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• Tom Petty reuniting pre-Heartbreakers band Mudcrutch again; unreleased George Harrison vocals appearing on Clapton LP

  19-02-2016 22:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Mudcrutch, Tom Petty's pre-Heartbreakers band that were initially around in the early '70s but didn't record an album until 2008, will reunite this year. Their first announced date is the jam-oriented Illinois festival Summer Camp happening May 27-29 with The Roots, George Clinton, Fishbone, Lotus, Umhprey's McGee, moe., STS9, Thievery Corporation, Ani DiFranco and more (tickets).In an interview with Rolling Stone, Tom Petty also said Mudcrutch is working on a new album and plan to tour:Are you
  
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• Cult '80s band Rexy getting hard-to-find debut LP reissued (listen to covers by Samantha Urbani & Connan Mockasin)

  19-02-2016 22:50 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Bill PearisThere are cult records, and there are cult records. Rexy's 1981 album, Running Out of Time, falls under the later. Born out of London's fashion-centric Blitz Kids scene, Rexy was singer Rex Nayman and Eurythmics band member Vic Martin. Running Out of Time, which was Rexy's only album, is the sound of cheap keyboards and drum machines, ramshackle playing and Rex's heavy cockney accented vocals. There are some forgettable covers ("Heartbreak Hotel," "Johnny B Goode") but the original
  
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• Yuri Y.'s Review of Manganaro's Hero Boy - New York (1/5) on Yelp

  19-02-2016 22:11
  
  I hate to do this to Hero Boy but they have a horrible delivery service.It almost makes the 15 minute wait in line in the restaurant worthwhile than to order on their website and get your food more…
  
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• Nick F.'s Review of Café China - New York (4/5) on Yelp

  19-02-2016 22:11
  
  Really solid meal once you stray from the norm.Don't go for General Tso's Chicken, go for the good stuff, the ofal, the interesting chef specials.Decor is cool 1930s last empower china type feel,…
  
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• Maddalena S.'s Review of Blue Smoke - New York (5/5) on Yelp

  19-02-2016 22:11
  
  Went for lunch on a Thursday with children.Good kid menu, they had also a cookie to decorate before baking!
  Main dishes with side and dessert were really good and perfect price.
  Staff really polite,…
  
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• Lindsey E.'s Review of Karl's Plumbing & Heating - Forest Hills (5/5) on Yelp

  19-02-2016 22:11
  
  Without a doubt the most amazing plumbers I have dealt with. Just on Monday I had an issue with a pipe behind one of my walls. I called up Karl's because my neighbor had recommended them. They gave me…
  
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• Ivy R.'s Review of Bronx Honda - Bronx (1/5) on Yelp

  19-02-2016 22:11
  
  This place does not deserve any star, we had the worst buying experience here. We found a pre owned crv and drove all the way to the bronx thinking it was a good deal. They tacked on $ 389 doc fee we…
  
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• Ashley D.'s Review of Great Neck Nissan - Great Neck (2/5) on Yelp

  19-02-2016 22:11
  
  HORRIBLE DEALERSHIP! Been looking for a car and came across this place thankfully I did not purchase from these people. Test drove a Altima that I did like but it was alittle to low to the ground for…
  
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• Sean D.'s Review of McDonald's - Paterson (1/5) on Yelp

  19-02-2016 22:10
  
  Horrible drive thru. What is the point of the new 2 way drive thru if only one lane is actually works and takes orders. I used the new lane and was waiting for 5 min until someone helped me, While the…
  
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• Paula E.'s Review of Parlay - Sunset Park (4/5) on Yelp

  19-02-2016 22:10
  
  wow great food great atmosphere and amazing prices !!! The only thing that stopped me from giving 5 stars was the fact that they don't take cards , I would've order more things but not much cash on me…
  
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• Stephanie C.'s Review of Club Quarters - New York (4/5) on Yelp

  19-02-2016 22:09
  
  I'm going to be honest, after getting burned the last several trips my friend and I have taken on over priced hotels, we opted to book through Priceline on this trip. I've done this on other trips and…
  
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• Mike B.'s Review of John F Kennedy International Airport - JFK - Jamaica (2/5) on Yelp

  19-02-2016 22:09
  
  This is the only airport I've flown in and out of that you have to go through security between gates. What a lame design! We fly in from Seattle and have to exit one Gate and then stand in the…
  
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• Mark M.'s Review of Peter Luger Steak House - Great Neck (3/5) on Yelp

  19-02-2016 22:09
  
  Won't let people in with caps.Not cool. It's not like it was a fitted hat. It was a golf hat.
  
