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• watch "Christmas in Sweden with Teddybears"

  24-12-2015 23:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Christmas traditions vary around the world. For example, in Sweden the whole country basically shuts down to watch a 1958 Donald Duck holiday special? Would you like to know more about Swedish Christmas? Jocke from the still-going Teddybears hosts a four-part documentary series that tells us, in his dry, acerbic style, about other traditions like The Tomte (their not-so-nice version of Santa),St. Lucia's Day (December 13), the Gävlebocken (a giant goat in Gävle that ends up getting set
  
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• Judge agrees to delay Hernandez trial in double-killing

  24-12-2015 22:47
  
  Judge grants motion to delay next murder trial for ex-Patriots player Aaron Hernandez
  
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• Future Islands cover "Last Christmas" (listen)

  24-12-2015 22:28 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Wham!'s "Last Christmas" has been covered a zillion times, and today that becomes a zillion and one. Future Islands offer up their take on the song, and it suits them well. Listen below.This follows Future Islands side project The Snails' Christmas song, which came out a few weeks ago. The Snails are also touring in 2016.
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• Rogue Wave share "Christmas for the Jews" (listen)

  24-12-2015 22:20 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Andrew Sacherphoto: Rogue Wave at SXSW 2010 (more by Ryan Barkan)
  Oakland indie popsters Rogue Wave already released the song "Christmastime" this year for the Indie for the Holidays comp, and now they put out "Christmas for the Jews." It begins, "I'm just a Jew boy on Christmas Eve, nothing to do boy except watch the TV. I'll catch a movie or get some Chinese food." Sounds about right.The band also say "lots of new Rogue Wave music coming in 2016." Their last album was 2013's Nightingale Flo
  
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• California governor pardons Robert Downey Jr. in drug case

  24-12-2015 20:46
  
  'Iron Man' star Robert Downey Jr. pardoned for felony drug conviction that sent him to prison
  
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• Jeremih and Lil Durk jump on BJ the Chicago Kid's "Church" remix (listen)

  24-12-2015 19:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  A few months ago, Chicago R&B singer BJ the Chicago Kid dropped the single "Church," which will appear on his new album, In My Mind, due early 2016 via Motown. Today he shared a remix of the song with guest vocals from fellow Chicagoans Jeremih (who finally released Late Nights this month) and Lil Durk (who put out a new mixtape this month). Listen below. The original version features Chance the Rapper and Buddy, and you can watch the video for that below too.
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• Rapper Trey Songz plays Santa in Virginia hometown

  24-12-2015 19:14
  
  Rapper Trey Songz plays Santa for a day, delivering gifts to children in Virginia hometown
  
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• Day For Night Festival day 2 pics (Kendrick Lamar, HEALTH, Flying Lotus, Death Grips, Dan Deacon, Holly Herndon, more)

  24-12-2015 19:02 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photos by Tim GriffinKendrick Lamar / Flying Lotus / HEALTH / U.S. GirlsTo the great relief of ticket holders, festival organizers, music bloggers and the hip-hop gods themselves, Kendrick lived up to the hype. Giving the rapper a giant stage with perfect weather in a city that loves him might have been equivalent to tossing a nice, fat softball to a man holding a flat-bottom shovel, but he still gets credit for knocking it out of the park.Introduced by a tight vamp from his four-piece band and
  
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• Miracle Mops to movie stars: The real Joy dishes on 'Joy'

  24-12-2015 18:42
  
  From Miracle Mops to late-night meetings with movie stars: Joy Mangano dishes on making 'Joy'
  
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• Carson's personal brand benefits from presidential campaign

  24-12-2015 18:16
  Carson's personal brand as speaker, author, philanthropist benefits from presidential campaign
  
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• Mission Chinese Food Will Start Serving Brunch on Christmas!

  24-12-2015 18:09 via bkmag.com
  
  This “Hurricane Rice Krispie Treat” will be served at Mission Chinese Food’s new brunch!
  photo via Mission Chinese Food’s Instagram
  Here’s the problem with being from New York: You never get to go anywhere for the holidays. So while everyone else you know is off to some exotic locale like Ohio, you’re stuck in New York, dealing with an empty city. Oh, wait: Did I say this was a problem? It’s actually, like, the best. thing. ever.What could be m
  
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• listen to The Hold Steady's cover of Billy Squier's "Christmas Is The Time To Say I Love You

  24-12-2015 17:30 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  The Hold Steady recorded a cover of Billy Squier's "Christmas Is The Time To Say I Love You" a few years ago at the RAGS EP sessions, but in honor of the holiday season, they've put it up for streaming and free download on bandcamp. They write:Hey Everyone!Happy Holidays! We've been thinking about you!We wanted to make available the Hold Steady cover of Billy Squier's "Christmas Is The Time To Say I Love You" that we recorded at the RAGS EP sessions a few years back. A lot of you already have th
  
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• What Means The World To You: 2015 In Musical Memories

  24-12-2015 17:25 via bkmag.com
  
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  Hello, it’s me, your music editor for the past two months (!) ready to look back on 2015. We’ve run quite a substantial collection of year-end lists, separate by genre for greater scope — folk, country, rap, experimental, EPs, pop, rock, and overrated albums all got their due.
  But the truth is, no one really listens to music with the idea of ranking an album or a song against others. And even when we try, personal bias always spill into our efforts to be objective. Really,
  
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• Mountain Dudes: The Snowbound X-Treme Cinema of The Revenant and The Hateful Eight

