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The Beatles album cover Help and its semaphore message vaulted in the news recently. Here are the details.
The album cover features the group with their arms positioned to spell out a word in flag semaphore. According to cover photographer Robert Freeman, "I had the idea of semaphore spelling out the letters HELP. But when [...]
"Success… Fame and fortune… They’re all illusions…"
Like many people, I responded to the death of Michael Jackson by turning to his art: I decided finally to watch "The Wiz," the 1978 movie musical that was one of the more notorious critical and commercial flops of its era, an urbanized "Wizard of Oz" adaptation with [...]
Obie and Lucille Lortel Award winner David Cromer will return to the role of Stage Manager in his critically acclaimed staging of Our Town June 19 at the Barrow Street Theatre.
Cromer departed the role May 1 to honor a prior commitment. Scott Parkinson, who assumed the role during his absence, gives his final performance [...]
Trace Adkins can gloat about his two nominations at the Country Music Television awards.
After all, he had to persuade his label, Capitol Nashville, to let him make the video for "You’re Gonna Miss This," which is up for video of the year and male video of the year at Tuesday’s show.
"The song was just a [...]
The Toucher and Rich Show is a morning radio show that airs on WBCN from 6 to 10 am and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. The show first aired on June 5, 2006. In 2008 Toucher and Rich were nominated for Personality of the Green Line (Alternative Rock) by the Radio & Records Industry [...]
Wolfmother is an Australian hard rock band that formed in Erskineville, Sydney in 2000. Originally comprising vocalist and guitarist Andrew Stockdale, bassist and keyboardist Chris Ross and drummer Myles Heskett, the band has released one studio album – Wolfmother (2005) – which reached number three on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart. The album also [...]
The Dresden Dolls are an American musical duo from Boston, Massachusetts. Formed in 2001, the group consists of Amanda Palmer (vocals, piano, harmonica, ukelele) and Brian Viglione (drums, percussion, guitar, vocals). The two describe their style as "Brechtian punk cabaret", a phrase invented by Palmer because she was "terrified" that the press would invent [...]
U2.com announced U2’s tour for 2009, dubbed the 360° Tour. As previously reported, it covers two legs, the first in Europe and the second in North America. The initial announcement includes 15 shows in Europe and 16 in North America, with clear gaps for additional shows to be added in some cities, e.g. Dublin. The [...]
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The story of Tyler Gage (Channing Tatum), a rebel from the wrong side of Baltimore’s tracks, and Nora (Jenna Dewan) a privileged ballet dancer attending Baltimore’s ultra-elite Maryland School of the Arts. When trouble with the law lands Tyler with a community service gig at Maryland School of the Arts, he arrives as an [...]
The Live Phish Series is a set of twenty complete remastered Phish concerts released between September 2001 and May 2003, along with seven bonus concerts released in 2004 and 2005. All proceeds are donated to the Mockingbird Foundation, a charity foundation formed by Phish fans.
The original twenty volume series began while Phish was on [...]