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&lt;br /&gt;</description><category>Technology</category><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 21:58:47 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>The King of Pop: Michael Jackson's Impact on Music and Culture - San Francisco Examiner</title><link>http://www.examiner.com/x-14179-Dallas-Parenting-Tweens-Examiner~y2009m6d26-The-King-of-Pop-Michael-Jacksons-Impact-on-Music-and-Culture?FORM=ZZNR5</link><guid>http://www.examiner.com/x-14179-Dallas-Parenting-Tweens-Examiner~y2009m6d26-The-King-of-Pop-Michael-Jacksons-Impact-on-Music-and-Culture?FORM=ZZNR5581</guid><description>1981?MTV debuts with non stop music videos. 1982?Michael Jackson releases THRILLER the best selling album of all time, propelling MTV into the force it is today. 1985---Madonna?s Material Girl is released. 1988---The Birth of Gangsta Rap. 1990 ... </description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:37:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Queen Latifah's latest rap album drops in August - WLOX</title><link>http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=10643095&amp;FORM=ZZNR2</link><guid>http://www.wlox.com/Global/story.asp?S=10643095&amp;FORM=ZZNR2582</guid><description>NEW ORLEANS (AP) - Queen Latifah, in New Orleans for the 15th annual Essence Music Festival, says she's excited about her latest project - her first rap album in a decade that will be released in August. Entitled "Persona," she says the release ... </description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:19:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Faith Alive: Donna Bearden, member, Fourth Street Missionary Church</title><link>http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/392/story/766814.html</link><guid>http://www.ledger-enquirer.com/392/story/766814.html583</guid><description>Did you grow up in Columbus? Yes. I graduated from Columbus High in '07. Now I'm at Mercer and about to be a junior.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:33:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Wu-Tang Clan - Wu-Tang Chamber Music Review</title><link>http://www.411mania.com/music/album_reviews/109191</link><guid>http://www.411mania.com/music/album_reviews/109191584</guid><description>Wu-Tang Chamber Music Review Posted by Patrick Robinson on 07.04.2009 After the mixed reception that 8 Diagrams received, the Clan has returned with another album that RZA promises is a throwback to the sound on their debut album! Is it really the taste of nostalgia the fans have been craving, or is it just an empty promise? The Wu-Tang Clan are ...</description><category>Entertainment,Music</category><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:47:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Freedom is never free - Jackson Sun</title><link>http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20090703/OPINION/907030303/Freedom-is-never-free?FORM=ZZNR9</link><guid>http://www.jacksonsun.com/article/20090703/OPINION/907030303/Freedom-is-never-free?FORM=ZZNR9585</guid><description>He serves in the United States Army, the United States Marine Corps, the United States Navy, the United States Air Force and the United States Coast Guard. His or her average age is 19. The soldier is short haired, a tight muscular kid, considered by ... </description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:14:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Performances everywhere at Rothbury</title><link>http://www.grandhaventribune.com/paid/294864912232000.bsp</link><guid>http://www.grandhaventribune.com/paid/294864912232000.bsp586</guid><description>Deep in the woods of the Rothbury music festival, sometimes you have to look away from the stage to find the real show.</description><category>Rothbury, MI,Oceana County, MI</category><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 04:52:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>And The Bands Played On! - Vineyard Gazette</title><link>http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?21756&amp;FORM=ZZNR6</link><guid>http://www.mvgazette.com/article.php?21756&amp;FORM=ZZNR6587</guid><description>Born as the Hot Tin Roof, the nightclub by the airport went through several incarnations before the Vermonters took charge and named it Nectar?s. N ectar?s nightclub opened its doors last week to an exuberant, mainly local crowd with a kickoff ... </description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:52:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Go forth and sing no more</title><link>http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090704/cleisure/cleisure2.html</link><guid>http://www.jamaica-gleaner.com/gleaner/20090704/cleisure/cleisure2.html588</guid><description>Gene Kelly, movie star, dancer, singer, and choreographer found Singing In The Rain both pleasurable and lucrative.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:36:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Kumbia Kings will perform at Sports Park</title><link>http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/band-99602-patterson-event.html</link><guid>http://www.brownsvilleherald.com/news/band-99602-patterson-event.html589</guid><description>Latin hip-hop tunes by former members of the Kumbia Kings, fireworks, food and kiddy rides are just part of the entertainment that awaits those attending the Fourth of July Salute to Freedom Celebration at the Brownsville Sports Park.</description><category>Brownsville, TX,Latin,Kumbia Kings</category><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:39:42 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Is Tupac Shakur the most overrated artist ever? - Popwatch</title><link>http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2008/09/tupac-overrated.html?FORM=ZZNR10</link><guid>http://popwatch.ew.com/popwatch/2008/09/tupac-overrated.html?FORM=ZZNR10590</guid><description>That's what Blender thinks ( h/t ). Or at least that's what Blender is willing to say in order to stir up some controversy and sell their newest issue. 