The United States has been called the world peacekeepers. However, many historians dispute this claim through the actions that they have taken between the periods of 1914 and 1945. The reason why historians p ...
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Festivals guide 2012: European festivals

Source: Guardian Unlimited

For sunshine and good tunes in places further afield, here are the best summer festivals taking place across the Channel Shore thing: life's a beach at Sziget. Photograph: press When 12-15 July Where Zamárdi, Hungary What Electronic music on the shores ...
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Rising revising

Source: Independent.ie

• Obviously Adam O hAodh, in his letter (Republic rose from 1916 ashes, May 19) missed a clause in my letter of May 15, relating to the point that we should "stop exalting terrorists -- and on the other side war generals".The latter r ...
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Former Queen's 43,000 pages of thoughts go online

Source: This is Oxfordshire

IT might have happened more than 110 years ago, but the intimate details of the last Diamond Jubilee have been laid bare. Readers will now have access to Queen Victoria’s innermost thoughts thanks to work by Oxfo ...
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Franz Ferdinand Debut Four New Songs In Ireland, Cover Donna Summer

Source: KROQ Radio

Glasgow, Scotland band Franz Ferdinand were at the forefront of the British art-rock post-punk revival of the early-mid 2000s with their smash-hit “Take Me Out.” The song permeated the radio waves of the time, but the Scottish band haven’t played a sho ...
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Scissor Sisters - Magic Hour

Source: Drowned in Sound

Once upon a time, were the pop band it was cool to like. Chiming with Brandon Flowers’s dubious taste in guyliner and the homoerotic thrills of Franz Ferdinand’s ‘Michael’, their brand of ultra-brash camp was considered semi-credible. So much so that ...
Full article at: Drowned in Sound  More like this  2 days ago, 2:30am CDT

The top six child-friendly festivals

Source: The Independent

Now in its sixth year, this achingly cool one-dayer is for 13-17 year olds only and is strictly about the music – there's no bouncy castles or playdough to be found here. Among the five stages will be 22-year-old soul and folk sensation Lianne La Havas, ...
Full article at: The Independent  More like this  3 days ago, 6:00pm CDT