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• Natalie Cole's sister disappointed with Grammy tribute

  17-02-2016 23:57
  
  Timolin Cole, the sister of Natalie Cole, said she was disappointed by the tribute given to the late singer during Monday's Grammy Awards
  
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• The Slackers streaming 3 songs off new album, touring (dates)

  17-02-2016 23:47 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Ska veterans The Slackers will release their first album of new original music since 2010's The Great Rock-Steady Swindle this week (they put out a covers album in 2011). It's self-titled, and they're currently streaming three tracks off of it, "By The Time I Get To Sleep," "Spin I'm In," and "Truth Comes Knocking." You can stream all three below, and download the latter in exchange for your email address here. That's the album artwork above.The band is also touring, including a hometown NYC sho
  
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• Fiennes defends playing Michael Jackson, colorblind casting

  17-02-2016 23:34
  
  Joseph Fiennes is defending himself following criticism after being cast as Michael Jackson in an upcoming half-hour TV special, acknowledging the topic is "sensitive" but never intending it to be divisive
  
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• Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn won a Grammy, released new EP, on tour now (dates ++ win tix to NYC show / vinyl LP)

  17-02-2016 23:33 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn's self-titled debut just won the grammy for Best Folk Album at the 2016 Grammy Awards. The pair have just followed it up with an EP titled Banjo Banjo, which also serves as a good descriptor for the record. It features a live version of the album's "Shotgun Blues" as well as their instrumental cover of Europe's "The Final Countdown" they did for the AV Club's "Undercover" series. You can watch video of both below.Fleck and Washburn are currently on tour a
  
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• More domestic-violence charges filed against Don McLean

  17-02-2016 23:29
  
  More criminal charges have been filed in Maine against "American Pie" singer Don McLean stemming from his January domestic-violence arrest
  
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• Court upholds dismissal of veteran's suit over 'Hurt Locker'

  17-02-2016 23:24
  
  A federal appeals court has upheld the dismissal of an Iraq War veteran's lawsuit against the makers of the "The Hurt Locker" that claimed the Oscar-winning film portrayed him in a bad light
  
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• Child sex allegations lead to Quebec film awards name change

  17-02-2016 23:09
  
  Quebec's film industry has removed the name of an alleged pedophile from the title of its annual awards show
  
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• Deradoorian doing March residency at Union Pool after opening for Baths at Baby's (and other tour dates)

  17-02-2016 23:08 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photo: Deradoorian at Baby's in 2015 (more by PSquared)
  Deradoorian has shows coming up this year in NYC, Australia and Japan, and she's in the process of booking European dates too. Her first NYC show is opening the sold-out Baths show at Baby's All RIght on 2/27, and then she does a weekly residency every Tuesday of March at Union Pool with different openers every night. The schedule looks like this:*3/1 with Anna Wise and White Hinterland*3/8 with Sam Muglia*3/15 with Nadia Botello*3/22 with
  
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• Report: Calls to VA suicide hotline went to voicemail

  17-02-2016 22:41
  
  Investigators say a suicide hotline operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs allowed crisis calls to go into voicemail and that callers did not always receive immediate assistance
  
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• celeb chef and 'Chopped' judge Chris Santos partnering with Metal Blade for new label 'Blacklight Media'

  17-02-2016 22:18 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Celebrity chef Chris Santos, who most of America knows as a judge on Food Network show Chopped and is also proprietor of NYC restaurants Vandal, The Staton Social and Beauty & Essex is moving into a new business endeavor. Partnering with the venerable metal label Metal Blade, Santos is to start his own heavy label, called Blacklight Media. Their first signing is the proggy melodic death metal band Good Tiger, who are currently on tour with Between the Buried and Me, August Burns Red and
  
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• Andra Day touring, including some dates with Leon Bridges

  17-02-2016 21:59 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Andrew SacherSan Diego singer Andra Day, who you may have just seen duetting with Ellie Goulding at the Grammys, is heading out on tour later this month with dates scheduled through June. Many of them are with Leon Bridges.The tour includes NYC on March 30 at Webster Hall. No other artists are announced for that one yet, but tickets are on sale now. All dates are listed below.Last year Andra released her debut album Cheers to the Fall on Warner Bros (which lost the Best R&B Album Grammy t
  