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• Kevin K.'s Review of Jib Lanes - Fresh Meadows (1/5) on Yelp

  19-02-2016 22:09
  
  First of all there was terrible service and accommodation.I recently went bowling with my two younger sisters and there was very little selection for balls that were usable.The lightest ball we…
  
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• Sallie P.'s Review of Fran's Italian Deli - Hoboken (5/5) on Yelp

  19-02-2016 22:08
  
  Fran's is AMAZING. I usually get the breakfast sandwich and they are absolutely delicious. My boyfriend is a mutz snob and he lovessss their mozzarella. I suggest calling your order in ahead of time…
  
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• Mark M.'s Review of Starbucks - Manhattan (4/5) on Yelp

  19-02-2016 22:08
  
  Fast people clean store I like it when they have more then 1 person helping sometimes they don't
  
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• Jonah R.'s Review of Momofuku Milk Bar - New York (5/5) on Yelp

  19-02-2016 22:08
  
  This is the best of the Milk Bar locations (I have yet to try the Carroll Gardens Location) because it is always the least crowded and there are a few seats and two windowsills to sit on.
  Normally I…
  
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• Vladislav S.'s Review of The Cutting Room - Brooklyn (5/5) on Yelp

  19-02-2016 22:07
  
  This place is stellar and Ksyusha is a star. My cuts from her are perfect every time and she'll fine tune each corner and fade until the cuts are more precise that the tools one would use to measure…
  
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• Marina V.'s Review of The Mercer Kitchen - New York (2/5) on Yelp

  19-02-2016 22:07
  
  I happened to be in Soho Apple store 2 days ago and was looking for a place to eat with my boyfriend. Mercer kitchen seemed like a good spot, I heard about it a lot, and always wanted to try. Made…
  
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• Kangqiao L.'s Review of Zundo-Ya - New York (5/5) on Yelp

  19-02-2016 22:07
  
  When I went to Zundo-Ya, Ippudo was undergoing renovations, perhaps to compete with the modern look of this new ramen challenger. The restuarant has a very open, vibrant look that contrasts with…
  
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• Johanna R.'s Review of Starbucks - Williamsburg (2/5) on Yelp

  19-02-2016 22:07
  
  I came here today at 4:05pm. There were 2 employees working. Kedijah and Khris. Both employees were more engaged with their own conversations than the customers in front of them. There was no line and…
  
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• Tomas M.'s Review of 9/11 Memorial Museum - New York (2/5) on Yelp

  19-02-2016 22:05
  
  The place has a FRIGGIN" GIFT SHOP.Hugely disrespectful.
  Beware the PR Spin tactics used at this museum.Inform yourself as to the history to our country's dangerous foreign policy.There's a…
  
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• Natasha P.'s Review of Alice's Arbor - Brooklyn (5/5) on Yelp

  19-02-2016 22:05
  
  Let me just say.....I've been here more than 5x and they have NEVER disappointed me...NEVERRR. I've ordered almost every item on the dinner menu. I literally can'tgive you a "must try dish" because…
  
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• Kristen W.'s Review of ThirsTea - New York (5/5) on Yelp

  19-02-2016 22:05
  
  such a cute little spot tucked away on a quiet block. i've walked by it a million times and finally stopped in today for some bubble tea and was so glad i did. the service was awesome - *this* is why…
  
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• Fabiano B.'s Review of Luxe Tour Travel - New York (5/5) on Yelp

  19-02-2016 22:05
  
  Prezados, indico em 100% o Amilton Furtado da Luxe Travel. Pontual, claro em suas informações , simpático e atencioso . Boa sorte !!!
  
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• Kevin L.'s Review of Lillie's Victorian Bar & Restaurant - New York (3/5) on Yelp

  19-02-2016 22:04
  
  I went to Lillie's Victorian Bar & Restaurant for a work event. I really enjoyed the decor (I walked past and thought it was an antique shop, LOL!). I also really liked their drinks (try the Macadamia…
  
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• Ilia S.'s Review of The Mug Cafe - Brooklyn (3/5) on Yelp

  19-02-2016 22:04
  
  Very nice pizza, but delivery its very looooong. May be I'm very hungry ?
  
