Los Angeles’s unprecedented weekend of sports

Published By On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Sports News    
Los Angeles’s unprecedented weekend of sports
“This is unprecedented, in the history of any arena, I believe, in the United States,” said Lee Zeidman, Staples Center’s senior vice president and general manager. “And, it will never be duplicated anywhere else.”On Sunday, the sports world will revolve around the corner of S. Figueroa Street and Chick Hearn ... Read More

Sports Blog Preakness cheat sheet: Six things to know 5 of 9

Published By On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Sports News    
Sports Blog Preakness cheat sheet: Six things to know 5 of 9
I'll Have Another, winner of the Kentucky Derby, gallops under exercise rider Johnny Garcia at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore May 16, 2012. (Credit: AP Photo) (CBS News) The Triple Crown contest shifts Saturday to Baltimore's Pimlico Race Course, where surprise Kentucky Derby winner I'll Have Another will attempt ... Read More

The Utah Symphony plays music to match our mountains

Published By On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Music News    
The Utah Symphony plays music to match our mountains
In "An Alpine Symphony," composer Richard Strauss uses music as an artist uses pigment, illustrating the arduous ascent of a mountaintop with painterly skill. Listeners experience a hopeful sunrise full of birdsong, balmy meadows and babbling streams, a frightening glacial traverse and the thrill of mastering the summit. That’s the metaphor ... Read More

Music Review: Silversun Pickups – Neck of the Woods

Published By On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Music News    
Music Review: Silversun Pickups – Neck of the Woods
There is perhaps no other rock band whose music has been more misunderstood in the last seven years than that of alternative rockers Silversun Pickups. I previously addressed this at length in my review of the band's fine second effort Swoon, but ... Read More

Music And Media Industry Entrepreneur Jay Boberg Named Chairman Of The Board …

Published By On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Music News    
Music And Media Industry Entrepreneur Jay Boberg Named Chairman Of The Board …
SAN FRANCISCO, May 17, 2012 -- /PRNewswire/ -- It was announced today that music and media executive Jay Boberg has been named Chairman of the Board of Isolation Network, the parent company of INgrooves Fontana ... Read More

Classical Music and Opera Listings for May 18-24

Published By On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Music News    
Classical Music and Opera Listings for May 18-24
Full reviews of recent classical performances: nytimes.com/classical. Opera ★ ‘Iolanthe’ (Saturday and Sunday) Sharp-witted and surpassingly beautiful, Gilbert and Sullivan’s seventh collaboration is not one of the duo’s more famous Savoyard shows, but this ... Read More

Chuck Brown dies: King of DC go-go music, influential sample source

Published By On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Music News    
Chuck Brown dies: King of DC go-go music, influential sample source
In hip-hop, Eric B. Rakim's classic "Paid in Full" album adapted two Brown songs, and most prominently, Virginia producers the Neptunes used Brown's "We Need Some Money" on Nelly's smash "Hot in Herre."  Fans of Brown spoke volumes about his work in the live setting; I never saw him, so ... Read More

Donna Summer’s Music The Go-To For TV And Movies

Published By On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Music News    
Donna Summer’s Music The Go-To For TV And Movies
The news of Donna Summer's untimely passing Thursday (May 17) weighed heavily on all those who knew and loved the undisputed Queen of Disco.Despite the fact that "disco fever" lived and basically died in the 1970s, Summer's music continues to live on. Her many unforgettable hits like "Last Dance," "Love ... Read More

Robotic anchor will get a grip on space rocks

Published By On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Space News    
Robotic anchor will get a grip on space rocks
6 hrs. John Roach ... Read More

IoD advocates space hub to lift economy

Published By On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Space News    
IoD advocates space hub to lift economy
May 18, 2012 12:01 am By Clive Cookson ... Read More

Metta World Peace lost in space

Published By On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Space News    
Metta World Peace lost in space
Noah Graham/NBAE/Getty ImagesOut on the perimeter, Kevin Durant is too quick for Metta World Peace.Way out beyond the 3-point line, Metta World Peace never had a chance.Kevin Durant walked forward, confidently bouncing the ball high off his right hip, his Thunder teammates arrayed along the baseline.This was the definition of ... Read More

Several companies competing for space station visits, developing craft for …

Published By On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Space News    
Several companies competing for space station visits, developing craft for …
—Alliant Techsystems Inc., or ATK, headquartered in Arlington, Va., with aerospace division in Magna, Utah. Developing Liberty launch system including rocket and passenger spacecraft. Test flights to begin in 2014, with possible first manned launch in 2015.—Blue Origin in Kent, Wash. Run by Amazon founder Jeff Bezos. Developing rocket and ... Read More

Commercial rocket will fly to the space station

Published By On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Space News    
Commercial rocket will fly to the space station
By MARCIA DUNN, AP Aerospace Writer – 5 hours ago  CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — For the first time, a private company will launch a rocket to the International Space Station, sending it on a grocery run this weekend that could be the shape of things to come for America's space program.If this ... Read More

Gay marriage: One think tank avoids debate, hosts ceremony

Published By On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Gay News    
Gay marriage: One think tank avoids debate, hosts ceremony
While some think tanks are in a heated debate over same-sex marriage (especially after Vice President Biden and President Obama recently announced their support for it), others are simply choosing to host the ceremony. Jonathan Rausch, Brookings guest scholar and contributing editor at National Journal and The Atlantic, writes ... Read More

Jane Lynch to Republicans: "Money To be Made in Gay Marriage"

Published By On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Gay News    
Jane Lynch to Republicans: "Money To be Made in Gay Marriage"
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Cuban first daughter and gay rights advocate gets US visa to attend academic …

Published By On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Gay News    
Cuban first daughter and gay rights advocate gets US visa to attend academic …
Castro, 50, is a noted advocate of gay rights and head of Cuba’s National Center for Sex Education. She has pushed for the island to legalize gay marriage for years, so far without success. She recently praised Obama’s stance in support of same sex marriage, and said her father, President ... Read More

Manny Pacquiao: ‘To the gay community, I apologize’

Published By On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Gay News    
Manny Pacquiao: ‘To the gay community, I apologize’
The source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to comment, said Pacquiao was free to express his views and that the decision to have him interviewed elsewhere "was in everybody's best interest." The controversy stemmed from an interview Pacquiao gave to the ... Read More

The gay marriage paradox: as acceptance rises, so do legal barriers

Published By On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Gay News    
The gay marriage paradox: as acceptance rises, so do legal barriers
When President Obama came out in favor of gay marriage on May 9 – the first time an American president had made such a declaration – he electrified a long-roiling debate. Skip to next paragraph ... Read More

Lakers Sequel: It Just Got Worse

Published By On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Sports News    
Lakers Sequel: It Just Got Worse
The moment in question came at the end of the Oklahoma City Thunder-Lakers game on Wednesday night, which the Thunder won 77-75 to go up 2-0 in the Western Conference semifinals. Bryant’s performance? “He muffed it. He dropped it. He bricked it. And in the final seconds, when the ... Read More

Sports teams go head-to-head with "Call Me Maybe"

Published By On Thursday, May 17th 2012. Under Sports News    
Sports teams go head-to-head with "Call Me Maybe"
(CBS News) So first there was the Harvard Baseball team doing a fun cover of Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" and I laughed, but honestly thought it was just a "one off". Now the SMU Women's Rowing team has joined the fray with their own spin ... Read More
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