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The refreshing nostalgia of Silk Sonic
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/ 18 November 2021

The refreshing nostalgia of Silk Sonic

Silk Sonic’s adventurous nostalgia is not a testimony to older music being better but rather the artists offer a listening experience that is refreshing because it is so different to what popular ears have become accustomed to

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/ 24 March 2008

Start a web business in a few minutes

When David Pangelinan isn’t logging 14-hour days driving a fuel tanker, he’s at his computer indulging his latest hobby: building a succession of online stores in minutes. Pangelinan has built four online stores offering hundreds of products for sale, from Bulova watches to Betty Boop pillows, using the website Zlio.com.

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/ 23 March 2008

Afghans unite to cheer brave new stars

The people of Afghanistan came together in a moment of cultural unity on Friday. The vast majority of them watched — some nervously in secret, others openly, gathered outside cafés — as the grand finale of the television talent contest Afghan Star was broadcast. The weekly show had become a national phenomenon.

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/ 22 March 2008

Start a web business in minutes

When David Pangelinan isn’t logging 14-hour days driving a fuel tanker, he’s at his computer indulging his latest hobby: building a succession of online stores in minutes. Pangelinan has built four online stores offering hundreds of products for sale, from Bulova watches to Betty Boop pillows, using the website Zlio.com.

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/ 6 February 2008

Beatles’ Indian guru Maharishi Yogi dies

The guru to the Beatles who introduced transcendental meditation to the West, Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, died at his Dutch home on February 5, aides said on February 6. He was said to be 91. The reclusive Indian mystic shot to international prominence when the Beatles visited him in the foothills of the Himalayas in 1968 to learn his meditation techniques.

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/ 2 February 2008

Beatles to be beamed across the universe

The songs of The Beatles have always enjoyed a global appeal. Now one of their best-loved recordings is to be beamed into the galaxy in an attempt to introduce the Fab Four’s music to alien ears. Nasa will broadcast the song, Across the Universe, through the transmitters of its deep-space communications network on Monday.

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/ 8 December 2007

Prolific music modernist dies aged 79

Karlheinz Stockhausen, a controversial giant of musical modernism whose works were seldom embraced by mainstream concert audiences, died on Wednesday at his home in Kuerten-Kettenberg, Germany, at the age of 79 , it was announced on Friday. Prolific, whether in fashion or out of it, he composed 362 works.

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/ 5 December 2007

Take a chance on ABBA at new museum

Fans of legendary Swedish disco group ABBA can dance down memory lane when the world’s first ABBA museum opens in Stockholm in 2009, featuring the quartet’s costumes, instruments and rare memorabilia. ”It will be an international museum with a lot of technological and multimedia aspects,” the project mastermind said.

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/ 20 September 2007

Spector judge, jury struggle to resolve impasse

The judge in the murder trial of Phil Spector on Wednesday abandoned the idea of presenting the deadlocked jury with a reduced charge of manslaughter against the music producer. In a day of complex legal manoeuvrings, both the judge and jury struggled to find a way to proceed in the case, which was stalled after seven days of deliberations.

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/ 8 September 2007

Arguments end in Phil Spector’s murder trial

Prosecutors did not present sufficient evidence to convict Phil Spector for the murder of B-movie actress Lana Clarkson, defense attorneys for the rock legend said on Friday. ”This case exemplifies reasonable doubt,” attorney Linda Kenney-Baden told the nine-man, three-woman jury, which is expected to begin deliberations on Monday.

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