From Space to South Africa: Idris Elba on Prometheus and Playing Mandela

Source: New York Magazine

For almost a year, Idris Elba's home has been his suitcase. Not literally, because at nearly six-foot-three, he wouldn't fit. But for the first time in his career, the 39-year-old, best known for playing ...
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Vinyl records are making a rapid comeback

Source: Quad-Cities Online

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Cam Bentley walked into a Fort Lauderdale record store this dreary afternoon, head nodding to Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop 'Til You Get Enough," streaming from iPod to headphones. She walked past the CDs to t ...
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With Spotify and its ilk, there's no 'my' in music anymore

Source: Daytona Beach News-Journal

LOS ANGELES -- I am sitting on a couch facing two turntables, a DJ mixer, a dual-drive CD player/recorder, a cassette deck and a wireless 2-terrabyte hard drive half full of music -- all in one way or another plugged into my sound system. ...
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RECAP: “75 Bars” of Black Thought and Mos Def Define the Realness at the Lyricist Lounge’s 20-Year Bash

Source: All HipHop

The New York City crowd was jam-packed with lyric-hungry, authentic Hip-Hop heads. They had to be real Hip-Hop heads – otherwise they may not have even known about the 20-year legacy of the famed Lyricist Lo ...
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There are summer arts camps aplenty

Source: Reno Gazette-Journal

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Prince Charles, Camilla wrap up royal tour of Canada

Source: Toronto Star

Prince Charles greets a group of Regina schoolkids showing the royal spirit at Government House on Wednesday. PAUL CHIASSON/CANADIAN PRESS The Issue : The man who remains next in line to inherit the British throne (that’s Prince Charles, of course, ...
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Return of the geek

Source: Vancouver Sun

CLICK FOR PHOTOS OF FAMOUS GEEKS Today marks the 35th anniversary of the release of Star Wars. And if you already knew that, chances are you're a geek. Better yet, today is your day. The good folks at Wikipedia -- geeks, every single o ...
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Electronic dance music is booming in Bay Area, across nation

Source: The San Jose Mercury News

dance music. The genre that was supposed to be pop's Next Big Thing for the new millennium, only to sputter in popularity until it was infamously dismissed by Eminem ("nobody listens to techno"), is back, powered by DJs that most peopl ...
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Party & Bullsh*t: This Week in Nashville Hip-Hop [Black Cat Sylvester, Amerigo Gazaway, Young Buck, Pistol, AJ and the Jiggawatts]

Source: Nashville Scene

Watch that video even if â especially if â you don't usually read this column. This is the sort of next-level musical geekery that needs to be shared with EVERYONE. This is a reason to be proud of your town, folks. Put it on full-screen, watch his ...
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