R.E.M. debuts new video ... despite claiming videos are 'dead'
Friday, July 4, 2008
NEW YORK -- Michael Stipe thinks the music video is a "dead medium" -- but the R.E.M. singer still wants the band's songs to be accompanied by some kind of visuals.
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- Paisley says working with Griffith a highlight
- Just how close 'friends' are Madonna and A-Rod?
- Critics can't slow down singer Michael Bolton
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'Son of Rambow' a movie for adults in disguise
Thursday, July 3, 2008
"Son of Rambow" is a kids' story but is more of an adult movie.<
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more Movies
- Will Smith appealing as a crude hero in 'Hancock'
- High-flying 'Hancock' serves up big, dumb fun for the Fourth
- 'Wanted' a wildly outlandish action pic
- Preachy 'WALL-E' is no thrill ride
Bill Engvall moves beyond Blue Collar Comedy
Friday, July 4, 2008
Bill Engvall doesn't envy being the Blue Collar Comedy Tour's trophy husband.
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more TV & Radio
- Larry Harmon, longtime Bozo the Clown, dead at 83 (1 Comment)
- Rush Limbaugh sets new deal
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- Coffey still going strong on 'Nashville Star' (1 Comment)
- Abilene's young Kenny Baumann's now on the TV (2 Comments)
Snyder puts patriotism on display
Friday, July 4, 2008
more Events
- Hillcrest neighborhood welcomes new American
- AROUND THE BIG COUNTRY 07.05.08
- Old-timer service marked with tears, hugs and laughter
- Buffalo Gap parade shows true colors: red, white and blue
Abilene's young Kenny Baumann's now on the TV
Monday, June 30, 2008
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Remember when young Kenny Baumann was performing in plays for Abilene Community Theatre or the Abilene Actors Guild?
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more Theater
- ACU relates Shakespeare to modern audience
- 2 big shows, 1 big weekend (1 Comment)
- Play reminder
- Mark Twain, Edith Wharton homes in financial peril
Drawn to children's literature Illustrator's exhibit coming
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Abilenians get to be among the first to see the latest work from award-winning children's book illustrator David Macaulay with the opening of an art exhibit today at the National Center for Children's Illustrated Literature.
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more Exhibits
- Furor over Jesus orgy drawing triggers a national debate in Austria
- Portraits of myth and loss
- New exhibit showcases artwork of Texas landscape painter
- Andy Warhol’s more disturbing works go on view at Grand Rapids Art Museum
'The Hamburger: A History' good to the last bite
Saturday, July 5, 2008
"The Hamburger: A History" (147 Pages. Yale University Press. $22), by Josh Ozersky: Writing an ode to a single foodstuff is a road studded with pitfalls. If you go too granular, your narrative is derailed by obscurity. If you're too generalist, you sink into a morass of cliche.
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more Books
- Memories of war time, the Depression and pioneer churches
- Noses in a book: Summer can be used to sharpen, not dull, reading skills
- Augusten Burroughs has faith in memory and memoir
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How to Relish the Next 72 Hours
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
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How to save $5: First, become informed that you can hear live hip-hop Friday at the Abilene Civic Center, 1100 N. 6th St. Second, get your tickets in advance, because the tickets cost $5 more at the door.
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- How to Kill the Next 72 Hours
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- Pair of essays tell of writer's experiences with guns, dogs
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Hostels making South Beach a backpackers' spot
Saturday, July 5, 2008
Charity Simon is sharing a bedroom and a bathroom with two other young women she has never met during her stay at the Tropics Hotel & Hostel in Miami Beach. But that's fine with her since she is saving a ton of money every night.
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- Abilene High School Class of 1998 to hold reunion -- 07/06/08 at Various locations
- Cooper High School Class of 1998 to hold reunion -- 07/06/08 at Various locations
- Original Team Roping World Finals -- 07/06/08 at Taylor County Fairgrounds
- Concert -- 07/06/08 at Stamford Temple Baptist Church
- Concert -- 07/06/08 at Bethal Baptist Church
- McMurry Men's Basketball Camp -- 07/07/08 at McMurry University
- Original Team Roping World Finals -- 07/07/08 at Taylor County Fairgrounds
- Give blood — the gift of life -- 07/07/08 at Jim Ned High School
- Immunize your children -- 07/07/08 at Stamford Memorial Hospital
- Square dance workshop -- 07/07/08 at Wagon Wheel
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