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• Julia Jacklin touring with Marlon Williams

  14-06-2016 23:29
  
  Australian Polyvinyl-sgned artist who we're excited about Julia Jacklin is set to return to North America this fall to open a tour for New Zealand's Dead Oceans-signed Marlon Williams...
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• Island mourns loss of 23 Puerto Ricans slain in Orlando club

  14-06-2016 23:25
  
  Nearly half of the people slain in an Orlando nightclub were Puerto Ricans according to the island's justice secretary
  
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• FIDLAR made "Punks" video w/ help from The Flaming Lips, touring w/ SWMRS & The Frights

  14-06-2016 23:05
  
  FIDLAR have made a video for "Punks," the new single from their 2015 album, Too. The band made the video at The Flaming Lips' artspace/studios in Oklahoma City where they were given full access to the Lips' vast supplies of aluminum foil, fake puke, and other necessary raw materials.Continue reading…
  
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• Torres opening Tegan & Sara tour

  14-06-2016 22:59
  
  Tegan & Sara have already played two intimate NYC shows surrounding the release of their new album Love You to Death, and they've got a tour of larger venues coming up in late summer/early fall. That tour just got a pretty great opener...
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• Wilder files $5 million suit over canceled Povetkin fight

  14-06-2016 22:48
  
  Heavyweight boxer Deontay Wilder and promoter DiBella Entertainment have filed a $5 million lawsuit against Russian Alexander Povetkin and his promoter
  
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• The Tallest Man on Earth shares new song, "Time Of The Blue"

  14-06-2016 22:43
  
  He's also touring with Lady Lamb.
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• Pinegrove move Palisades show to Market Hotel; Sports & Half Waif opening

  14-06-2016 22:34
  
  We mentioned earlier today that Brooklyn venue Palisades is still closed and shows are moving, and that word on the sold-out Pinegrove show (6/24) was coming soon. Now we know that the show will instead happen August 6 at Market Hotel, and the support lineup will instead be Sports, Horse Jumper of Love and Half Waif (who share members with Pinegrove)...
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• IAN SWEET ready debut LP, share "Slime Time Live," opening for Chastity Belt & Colleen Green ++ other dates

  14-06-2016 22:31
  
  The Brooklyn-based trio's debut is out in September.
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• From Como, Mississippi to Bushwick, the Walker Family Singers release a stirring new album

  14-06-2016 22:00
  
  The Walker Family Singers Photo: Daptone Records
  Bushwick’s own Daptone Records is best known these days as the indie label home for acclaimed powerhouse soul acts Sharon Jones and the Dap-Kings and Charles Bradley. But those the company’s has a diverse roster of artists from genres including funk, world beat and gospel–like the Walker Family Singers, who recently put out Panola County Spirit, one of the most moving and deeply spiritual records you’ll hear this year.
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• If You Miss Death By Audio, Start Your Own Fucking Show Space Will Help

  14-06-2016 21:51 via bkmag.com
  
  Ah, remember the Williamsburg of yore? Aka, two years ago when there were still plenty of DIY music venues thriving in the looming shadow of the waterfront’s new condos? Now, that shadow is occupied by the infamous VICE offices, a complex of laptops and coldbrew that sprawls across Kent Avenue. If I sound bitter, I’m not, at all–having a major corporation in place of beloved music venues is totally fine with me. Gentrification, progress, the inevitable slog the city, etc. But,
  
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• Foo Fighters sue insurers over terrorism policy

  14-06-2016 20:50
  
  The Foo Fighters are suing their insurers for failing to reimburse them for European shows they cancelled following the Paris terrorist attacks in November
  
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• The Latest: Disney donating $1M to Orlando fund

  14-06-2016 20:46
  
  Walt Disney Company is donating $1 million to a fund established by Orlando officials to help people affected by the nightclub shooting
  
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• Victim vignettes: Families mourn mothers, brothers, friends

  14-06-2016 20:42
  
  A gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun opened fire inside a crowded gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, early Sunday, leaving at least 49 people dead in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history
  
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• DeGeneres shares a biopic with a blue fish in 'Finding Dory'

  14-06-2016 20:29
  
  "Finding Dory," isn't just about a little blue fish looking for a home
  
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• Gregory Rabassa, translator of Gabriel Garcia Marquez, dies

  14-06-2016 20:23
  
  Gregory Rabassa, the English-language translator of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" and many other works of the Latin American "Boom" of the 1960s, has died at age 94.
  
