From Led Zeppelin to DJ Screw, Sundance Records keeps the beat going (Austin American-Statesman)

Before there was hip-hop, before there was hair metal and grunge rock, before there was iTunes , there was Sundance.
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Minn. college students get schooled on hip-hop (MSNBC)

A private downtown St. Paul college hopes the first students, after completing a recorded project and a live performance, get their diploma certificates at commencement next summer.
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A Vinyl Cave holiday smorgasbord (Isthmus)

Due to various record sales lately, a lot of oddball records have been piling up here in the Vinyl Cave. I think it was Ralph Nader who once said records that cost a dime or a quarter are unsafe at any speed. Or maybe not. Either way, here's a Thanksgiving weekend pile up of some random titles that have hit the turntable this week.
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Local retailers prepare for Cyber Monday (The Scranton Times-Tribune)

With the push to boost holiday sales, businesses throughout Northeast Pennsylvania are offering special online sales and promotions for Cyber Monday and beyond. While the day after Thanksgiving is known as Black Friday, the point when retailers have hist
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PLAYLIST: New collection rounds up all Buddy Holly recordings (Detroit Free Press)

Only a handful of influential figures in rock 'n' roll are as important as Buddy Holly. Yet it has taken until now for a truly comprehensive retrospective of his music to be issued in the post-vinyl era. Whatever the reason for the delay, it's finally over.
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Mike Read Sells Record Collection (Waveguide TV and Radio News)

Chiswick Auction House has been instructed to auction Mike Read’s entire record collection and music ephemera tomorrow.
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Professor brings technology, art together for unique program (Journal & Courier)

Lake Michigan, flashlights, dancers and vinyl records all play a role in the art of Fabian Wink-ler.
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Bookstore owner McGuire dies at 81 (Wichita Falls Times Record News)

Few people likely thought of him as Ralph McGuire. To generations of book lovers he was simply “Mac,” the brushy-bearded proprietor of Cosmic Squire, a used book shop tucked into the quaint storefronts of the old Monroe Street shopping district.
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Jack White: Rock’n'roll star of the decade (Guardian Unlimited)

The blues was music made by dead people for old people. Then a 'brother and sister' duo kicked it back into life. Andrew Perry, one of the White Stripes' earliest champions, recalls the impact of their first UK gigs. London was melting in a rare summer heatwave when the White Stripes landed for three gigs in the capital that would alter the course of popular music, worldwide. It was 2001, and ...
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Rock’n'roll star of the decade (MalaysiaNews.net)

The blues was music made by dead people for old people. Then a 'brother and sister' duo kicked it back into life. Andrew Perry, one of the White Stripes' earliest champions, recalls the impact of thei...
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