On St. Valentine’s Day jewelry, flowers and gifts are exchanged between loved ones. But who can do more than Shah Jahan who built the Taj Mahal as a memorial to his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal, who died giving birth to their 14th child?
Born as Prince Khurram in 1592, Shah Jahan was the fifth son of [...]
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This weekend is the six annual Pitchfork Festival in the online magazine’s hometown of Chicago. The festival was conceived as an effort to create a moderately priced, yet still well curated, festival for music fans. And while the festival had to bump its prices this year, it still remains one of the cheaper alternatives to [...]
According to a recent press release, avant-garde, hipster, musician Deacon, a champion and leader of the Baltimore music scene known for his in the round, sweaty, concert performances, will be scoring Francis Ford Coppola’s next film, Twixt Now and Sunrise, which is due out later this year. The “gothic romance” stars Val Kilmer, Bruce Dern, [...]
It was announced today that Neil Diamond, Tom Waits, Darlene Love, Dr. John and Alice Cooper will be among the 2011 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductees.
Neil Diamond and Alice Cooper had both been eligible for induction for years and had this to say of the announcement:
Diamond: “I thought about it occasionally, but I [...]
In 1999, Belle and Sebastian curated the first Bowlie Festival. That festival became the inspiration for All Tomorrow’s Parties, which in turn became an festival with outposts in multiple countries around the world. Now, 11 years later, Belle and Sebastian are back, once more curating Bowlie, taking place at Butlin’s- a family weekend resort in [...]
The sister venues of Echoplex and The Echo are the stuff of legend in Los Angeles, California. It is where many artists have started illustrious careers like Beck, NIN and Thom Yorke.
The Echo is the smaller of the two venues, which can work as a graduation system. A band will come to town and play [...]
The Oak and The Ax describes itself as “a music venue, cafe, bar, screening room.” An eclectic mix which in its short existence, has made the venue the cultural touchstone for Biddeford, Maine, a small town adjacent to the capital Portland. And the word is spreading. Bands and guests have started to trickle in from [...]