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• Elvis Presley producer Lincoln 'Chips' Moman dies at 79

  14-06-2016 20:08
  
  Lincoln "Chips" Moman, a Memphis producer, musician and songwriter who helped Elvis Presley engineer a musical comeback in the late '60s and then moved to Nashville to record country legends like The Highwaymen, died Monday in LaGrange, Georgia
  
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• The Latest: 'Stairway to Heaven' lawsuit goes to trial

  14-06-2016 20:01
  
  Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page and singer Robert Plant are in a federal courtroom in Los Angeles for the trial of a lawsuit over the song "Stairway to Heaven."
  
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• Winfrey's "Greenleaf" delves into family drama in megachurch

  14-06-2016 19:46
  Oprah Winfrey delves into a drama-filled first family of a megachurch in her new drama series "Greenleaf" on OWN
  
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• The Great One among those to pay respects to Mr. Hockey

  14-06-2016 19:44
  
  Gordie Howe's family opened the doors of Joe Louis Arena, allowing adoring fans of their father to pay respects to Mr. Hockey, who died last week at 88
  
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• Emmy The Great Grows Up

  14-06-2016 19:42 via bkmag.com
  
  “People ask me what I play and I say I think I play the computer,” laughs Emma-Lee Moss, perched on a cozy grey couch in her Williamsburg apartment. It’s the day before the Moss leaves on tour to support her third full-length record Second Love, which came out via Bella Union in March. Tonight she’ll play a local show at Le Poisson Rouge opening up for Beth Orton, then hop on a transatlantic flight to Paris the next day for a make up show, before rejoining Orton and co. l
  
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• Larry David returning with more 'Curb Your Enthusiasm'

  14-06-2016 19:38
  
  Larry David is bringing back his HBO comedy series, "Curb Your Enthusiasm," for a ninth season. No further details were announced by HBO on Tuesday
  
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• B-ball, 'The Bachelorette' help ABC to week's rating win

  14-06-2016 19:14
  
  Basketball and "The Bachelorette" helped propel ABC to a ratings win last week, according to the Nielsen Co
  
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• The 36 Absolute Best Things About Brooklyn in the Summer

  14-06-2016 19:00 via bkmag.com
  
  1) Showering before bed and drying off juuust enough to be clammy.
  2) Finishing a Mister Softee vanilla soft serve with a chocolate dip with no mess and no drip on a hot day, the work of champions, the sport of kings.
  3) Dressing up for the Mermaid Day Parade, the only day in Brooklyn where families and naked people (and sometimes families of naked people) gather together to celebrate the MAJESTY OF THE SEA.
  4) Forgetting just how difficult it is to get a watermelon to soak up that whole handle
  
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• Nielsen's top programs for June 6-12

  14-06-2016 18:58
  
  A list of the top 20 prime-time programs in the Nielsen ratings for June 6-12
  
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• Henry McCullough, who played guitar in Wings, dies at age 72

  14-06-2016 18:51
  
  Henry McCullough, who played guitar in Paul McCartney's band Wings, has died
  
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• Free yoga, (almost) every day this summer

  14-06-2016 18:20
  
  Commune with the sky at the Brooklyn Grange Photo: Sarah Capua
  It’s possible to do yoga, for free, almost every day of the week this summer, as New York City’s parks are transformed into al fresco yoga studios. These classes are all either mellow Vinyasa flow or Hatha yoga–a gentle style that often includes a meditative component, so they’ll be satisfying and safe for all levels of practitioners, even total newbies. Wear comfortable duds, bring water and a mat, and
  
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• Victim vignettes: All full of life, now remembered in death

  14-06-2016 17:52
  
  A gunman wielding an assault-type rifle and a handgun opened fire inside a crowded gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, early Sunday, leaving at least 49 people dead in the worst mass shooting in modern U.S. history
  
