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Jonny Greenwood was named the BBC’s composer-in-residence in
2004, during which time he composed "Popcorn Superhet Receiver",
a twenty-minute work for string orchestra inspired, in part, by the phenomenon of white noise and Penderecki’s ...
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Last night television created a new internet superstar
(though we're sure they won't make any money off
this whole internet thing ), when Homer Simpson paid homage to Brooklyn's own Noah Kalina. You can watch the original video here , and Homer's ...
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If the would-be Broadway-bound musical Lone Star Love
is half as entertaining as the backstage drama, then
sign us up: Randy Quaid , the show’s former star, has been banned from the Actors' Equity union for life because of abusive, lewd and just ...
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On Tuesday, the Empire State Building was green
for Earth Day. On May 5, it'll be yellow
for Project Sunshine , a non-profit that offers free social, educational and recreational programs for children with medical challenges. But tomorrow, the Empire ...
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Earlier this month it was reported that Heath
Ledger and Michelle Williams called it quits, and the
big question was: will their Boerum Hill home be on the market soon? A resident of that area took the above photo this morning, apparently the ...
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British comedian John Oliver has become an indispensable
fixture on The Daily Show , where he’s found
a highly receptive audience for his particularly earnest style of fake reportage. But millions of viewers accustomed to their nightly laugh ...
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MVNsoccer
posted 1/21/2008 from
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January 21 --- GOTHAMist: If there's one thing
to warm up New Yorkers - and New York
newspaper editors thinking about a holiday issue - today, it's the Giants' NFC Championship win over the Green Bay Packers. --- Let's look at how they touted the big win...
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Alex Ross has worked as the music critic
of The New Yorker for over a decade. Somehow
he still had time to churn out a book though, his first, The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century , hit shelves late last year. The tome delves into ...
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The presidential race has been a goldmine for
talk shows (well, when the Writers' Guild strike isn't
happening) and nowhere is that more apparent than on The Daily Show and The Colbert Report . On last night's Colbert Report, on a riff about John ...
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Drawing on his roots in the fecund 1970s
East Village avant-garde film scene, critic J. Hoberman has
spent his three decades at the Village Voice introducing readers to the more adventurous cinematic worlds awaiting beyond the realm of Hollywood. He ...
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Entering its 21st season, MTV's The Real World
returns to New York for a third time...but for
the first time it's headed to an outer-borough. That's right, the seven generic, good-looking roommates will be heading to Brooklyn. Shooting begins ...
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Not since Jacob took the birthright of his
older brother Esau back in the Old Testament has
a younger twin grabbed a bigger chunk of the spotlight than Kim Deal has over her sister Kelley throughout the years. However, Kelley is no slouch on her ...
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Just in from the newswire, there's a "suspicious
death" being reported at McCarren Park Pool, allegedly at
the building that serves as an entrance. The person was found "DOA by event staff" earlier this morning. Last night Twelve Ophelias , a play ...
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Meow! The Post reports that a Long Island
man is suing a West Village bodega Andy's Deli
at Seventh and Grove Street because the bodega's cat attacked him - and wants $5 million. However, Andy's Deli owner Andy Singh says he doesn't even own a cat. ...
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The latest crowdsourcing project from WNYC's Brian Lehrer
Show asked people to find out prices for a
quart of milk , a head of iceberg lettuce , and a 6-pack (bottles) of 12-ounce Budweiser . Listeners of his show found locations around the area, ...
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8:07pm: Okay, a little history about mtvU via
wikipedia - you college kids should be familiar with
that site: On August 2, 2006, Viacom's mtvU announced an agreement to acquire Y2M Youth Media & Marketing Networks, the parent of College ...
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It's hard to say what enigmatic actor Crispin
Glover is best known for: Back to the Future
's George McFly? His role in Charlie's Angels ? Almost kicking David Letterman in the head? If Glover has his way, he'll ultimately make his mark with his ...
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Kevin Drew ( myspace ) is one of
the founding members by the wildly successful Canadian art-rock
collective Broken Social Scene . The daring, inventive band boasts a fluctuating roster of artists who shift in and out of the line-up depending on ...
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First amNewYork outs the secret bars around town
, and now the NY Post is revealing the
up-until-now secret shows happening soon at UCB. The casts of 30 Rock and Saturday Night Live , both taking part in the WGA strike (as the actors are also ...
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Since settling in New York in 2001, promoter
Todd Patrick – known through his website as Todd
P – has established himself as a major force in the avant-garde rock scene. In the fastidious spirit of a modern day Bill Graham – though without the ...
A Conversation with Jonny Greenwood