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• An Oscar onslaught for 'Mad Max' blindsides Miller

  17-02-2016 21:57
  
  "Mad Max: Fury Road" may not be typical Oscar fare, but it stands a good chance of being the ceremony's most-awarded film
  
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• Eagles of Death Metal returned to play Paris for audience of Bataclan attack survivors (video, setlist)

  17-02-2016 21:56 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  EODM @ The Olympia, Paris 2/16/22016 (via @eodmofficial)
  It is like attending mass rather than a concert. Hughes knows how to get the crowd going like a cable-TV preacher. "Y'all, we are here to have a good time tonight. Ain't nobody gonna stops us! Can I get an amen?" he yells in his Southern drawl. His references to the terror attack are discreet and respectful. He is not here to open wounds or make politically correct speeches but to offer catharsis through fun and a high-powered, indefatigab
  
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• Alaska's Bieber: Yup'ik Eskimo singer gains online following

  17-02-2016 21:39
  
  A 17-year-old Yup'ik Eskimo singer from western Alaska is gaining quite the following
  
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• Rapper's comments at Sanders rally spark controversy

  17-02-2016 21:30
  
  Rapper Killer Mike touched off controversy when he spoke before Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders at an Atlanta rally on Tuesday night and told supporters, 'a uterus doesn't qualify you to be president of the United States.'
  
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• GREENPOINT: Take the cure: Pharmacy thieves stuff over-the-counter drugs down their pants

  17-02-2016 21:14
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Zach Jonesfor Brooklyn PaperPolice are looking for three thieves who smuggled drugs out of a Greenpoint pharmacy by stuffing them down their pants on Jan. 31.The trio entered the pharmacy at Manhattan Avenue and Milton Street at approximately 2:50 pm, concealed several packages of over-the-counter medicines in their trousers, and then fled, police said.
  Authorities described all three suspects as around 25 years old, standing 5-foot-8, and weighing 150 poun
  
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• Iron Chic sign to SideOneDummy, releasing new LP this fall

  17-02-2016 21:11 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photo: Iron Chic at Skate & Surf 2015 (more by Mimi Hong)
  Long Island punks Iron Chic have signed to SIdeOneDummy, making them labelmates with PUP, Restorations, Jeff Rosenstock and more. They're set to release their first album for the label, the followup to 2013's The Constant One (Bridge 9), this fall. Stay tuned for more.The band's tour includes Brooklyn on February 26 at Aviv with Worriers, Soda Bomb and Couple Hundo (tickets); Long Island on February 27 at BrickHouse with Broadcaster a
  
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• Majid Jordan made a video, announce tour dates

  17-02-2016 21:10 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Canadian R&B duo Majid Jordan, who most of the public got introduced to on Drake's "Hold On, We're Going Home," released their self-titled debut LP earlier this month via Drake's label OVO Sound. Today they put out a video for its track "Learn From Each Other." Watch that, with a Spotify stream of the whole album, below. Drake himself appears on "My Love."They're now heading on a North American tour in support of their album, which stops by NYC at Music Hall of Williamsburg on March 26. Tick
  
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• Anthrax's Charlie Benante defends Phil Anselmo; Scott Ian clarifies that he needs to prove himself, but can be forgiven

  17-02-2016 21:03 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photo: Anthrax at Hammerstein Ballroom in January (more by Nick Karp)
  The ongoing saga of Phil Anselmo's racist comments and the fallout thereof continue, as members of Anthrax have taken to defending Phil. This relationship is of particular interest, as Scott Ian and the band have a longstanding relationship with Pantera, have been openly supportive of social justice issues in the past, and have been especially critical of Phil's actions since the incident at Dimebash. But in a recent interview
  
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• Flight of the Conchords playing first show in three years at 2016 Newport Folk Festival

  17-02-2016 21:01 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Flight of the Conchords members Jemaine Clement and Bret McKenzie announced last year that they were in the process of writing a movie following the beloved HBO series, and said they were considering a North American tour. While we haven't learned anything new about either of those things, they will be playing their  first show in three years at this year's Newport Folk Festival which happens July 22 - 24. They play the first day (7/22) along with Ray Lamontagne, St. Pau
  