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• Guerilla Toss streaming new LP 'Eraser Stargazer,' playing shows; LCD Soundsystem signed to Columbia

  19-02-2016 21:45 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Rob Sperry-FrommBrooklyn via Boston funk-punks Guerilla Toss are streaming their new album Eraser Stargazer now, which is out March 4 on DFA. It's a fun album that manages to be both manic and groovy in a way that few bands can pull off, recalling Deerhoof at their most frenzied. You can stream it below.Guerilla Toss have some shows coming up, including a couple in NYC. They'll be playing Trans Pecos on February 24 with Banned Books, Dog and Hermit Thrushes. They'll also play that Force Field
  
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• Tech toys abound at New York Toy Fair

  19-02-2016 21:33
  
  From a preschool toy designed to teach pre-coding skills to an app-enabled molecule-building set for older kids, technology abounded at this year's Toy Fair
  
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• Deep Purple's manager not allowing Ritchie Blackmore to appear at Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony

  19-02-2016 21:27 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Deep Purple are finally getting inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this year after years of being nominated, but there's some drama. Ritchie Blackmore posted on Facebook that the band's manager Bruce Payne won't let him attend the ceremony:Rock and Roll Hall of Fame updateRitchie was honored by the offer of induction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. He was discussing the possibility of attending, until we received correspondence from the President of the Rock Hall of Fame, who said t
  
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• J Mascis played with Kurt Vile last night in Northampton (duh)

  19-02-2016 20:58 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Kurt Vile & J Mascis in Northampton (photo via Michael Keddy)
  Kurt Vile began his current tour in New Haven, CT on Wednesday (2/17) and landed in Northampton, MA for a show at Pearl Street Nightclub last night (2/18). To the surprise of no one, Kurt's frequent collaborator J Mascis, who lives just outside of Northampton in Amherst, showed up at the show to join him on stage. That's one pic above and you can check out another below, along with the setlist from the New Haven show.Kurt also rec
  
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• Julian Casablancas covered Velvet Underground and Aimee Man covered The Carpenters for new episode of 'Vinyl' (listen)

  19-02-2016 20:57 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  We mentioned that Julian Casablancas was featured on the soundtrack for HBO's Vinyl. Now his contribution has been released, and it's a cover of the Velvet Underground classic "Run Run Run." You can listen to the fuzzy, faithful cover below. This is from the soundtrack for the second episode (airing this Sunday, 2/21) and the whole mini-soundtrack, which also features Aimee Mann covering The Carpenters' "Yesterday Once More," is streamable via Spotify, below.Vinyl, which premiered last
  
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• CONEY ISLAND: Gamboa is in! Legendary Clones skipper back for another season

  19-02-2016 20:53
  
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.Brooklyn DailyThe greatest Cyclone to don the uniform and never take the field is back.Tom Gamboa will helm the Clones for his third-straight season, team officials announced on Feb. 17. The take-no-bull headman admitted the squad’s lineup is up in the air, but said he’s excited to get to work.“We have no idea who our players are going to be, of course, but I’m looking forward to it,” Gamboa said.The Cyclones organization is comin
  
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• Alabama hometown was refuge of privacy for author Harper Lee

  19-02-2016 20:34
  Despite a reputation as a hermit, "To Kill a Mockingbird" author Harper Lee was just another neighbor who went to the grocery store or McDonald's in her south Alabama hometown of Monroeville
  
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• 'Friends,' 'Taxi' stars toast pre-eminent sitcom director

  19-02-2016 20:32
  
  TV's master sitcom director gets his due in NBC's "Must See TV: An All-Star Tribute to James Burrows," airing 9-11 p.m. EST Sunday
  
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• Kacey Musgraves & Sara Watkins covered Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" (watch)

  19-02-2016 20:24 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Andrew Sacherphoto: Kacey Musgraves at Farm Aid 2015 (more by James Richards IV)
  Gnarls Barkley's "Crazy" is one of those songs that everyone covers, from Violent Femmes to Cat Power, and the latest artist to put a new spin on it is Kacey Musgraves with help from fiddle player Sara Watkins (of Nickel Creek and Watkins Family Hour). It starts out slow, but she turns it into a rollicking country song with some serious soloing from Watkins. They played it on the recent Cayamo Cruise. Check out a
  
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• CYCLONES: Gamboa is in! Legendary Clones skipper back for another season

  19-02-2016 20:14
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.Brooklyn PaperThe greatest Cyclone to don the uniform and never take the field is back.Tom Gamboa will helm the Clones for his third-straight season, team officials announced on Feb. 17. The take-no-bull headman admitted the squad’s lineup is up in the air, but said he’s excited to get to work.“We have no idea who our players are going to be, of course, but I’m looking forward to it,” Gamboa said.The Cyclones organization is comin
  
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• People react to "To Kill a Mockingbird" author Lee's death

  19-02-2016 20:05
  
  Friends, authors and others fondly remember Harper Lee, the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning classic "To Kill a Mockingbird."
  