  24-12-2015 16:48 via bkmag.com
  
  The Hateful EightDirected by Quentin Tarantino
  The RevenantDirected by Alejandro González IñárrituOpening December 25
  Even as the return of Star Wars sucks up all available pop-cultural oxygen this month, a mano e mano fight is about to take place, somewhere deep in the snowbound American West. Two of cinema’s showmen, Alejandro G. Iñárritu and Quentin Tarantino, seek to monopolize your mind with their attempts at making cinema a bodily experience: The R
  
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• Review: '45 Years' a devastating time bomb

  24-12-2015 16:45
  
  Film Review: '45 Years' a devastating time bomb, led by Charlotte Rampling
  
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• Colbert respects Trump's populist appeal

  24-12-2015 16:44
  
  Colbert says Trump's ability to fight GOP establishment is saving grace of campaign
  
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• Speedy Ortiz's Sadie Dupuis releases "Krampus (In Love)"

  24-12-2015 16:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photo: Speedy Ortiz at Webster Hall earlier this month (more by Amanda Hatfield)
  Speedy Ortiz singer Sadie Dupuis has released a solo demo of a new Christmas song called "Krampus (In Love)." She promises, "all of ur family will luv my xmas song it is adequately depressing." Here's a sample of the lyrics:Here we go a-wassailing, assaulting what was right. Co-sign on the love of the earth to feel its light. Sign me up for choir if I'm the only lady singing. 'Cuz all I want is solitude. Gift me rep
  
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• Arcade Fire's Will Butler shares Christmas song "City on a Hill"

  24-12-2015 16:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Andrew Sacherphoto: Will Butler at Baby's All Right in March (more by Erik Erikson)
  Arcade Fire's Will Butler, who played a holiday show in Brooklyn last week, shared a "hot new Christmas jam" today called "City on a Hill." It "has some cussin'," he warns. (It also has some depressing lyrical topics and isn't exactly what you'd call "holiday cheer." Good song though!) Listen below.
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• A New You for the New Year

  24-12-2015 16:00
  If you’re anything like us, you may have done a little too much in the eating and drinking department these past few weeks – what with holiday parties galore and yummy treats just lying around the office ready to be devoured. In anticipation of those inevitable vows to work off the extra pounds you might have picked up along the way, we’ve rounded up a few of our favorite neighborhood workout spots for you. The first two are even offering special discounts through the end of th
  
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• WILLIAMSBURG: Police: Passenger dead after drunk driver crashed into big rig

  24-12-2015 06:00
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Ruth BrownThe Brooklyn PaperPolice arrested a driver who they say is responsible for killing a passenger in his car on Wednesday morning, after he crashed the vehicle into the side of a huge truck in Williamsburg — allegedly while drunk and speeding.The 27-year-old man was driving his 2015 Honda Civic Queens-bound along Vandervoort Avenue at around 6 am with 26-year-old Greenpointer Diana Lemache in the front passenger seat, when he allegedly plowed i
  
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• What's going on Christmas Eve?

  24-12-2015 06:00 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  It's Christmas Eve so that basically means there's hardly anything going on in the way of shows tonight, though like on Thanksgiving, Webster Hall's weekly House Party is still happening. It's a Christmas edition, natch. There's also Christmas Eve for the Jews at City Winery and Mongolian folk metal band Tengger Cavalry at Carnegie Hall.If you're still looking to get in the holiday spirit after tonight and tomorrow, a few more holiday shows are coming up. After that, it's New Year's Eve.Happy h
  
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• BRIGHTON BEACH: Co-op d’etat: Feds sue Trump Village for discrimination

  24-12-2015 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.Brooklyn DailyThey’ve got a dog in this fight.The president of one of Coney Island’s largest private apartment complexes broke the law when he tried to muscle out disabled residents who rely on service animals, federal prosecutors claimed this week. Igor Oberman, who headed the co-op board at the 1,144-unit co-op, dogged three disabled residents — including a veteran with post-traumatic stress disorder — when they exercised their rights
  
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• BOROBEAT: Peace offering: Ridge interfaith group hands out badges for harmony

  24-12-2015 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn DailyCall it a brooch of the peace.Faith leaders and peaceniks passed out pins in the name of tranquility on 86th Street on Dec. 19. Volunteers from the Interfaith Peace Coalition gave out 100 pins emblazoned with doves holding olive branches — and inspired at least one local to think about how she could help spread the love.“In today’s world, I think its a beautiful idea and somet
  
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• BOROBEAT: Guilded Christmas: Santa stops by Free Mason club

  24-12-2015 06:00
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Colin MixsonBrooklyn DailyYou’d think Santa was a member of the toy-makers’ guild.The clandestine elf dropped by the Midwood Masonic Temple to have breakfast with 100 lucky families on Dec. 20. The soft-hearted elf spread cheer at the stone-workers’ E. 64th Street guild hall, according to one parent.“The kids met Santa and everyone was happy,” said Flatbush mom Efeshar Pierre, who brought her daughters Jahnine, 1, Natalie, 7, a
  
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• BAY RIDGE: Peace offering: Ridge interfaith group hands out badges for harmony

  24-12-2015 06:00
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Dennis LynchThe Brooklyn PaperCall it a brooch of the peace.Faith leaders and peaceniks passed out pins in the name of tranquility on 86th Street on Dec. 19. Volunteers from the Interfaith Peace Coalition gave out 100 pins emblazoned with doves holding olive branches — and inspired at least one local to think about how she could help spread the love.“In today’s world, I think its a beautiful idea and s
  
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