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• CARROLL GARDENS: Penny-pincher steals $25 in coins

  17-02-2016 20:40
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren Gillfor Brooklyn Paper76th PrecinctCarroll Gardens-Cobble Hill–Red HookChange chumpA thief snuck into a Congress Street apartment on Feb. 9 and stole a bunch of pricey tech items and a whole lot of loose change.The victim told police he was out of his apartment near Columbia Street between 3 and 4 pm, but when he returned he noticed someone had stolen his laptop, camera equipment, and $25 in coins.Random assaultA brute slapped and pushed a woma
  
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• BAY RIDGE: Looter lifts set of tools from car

  17-02-2016 20:37
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn Paper68th PrecinctBay Ridge—Dyker HeightsTool thiefA lousy looter broke into a car parked on Oliver Street on Feb. 9 and stole a set of tools, police said.The owner left his car parked near Shore Road just after noon and came back a couple hours later to find someone had broken the lock on a rear door, police said. The thief stole a saw, mud mixer, hammer drill, and a handful of other tools, police said.Easy hitA scoundrel made aw
  
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• Deerhunter add Webster Hall show to tour (updated dates)

  17-02-2016 20:32 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photo: Deerhunter at Irving Plaza in 2015 (more by Amanda Hatfield)
  Deerhunter recently announced a tour in continued support of last year's great Fading Frontier, but no NYC show was included. Now they've tacked one on for April 30 at Webster Hall. Tickets for that show go on sale Friday (2/19) at 10 AM.Updated dates are listed below...
  Continue reading "Deerhunter add Webster Hall show to tour (updated dates)" at brooklynvegan
  
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• Odetta Hartman releasing '222' with remix collection (listen), playing NYC shows & SXSW

  17-02-2016 20:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Bill PearisBrooklyn's Odetta Hartman released the 222 cassette last fall via Northern Spy. It's a hard-to-pidgeonhole mix of ethereal folk, rootsy rock, and glitchy electronics, all anchored by her powerful voice. Northern Spy just re-released it on CD and to celebrate she's put out a companion remix collection, with the entire record radically reworked with help from Full Service and other talented folk. You can check that out in in full: a stream of222 [THE FULL SERVICE REMIXES] makes its p
  
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• Turnover share new song, move Shea show with Citizen to Market Hotel (back on sale)

  17-02-2016 20:13 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  photo: Turnover at LPR in 2015 (more by Mimi Hong)
  The quadruple-billed tour of Citizen, Turnover, Sorority Noise and Milk Teeth was set to land in NYC on April 16 at Bowery Ballroom and April 18 at Shea Stadium. Both of those shows sold out, but now the Shea show was moved to the larger Market Hotel. 150 more tickets are now available for that show.Turnover will release a new two-song 7" on March 4 via Run For Cover/Memory Music and they just shared "Humblest Pleasures" off that. Listen, with t
  
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• listen to Jennifer O'Connor's new song "Black Sky Blanket"

  17-02-2016 19:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Andrew Sacherphoto by Amy Bezunartea
  Jennifer O'Connor releases her new album Surface Noise on March 4 via Kiam Records (pre-order). We already posted "Start Right Here from that record, and we've now got the premiere of another song from it, "Black Sky Blanket." It's a hushed folk song that starts out with just Jennifer and her guitar, eventually adding some light piano embellishment, a simple drumbeat, and very pretty backing harmonies. Listen below.Jennifer begins her tour with Neko Case l
  
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• Music Review: Kanye West evolves again on 'TLOP'

  17-02-2016 19:35
  
  Kanye West evolves yet again on seventh studio album, "The Life of Pablo," full of off-kilter hip-hop soundscapes and self-aware, tabloid-ready lyrics
  
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• Browns honoring Jim Brown with statue outside stadium

  17-02-2016 19:31
  
  The Cleveland Browns will honor Hall of Fame running back Jim Brown by erecting a statue in his likeness outside their stadium
  