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• Kesha goes to court in NYC over clash with producer Dr. Luke

  19-02-2016 20:04
  
  The pop star Kesha appeared in a New York City courtroom Friday in the latest chapter of her long running legal dispute with the music producer Dr. Luke
  
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• History's First Drafts: Jon Krakauer on Campus Rape, with Brooke Gladstone

  19-02-2016 20:02
  Tuesday, March 1, 2016 7:30 pmCentral Library, Dweck CenterMissoula, Montana, is a typical college town, home to a highly regarded state university whose beloved football team inspires a passionately loyal fan base. Between January 2008 and May 2012, hundreds of students reported sexual assaults to the local police. Few of the cases were properly handled by either the university or local authorities. In this, Missoula is also typical.
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• Parents of film worker killed on set spread safety message

  19-02-2016 20:01
  
  The parents of a camera assistant killed two years ago while shooting a film in Georgia are bringing their message of set safety to Hollywood
  
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• Arabic version of Saturday Night Live hits the Middle East

  19-02-2016 19:59
  
  "From Cairo... It's Saturday Night!" SNL is coming to the Middle East, with an Arabic-language version produced in Cairo airing this weekend
  
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• Star Wars blitz continues at Walt Disney World

  19-02-2016 19:55
  
  Disney's Hollywood Studios in Florida is about to be invaded by Jedis and stormtroopers
  
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• HIGH SCHOOL SPORTS: Leader of the pack: Lincoln coach says he’s ‘top dog’ after borough title win

  19-02-2016 19:51
  See this story at BrooklynDaily.com.By Joseph StaszewskiBrooklyn DailyThe dogfight for Brooklyn is back on.
  Thomas Jefferson boys’ basketball coach Lawrence “Bud” Pollard and Morton, the Abraham Lincoln headman continued their battle for who is Brooklyn’s “big dog” after the Railsplitters’s 87–77 victory over the top-seeded Orange Wave in the Public School Athletic League Brooklyn borough final at York College on Feb. 14.“I might be the big d
  
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• Frameworks sign to Deathwish for new album, add leg with O'Brother to tour (updated dates)

  19-02-2016 19:46 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Andrew Sacherphoto: Frameworks at Saint Vitus in 2014 (more by Greg Cristman)
  The increasingly interesting Gainesville screamo revivalists Frameworks just released the Time Spent EP on Topshelf earlier this month, and now they announced that they'll follow it with a new full length. They also signed to a new label, Converge frontman Jacob Bannon's Deathwish Inc, making them labelmates with Touche Amore, Loma Prieta, Modern Life Is War and many more. They'll fit right in.They've got a previous
  
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• Steve Martin did standup for the first time in 35 years, opening for Seinfeld last night at Beacon Theater

  19-02-2016 19:44 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  Steve in his wild and crazy days
  Jerry Seinfeld played the second of his monthly Beacon Theatre residency shows  last night (2/18), and he had an extremely special opener: Steve Martin.Though he was only on stage for a very short set, this was Martin doing standup for the first time in 35 years. Martin joked that he lost a bet with Seinfeld. Jesse David Fox over at Vulture wrote down a couple of his jokes, which were pretty much classic, absurdist Steve Martin, like the one here:B
  
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• In Oscar nominee 'Mustang,' a truly global film

  19-02-2016 19:44
  
  Foreign film Oscar contender "Mustang" is a Turkish-language film from a Turkish-born director that was filmed in Turkey and tells a distinctly Turkish story with Turkish actresses
  
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• Cavern of Anti-Matter (Tim Gane from Stereolab) released debut LP 'Void Beats / Invocation Trex' (stream it)

  19-02-2016 19:40 via feedproxy.google.com
  
  by Bill PearisCavern of Anti-Matter, the current project from former Stereolab frontman Tim Gane, released their proper debut album, Void Beats / Invocation Trex, via Duophonic today (2/19). Gane, along with bandmates Holger Zapf and Joe Dilworth, is still working with repetition, drone and a variety of old synths, and he's also drawing from a new palette of sounds. Apart from the songs with vocals (like Bradford Cox on "liquid gate") it really doesn't sound too much like Stereolab, more like a
  
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• Top SC Democrat endorses Hillary Clinton, mending rift

  19-02-2016 19:30
  
  South Carolina's highest ranking Democrat is endorsing Hillary Clinton, smoothing over a rift from eight years ago
  
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• Vivian L.'s Review of Jubilee Chocolate Cafe - Palisades Park (3/5) on Yelp

  19-02-2016 19:11
  
  We went on a sunday night after dinner time so the place was really crowded. Apparently you're allowed to make reservations so I'll keep that in mind for next time. I understood that some of the…
  
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