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• Rapper Lil Wayne hospitalized after 2 seizures on plane

  14-06-2016 17:46
  
  Lil Wayne is in stable condition after suffering what his publicist describes as two minor seizures
  
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• The Latest: Owner: Orlando club will be rebuilt as a tribute

  14-06-2016 17:44
  
  The owner of the Orlando nightclub where dozens of people were massacred says her club will be rebuilt as a tribute and will honor those who were killed, wounded or left grieving
  
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• Gregory Rabassa, renowned translator, dead at 94

  14-06-2016 17:02
  
  Gregory Rabassa, the English-language translator of "One Hundred Years of Solitude" and many other works of the Latin American "Boom" of the 1960s, has died at age 94.
  
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• Premiere: Brooklyn Dream Pop Trio Teen Body’s Debut Album Get Home Safe

  14-06-2016 16:58 via bkmag.com
  
  Coming upon a memory of your teenage self can feel a bit like catching a glimpse of someone else in the mirror–whether it’s via an old letter, photo or an old friend. These little jolts of teenage memory can be electric or quiet, soothing or disruptive, but they all point back toward one thing–growth. Teen Body’s debut album focuses on the same thing, processing the growing pains of early adulthood through a filter of melancholy dream pop. Their debut album Get Home Safe
  
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• Premiere: Brooklyn Dream Pop Quartet Teen Body’s Debut Album Get Home Safe

  14-06-2016 16:58 via bkmag.com
  
  Coming upon a memory of your teenage self can feel a bit like catching a glimpse of someone else in the mirror–whether it’s via an old letter, photo or an old friend. These little jolts of teenage memory can be electric or quiet, soothing or disruptive, but they all point back toward one thing–growth. Teen Body’s debut album focuses on the same thing, processing the growing pains of early adulthood through a filter of melancholy dream pop. Their debut album Get Home Safe
  
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• Review: Author explores social guidelines from '80s films

  14-06-2016 16:56
  
  Book Review: Author Hadley Freeman explores social guidelines from '80s movies in "Life Moves Pretty Fast."
  
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• Body and Soul: On James McBride’s Wild, Wonderful Kill ‘Em and Leave

  14-06-2016 16:45 via bkmag.com
  
  It’s incredibly difficult to read books without being reminded of other ones. For me it’s damn near impossible. So when I read James McBride’s Kill ‘Em and Leave, I was helpless in being reminded of the essay Zadie Smith pens for her ailing father, “Dead Man Laughing,” where she writes, “The funniest thing about dying is how much we, the living, ask of the dying; how much we beg them to make it easy on us.” Another irony about death is who actuall
  
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• Puerto Rico mourns losses in club shooting

  14-06-2016 16:15
  
  Hard-hit Puerto Rico is stunned by loss in the deadly attack on a gay nightclub in Orlando that was celebrating Latin night
  
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• Correction: SmallBiz-Small Talk-Pitching QVC story

  14-06-2016 15:53
  
  Correction: SmallBiz-Small Talk-Pitching QVC story
  
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• Screamer’s Brings Vegan Pizza By the Slice to Greenpoint

  14-06-2016 15:45 via bkmag.com
  
  Greenpoint’s Champs Jr.—the pint-sized offspring to the vegan diner on Meserole—may not have been long for this world, but now, Screamer’s, a vegan-only New York style pizza by the slice joint has replaced it. And given how much New Yorkers love their pizza, especially the thin, foldable, grab-and-go kind, and that Screamer’s is the city’s first dedicated vegan-only slice shop, this team is hoping for a longer stay on Manhattan Avenue than its prede
  
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• Book Review: 'The Girls' chronicles the dark side of 1969

  14-06-2016 15:39
  
  Book Review: Emma Cline's debut novel, "The Girls," chronicles a Manson family-like cult and the dark side of 1969
  
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• Love And Hope And Sex And Dreams: Fucking In Front Of A Box Fan Weather Is Nigh