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• How to catch up on Oscar nominated flicks online _ sort of

  17-02-2016 19:21
  
  You can watch roughly half of the Oscar-nominated films online _ but there's a catch
  
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• Your Ideal Week: Feb. 18- Feb. 24

  17-02-2016 19:18
  
  Queens-based Finback Brewery will provide beer pairings at a special five-course Beer Dinner at The Roof at Whole Foods on Thursday night. Photo: Finback Brewery
  What a week! Valentine’s Day, Presidents’ Day, wild and seemingly unprecedented temperature fluctuations, random snowstorms, the death of (and immediate rampant politicalization of the death of) a Supreme Court Justice, German Short-haired Pointer victory, and now Johnnie Cochran has joined the Dream Team on The P
  
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• BROOKLYN HEIGHTS: Forward-thinking crook steals prison uniform-style duds

  17-02-2016 19:16
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn Paper84th PrecinctBrooklyn Heights–DUMBO–Boerum Hill–DowntownCrime patternA thief lifted more than $1,000 worth of clothes from a Smith Street store on Feb. 10 — and the design could come in handy in his future if police track him down.The lout entered the store near Bergen Street at 7:30 pm and grabbed four black-and-white striped men’s button-down shirts and five gray and khaki pants and fled, according to
  
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• Man pleads guilty in killing of Nets player's dad

  17-02-2016 19:15
  
  A man accused of killing the father of Brooklyn Nets guard Wayne Ellington Jr. has been sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison after pleading guilty
  
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• Judge warns Chicago about starting Lucas Museum construction

  17-02-2016 19:04
  
  A federal judge has warned Chicago officials that if the court allows construction to start on "Star Wars" creator George Lucas' lakefront museum, it may have to be torn down later if opponents of the project win their civil case
  
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• '80s "paisley underground" band The Long Ryders released comprehensive box set 'Final Wild Songs' (listen), touring

  17-02-2016 18:52 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Bill PearisThe Long Ryders were maybe the roots-iest band in LA's jangly "Paisley Underground" scene of the early '80s (Rain Parade, Bangles, Three O'Clock, Dream Syndicate), owing much to Gene Clark and Creedence Clearwater Revival. Only together six years, the band still put out one of the best albums of that era -- 1984's stirring Native Sons (which actually featured Clark) -- and their other two albums are worth hearing, too. 1985's State of Our Union has their best-known song, the politi
  
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• Levine scheduled but uncertain for 2016-17 Met Opera season

  17-02-2016 18:14
  
  James Levine is scheduled to conduct 31 performances of four productions at the Metropolitan Opera next season
  
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• Maverick Polish filmmaker Andrzej Zulawski dies at 75

  17-02-2016 17:41
  
  Polish film authorities say filmmaker and writer Andrzej Zulawski, former partner of actress Sophie Marceau, has died at 75 after a long illness
  
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• Lake Street Dive moving up, with assist from Kevin Bacon

  17-02-2016 17:37
  
  Lake Street Dive poised for success, after getting an assist from actor Kevin Bacon
  
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• Sandy Duncan's Broadway return is short-lived

  17-02-2016 17:01
  
  Sandy Duncan's return to Broadway _ and in a musical about Peter Pan _ will be short-lived
  
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• Director hopes 'Zero Days' will spark debate on cyberwarfare

  17-02-2016 16:56
  
  Director Alex Gibney hopes documentary 'Zero Days' will spark debate on cyberwarfare
  
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• Cops: Psych ward patient attacks security guard with knives

  17-02-2016 15:11
  
  Police say a security guard has undergone surgery after a psych ward patient attacked him with knives at a northeast Ohio hospital
  
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• AP Interview: Angelina Jolie returns to Cambodia as director

  17-02-2016 14:02
  
  AP Interview: On location in Cambodia, Angelina Jolie Pitt talks about her new film, motherhood and her special connection to Cambodia
  
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• RED HOOK: DeBlasio: Streetcar may not offer free transfers to subway, bus — or even my own ferry!