'Pac just topped the music mag's sarcasm-drenched list of "The 33 Most Overrated People, Places ... </description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:02:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Oldest culture gets hip to have young voice heard</title><link>http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/music/oldest-culture-gets-hip-to-have-young-voice-heard/2009/07/03/1246127691109.html</link><guid>http://www.theage.com.au/news/entertainment/music/oldest-culture-gets-hip-to-have-young-voice-heard/2009/07/03/1246127691109.html591</guid><description>ON THE football field, Nathan Lovett-Murray uses his height and speed to dash to the defence, but when he sheds the Bombers colours he is quick to take a forward position - in music.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:12:33 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Joy to Cache Valley - Herald Journal</title><link>http://hjnews.townnews.com/articles/2009/07/03/news/news01-07-03-09.txt?FORM=ZZNR</link><guid>http://hjnews.townnews.com/articles/2009/07/03/news/news01-07-03-09.txt?FORM=ZZNR592</guid><description>Three Dog Night promised to take its audience back to the ?70s when they took the stage last night in Logan, and they delivered ? even for those who weren?t around for the ?70s. From when they opened with ?Family of Man? until they closed ... </description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:58:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Give me Alaskan king crab fishing over the Manny show any day</title><link>http://www.yumasun.com/sports/national-51232-force-alaskan.html</link><guid>http://www.yumasun.com/sports/national-51232-force-alaskan.html429</guid><description>All the signs that denote a national holiday are in full force today. American flags are flying around town, there's plenty of fireworks talk and the Discovery Channel will play a marathon of one of Mike Rowe's shows.</description><category>Yuma, AZ,Manny Ramirez,Baseball Players,Sports</category><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:34:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>DIDDY'S DOG DIES - Contactmusic.com</title><link>http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/diddys-dog-dies_1108573?FORM=ZZNR4</link><guid>http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/article/diddys-dog-dies_1108573?FORM=ZZNR4430</guid><description>SEAN COMBS is in mourning following the death of his beloved pet dog. The rap mogul's Pomeranian, named Daryn, was playing with one of Combs' children on Tuesday (30Jun09) when he chewed up a ball and choked on it, according to RadarOnline.com ... </description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:00:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Read the story</title><link>http://www.theitem.com/article/20090704/APN/907040549</link><guid>http://www.theitem.com/article/20090704/APN/907040549431</guid><description>Queen Latifah, in New Orleans for the 15th annual Essence Music Festival, says she's excited about her latest project - her first rap album in a decade that will be released in August.</description><category>Queen Latifah,Rap,Black Entertainment</category><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:12:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>DJ Jubilee makes his Essence debut</title><link>http://www.nola.com/essencefest/index.ssf/2009/07/dj_jubilee_makes_his_essence_d.html</link><guid>http://www.nola.com/essencefest/index.ssf/2009/07/dj_jubilee_makes_his_essence_d.html432</guid><description>New Orleans bounce rap pioneer DJ Jubilee, aka Jerome Temple, had never attended the Essence Music Festival until booked to deejay in the McDonald's superlounge this year.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 07:31:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Magic Flute: Primal Find Sings of Music's Mystery - Wall Street Journal</title><link>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124656639970388165.html?FORM=ZZNR5</link><guid>http://online.wsj.com/article/SB124656639970388165.html?FORM=ZZNR5433</guid><description>The discovery of the world's oldest musical instrument -- a 35,000-year-old flute made from a wing bone -- highlights a prehistoric moment when the mind learned to soar on flights of melody and rhythm. Researchers announced last week in Nature that ... </description><pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 01:45:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>$Tiffed Att'y Slams Jay-Z</title><link>http://www.nypost.com/seven/07042009/news/regionalnews/manhattan/tiffed_atty_slams_jay_z_177504.htm</link><guid>http://www.nypost.com/seven/07042009/news/regionalnews/manhattan/tiffed_atty_slams_jay_z_177504.htm434</guid><description>The lawyer defending Jay-Z against claims that he failed to pay his staff wants to fire him -- for not paying the law firm.</description><category>Rap,Black Entertainment,Jay-Z</category><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:11:52 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Celebrate freedom - Cultures showcased at all-American holiday ...  - Holland Sentinel</title><link>http://www.hollandsentinel.com/multimedia/x488825090/Celebrate-freedom-Cultures-showcased-at-all-American-holiday-festival?FORM=ZZNR10</link><guid>http://www.hollandsentinel.com/multimedia/x488825090/Celebrate-freedom-Cultures-showcased-at-all-American-holiday-festival?FORM=ZZNR10435</guid><description>Friday. Better yet, the sun turned out, too, putting an end to a string of cloudy, and sometimes rainy summer days. The festival, held one day before the Fourth of July, returned with the? multicultural theme that it debuted last year. The festival ... </description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:58:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Wale - Back to the Feature</title><link>http://thecelebritycafe.com/cd/full_review/14317.html</link><guid>http://thecelebritycafe.com/cd/full_review/14317.html436</guid><description>Not that this was Wale's intention, but "Back to the Feature," the latest mixtape from the D.C. MC, is an enjoyable solution to this problem.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:23:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>New Music: Whitney Houston - ?I Didn?t Know My Own Strength? - Rap-up.com</title><link>http://www.rap-up.com/2009/07/02/new-music-whitney-houston-i-didnt-know-my-own-strength/?FORM=ZZNR7</link><guid>http://www.rap-up.com/2009/07/02/new-music-whitney-houston-i-didnt-know-my-own-strength/?FORM=ZZNR7437</guid><description>As one legend leaves us, another is on the brink of a comeback. Whitney Houston debuts ?I Didn?t Know My Own Strength,? the first single from her new album I Look to You (Sept. 1). The empowering ballad was written by Diane Warren and produced ... </description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 23:37:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Band of the Week</title><link>http://www.mcall.com/entertainment/music/all-gdh-a.6948473jul04,0,4227763.story</link><guid>http://www.mcall.com/entertainment/music/all-gdh-a.6948473jul04,0,4227763.story438</guid><description>Want to be the featured act? Fill out a questionnaire at http://www.themorningcall.com/band . Questions? 610-820-6111 or goguide@mcall.com Members: Gus Schnable, guitar, Dave Uhler, drums, vocals, Mike Odom, keyboards, Barry Crow, bass guitar, George Kokolis, tenor sax, Randy Kohler, alto sax, Larry Meixner, trumpet/vocals, Al Trump, trombone.</description><category>Entertainment,Music,Coopersburg, PA</category><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 08:37:25 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Queen Latifah's latest rap album drops in August</title><link>http://www.ksla.com/Global/story.asp?S=10643095</link><guid>http://www.ksla.com/Global/story.asp?S=10643095439</guid><description>Queen Latifah, in New Orleans for the 15th annual Essence Music Festival, says she's excited about her latest project - her first rap album in a decade that will be released in August.</description><category>Queen Latifah,Rap,Black Entertainment</category><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 09:30:57 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rap Song Causing Stir at Ole Miss - Myfoxmemphis.com</title><link>http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/dpp/news/local/070209_Rap_Song_Causing_Stir_at_Ole_Miss?FORM=ZZNR2</link><guid>http://www.myfoxmemphis.com/dpp/news/local/070209_Rap_Song_Causing_Stir_at_Ole_Miss?FORM=ZZNR2440</guid><description>OXFORD, Miss. - A music video called "Fine Girls" is causing a stir on YouTube, and caused controversy on the Ole Miss campus. A local rapper, Krazy J, says he knew the video would turn heads, and that's exactly what he was trying to do. "Hell yea ... </description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:54:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Def jam</title><link>http://www.ottawasun.com/entertainment/music/2009/07/04/10022221-sun.html</link><guid>http://www.ottawasun.com/entertainment/music/2009/07/04/10022221-sun.html441</guid><description>Who would have thought 32 years ago when British heavy metal band Def Leppard formed in Sheffield, England, that they would end up performing on a country music awards show in Nashville? But there they were last month on the CMT awards performing their hit, Pour Some Sugar On Me, with teenaged country music star Taylor Swift alongside them.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:18:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Couple Pay Price For Rap Star's Wrong Number - Ananova</title><link>http://www.ananova.com/entertainment/story/sm_3384492.html?menu=entertainment.television&amp;FORM=ZZNR4</link><guid>http://www.ananova.com/entertainment/story/sm_3384492.html?menu=entertainment.television&amp;FORM=ZZNR4442</guid><description>A woman whose phone has been bombarded with hundreds of fans wanting to speak to US star Soulja Boy is offering to head up his UK fan club. Catriona Howard Smith and her husband Gerry Matley from Oldham in Greater Manchester, have received between 50 ... </description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 08:42:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Second chances: Recycled treasures get loving home in Solpers' garden</title><link>http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20090704/GPG04/907040345</link><guid>http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20090704/GPG04/907040345443</guid><description>Your first reaction upon seeing Mike and Sue Solper's garden is to admire it. Your second is to want to explore it.</description><category>Home,Green Bay, WI,Home Gardening</category><pubDate>Sat, 04 Jul 2009 10:25:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Slain man had plans to leave troubled Sacramento complex - Sacramento Bee</title><link>http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/1994583.html?FORM=ZZNR3</link><guid>http://www.sacbee.com/101/story/1994583.html?FORM=ZZNR3444</guid><description>In three months, Sevon Boles' lease would have expired, allowing him to leave the Willow Pointe at Lindale apartment complex. Ten days ago, he left the complex gates for the last time ? on a stretcher, bleeding out from multiple gunshot wounds. He ... </description><pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 07:09:00 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>