  14-06-2016 15:30 via bkmag.com
  
  This weekend, I did something that really drove home the arrival of summer: for the first time in 2016, I slept with just a sheet, no blanket. The weekend before, I did something else that made the season feel viscerally obvious: I had sweaty, humid sex in front of a box fan. Across Brooklyn, untold numbers of people were doing exactly the same thing.Summer in New York is corporeal; you can see and experience people’s bodies in ways that felt like distant memories only a few months ago, wh
  
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• Eight Great Films at BAMcinemaFest’s Opening Weekend

  14-06-2016 15:20 via bkmag.com
  
  The 2016 edition of BAMcinemaFest, the city’s premier indie-film showcase, begins tomorrow night, Wednesday the 15th, and continues through Sunday the 26th. Earlier, we introduced you to the local filmmakers featured in the program; below and on the following pages, our critics offer up their picks through the program’s opening weekend.Little MenDirected by Ira SachsIn addition to being a touching romance, Sachs’s previous film, Love is Strange, was also a kind of real-estate h
  
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• Father of Reeva Steenkamp testifies at Pistorius sentencing

  14-06-2016 14:58
  
  Father of Reeva Steenkamp testifies that her fatal shooting by Oscar Pistorius "devastated" his family and that he thinks of her "all the time."
  
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• ‘Til Madness Do Us Part: Cosmos

  14-06-2016 14:10 via bkmag.com
  
  CosmosDirected by Andrzej ŽuławskiOpens June 17 at the Metrograph
  The title promises the universe. And even though the final film by the late Andrzej Žuławski restricts itself to our terrestrial sphere, it at the very least feels, like so much of the inimitable Polish director’s work, as if it was beamed in from another galaxy.
  Stateside, Žuławski is probably best known for putting Isabelle Adjani through some self-induced-aborting/Carlo-Rambaldi-creature-fuc
  
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• Singer David Allan Coe ordered to pay IRS nearly $1 million

  14-06-2016 14:08
  
  Authorities say country music singer-songwriter David Allan Coe has been ordered to pay the IRS more than $980,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to obstructing the tax agency
  
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• Image of Asia: Kangaroo kisses for 'Legend of Tarzan' actor

  14-06-2016 14:08
  
  Image of Asia: Alexander Skarsgard is kissed by a kangaroo joey as he poses for photos at Wildlife Sydney Zoo in Australia
  
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• Shakespeare play highlights events on Hudson castle island

  14-06-2016 11:37
  
  Special events at Bannerman's Castle on the Hudson River this summer include the staging of a Shakespeare play
  
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• Torn between 2 places, some Crimean athletes may miss Rio

  14-06-2016 11:18
  
  Two years after from Russia's annexation of Crimea, athletes from the Black Sea peninsula are split between Russia and Ukraine and could win medals for both countries at August's Olympics in Rio
  
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• Pastor testifies for Pistorius ahead of murder sentence

  14-06-2016 10:52
  
  A pastor and a woman whose son was born without legs testified for Oscar Pistorius' defense ahead of a new sentencing for the former track star, who was convicted of murdering girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp
  
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• Spain's Princess Cristina in court for end of fraud trial

  14-06-2016 10:27
  
  Spain's Princess Cristina is in court for final defense arguments in her trial for tax fraud that also includes her husband and 15 others charged with an alleged scheme to defraud millions in public contracts for sports events and conferences
  
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• Beyonce helps raise over $82,000 for Flint residents

  14-06-2016 09:30
  
  Beyonce has helped raise more than $82,000 for Flint residents who continue to deal with the city's tainted water supply
  
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• [SUNSET PARK] Major takedown: City to demolish landmarked former precinct for school

  14-06-2016 09:07
  
  See this story at BrooklynPaper.com.By Dennis LynchBrooklyn PaperHere’s the lessen plan.The city will knock over Sunset Park’s castle-like former police precinct to make way for 300 classroom seats, officials announced on June 13. School Construction Authority reps made the pitch to Community Board Seven, claiming the crumbling landmark at Fourth Avenue and 43rd Street would “probably have to come down” while also showing photos of schools the agency previously built atop
  
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