  17-02-2016 11:16
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Lauren GillBrooklyn PaperStraphangers may have to pay a second fare when switching from subways and buses to the streetcar Mayor DeBlasio wants to build along Brooklyn’s waterfront for their ride, Hizzoner admitted on Tuesday.The news contradicts previous claims from those working on the project that it will offer free transfers between services, which the mayor said he couldn’t guarantee because the city ha
  
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• MEAN STREETS: Dreams really do come true! W’burg, G’point finally get the transit study they have been longing for

  17-02-2016 11:11
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Allegra HobbsBrooklyn PaperThe wheels are finally turning.The city is launching a study into Williamsburg and Greenpoint’s most congested and collision-filled roads — welcome news to residents and local pols who have long been begging for a comprehensive safety plan for the neighborhoods’ thoroughfares.“We’ve been pushing for this for a long time, so we’re excited,” said Casey Adams, spokesman for Councilman Steve L
  
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• MEAN STREETS: Dreams really do come true! W’burg, G’point finally get the traffic study they have been longing for

  17-02-2016 11:11
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Allegra HobbsBrooklyn PaperThe wheels are finally turning.The city is launching a study into Williamsburg and Greenpoint’s most congested and collision-filled roads — welcome news to residents and local pols who have long been begging for a comprehensive safety plan for the neighborhoods’ thoroughfares.“We’ve been pushing for this for a long time, so we’re excited,” said Casey Adams, spokesman for Councilman Steve L
  
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• BAY RIDGE: Royal apology: Mayor tells Bay Ridge he’s sorry, promises to fix flophouse Prince Hotel

  17-02-2016 10:17
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn PaperIt was a mayoral mea culpa.Mayor DeBlasio apologized to Bay Ridge for failing to crack down on chronic illegal activity at 93rd street’s notorious Prince Hotel — which is just feet from a pre-K center his administration is proposing — during a town hall meeting at Fort Hamilton High School on Feb. 16. DeBlasio called the situation at the flophouse “absolutely unacceptabl
  
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• CONEY ISLAND: Getting amped: Coney’s amphitheater to open in July

  17-02-2016 10:15
  
  Note: More media content is available for this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Julianne CubaBrooklyn PaperConey Island is about to really be buzzing.The landmarked Childs Restaurant will reopen as an indoor-outdoor concert venue in July, officials announced on Feb. 16. The city tapped entertainment megalith Live Nation to book shows at the 5,000-seat amphitheater, and the company, which owns Ticketmaster and regularly sends national acts to Barclays Center, is poised to bring big-time talent to th
  
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• Duchess of Cambridge raises mental health issues in Huffpost

  17-02-2016 09:56
  
  The Duchess of Cambridge is trying to shatter the stigma attached to mental health issues as she guest edits an edition of the Huffington Post
  
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• Israel's first NBA player Omri Casspi having breakout season

  17-02-2016 08:47
  
  Israel's Omri Casspi is having a breakout season, averaging career highs in minutes, points and rebounds and helping lead his Sacramento Kings into the mix of a tight playoff race that could mark the team's first postseason appearance since 2006
  
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• NOT FOR NUTHIN’: Jo separates Grammys’ winners from gramma-phonies

  17-02-2016 07:32
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joanna DelBuonoBrooklyn DailyThank you Taylor Swift! Finally, someone told that bloated, braggadocios, arrogant Kanye West off. It’s about time. Taylor Swift showed more class in her one speech than Yeezus has shown in his entire career.
  From jumping on stage and acting like a fool at past Grammy events to his constant carping, this has-been needs to go back to school and learn the fine art of good sportsmanship, respect for fellow artists, and keepin
  
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• TRANSIT: Jolly trolley! Mayor: Brooklyn nabes left out of streetcar plan should be magnanimous

  17-02-2016 07:29
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Max JaegerBrooklyn DailyHe wants them to commute vicariously through others.Folks in Bay Ridge, Coney Island, and Sheepshead Bay should be happy for their neighbors to the north, Mayor DeBlasio said responding to local pols’ criticism that his streetcar plan focuses transportation improvements on the borough’s hip ‘hoods and leaves Southern Brooklynites waiting on the platform.“People should support each others’ neighborhoods,&
  
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