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| Music News - Ryan Adams Covers Foo Fighters; Pharrell's Freedom Video; 50 Cent Signs Vodka in NoLibs |
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 by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/23/15 3:37 am | updated: 07/23/15 3:37 am |
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Last night while performing at the Sydney Opera House in Australia, Ryan Adams performed an acoustic cover of Foo Fighter's "Times Like These" in honor of frontman Dave Grohl. This past May, Adams suffered a broken rib but kept on touring. Similarly, Grohl has forged on after a severely broken leg suffered at a tour date in Sweden last month. Adams admired Grohl for being "able to do what he loved, even though he was totally broken." Watch video of the cover performance below:
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| Cop Shot, Murder Suspect Dead in NE; 61yo Main Line Heroin Dealer Arrested; IKEA Recalls 27m Drawers |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/22/15 6:41 pm | updated: 07/22/15 6:44 pm |
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| A Philadelphia police officer was shot by a fleeing murder suspect this morning after attempting to serve an arrest warrant. The officer managed to return fire, striking and killing the suspect. It happened at 6:10 a.m. Wednesday at an apartment complex in the 800 block of Riverside Drive in Northeast Philadelphia. SWAT officers went to the apartment of 26-year-old Devon Guisherd to arrest him. Guisherd took off running and the officer pursued. The suspect turned around and fired,... Read More |
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| Music News - Kurt Vile New Video Pretty Pimpin'; Giorgio Moroder on Tonight Show; Vanessa Carlton EP |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/22/15 3:23 am | updated: 07/22/15 3:23 am |
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| Philadelphia's own Kurt Vile has released the video for the first track off his upcoming album b'lieve i'm goin down called "Pretty Pimpin." The video itself was filmed in California and plays like a visual round as Vile's character starts to double and triple as the song evolves. Musically, "Pimpin'" has more of a driving groove that rolls along through track than his last album which was more atmospheric. The lyrics paint a surreal picture of a person in an existential identity... Read More |
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| SEPTA NOT Resuming Pass Sales This Week; NJ Troopers Hit By Lightning; DJ Arrested Again Sex Assault |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/21/15 6:26 pm | updated: 07/21/15 6:29 pm |
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| SEPTA announced today that they will not resume selling the special Regional Rail passes for the upcoming visit by Pope Francis for the remainder of this week. The system set up to take orders for the special Papal Passes was overwhelmed with traffic on Monday morning and had to be shut down shortly after it was launched. SEPTA officials are working on fixing the system and consulting with IT experts on the best options to make those tickets available for those planning to travel by... Read More |
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| Philadelphia Music Co-op bringing 35 local acts to 54th Annual Philadelphia Folk Festival |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/21/15 3:35 am | updated: 07/21/15 3:35 am |
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| The 54th Annual Philadelphia Folk Fest is only about three weeks away starting Thursday night, August 13th for campers and really kicking into gear Friday-Sunday August 14th -16th with music programmed on multiple stages. A lot of that music will be provided by incredibly talented Philadelphia-area musicians as a part of the Philadelphia Folksong Society's Philadelphia Music Co-op. The Co-op will be represented by 35 acts playing on every stage during the weekend (see the full list below). In... Read More |
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| Music News - Blake Shelton/Miranda Lambert Divorce; Original Zombies to Tour; Wavves Announce Album |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/21/15 2:26 am | updated: 07/21/15 2:26 am |
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| Country superstars and it's most popular couple, Blake Shelton and Miranda Lambert, announced on Monday that they are getting divorced after four years of marriage. They filed for divorce a while ago and made it official yesterday. "This is not the future we envisioned," the former couple said in a statement. "And it is with heavy hearts that we move forward separately. We are real people, with real lives, with real families, friends and colleagues. Therefore, we kindly ask for privacy... Read More |
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| SEPTA Suspends Papal Visit Rail Sales; 68 Arrests Kensington Drug Sting; Union Boss Gets 19 Years |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/20/15 9:08 pm | updated: 07/20/15 9:08 pm |
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| SEPTA has suspended online sales of special passes for Regional Rail service during Pope Francis' visit to Philadelphia in September due to technical problems. SEPTA had load tested the website over the weekend for 1,700 hits per seconds and expected a high volume of traffic when the passes went on sale at 9 a.m. Monday, but the actual traffic today was significantly higher and the servers couldn't keep up. The site was shutdown 90 minutes after it opened. SEPTA plans to sell 175,000... Read More |
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| Music News - Black Eyed Peas Homage Vid; Wilco Plays Star Wars in Chi; Thom Yorke With Portishead |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/20/15 3:23 am | updated: 07/20/15 3:23 am |
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The Black Eyed Peas are celebrating their 20th anniversary this year with members will.i.am, Taboo, and Apl.de.Ap (Fergie did not join until 2002). They've just released a music video for a track called "Yesterday" which features the three original members digging through the racks of a record store pulling out albums that have been influential to the group. The album covers become animated with the guys from BEP appearing in the album art instead of the original artist.
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| Drexel Grad Found Murdered in Apt; Pickpockets in Upper Merion; Police Shoot Suspect in North Philly |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/18/15 3:03 am | updated: 07/18/15 3:03 am |
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| The body of a young woman was found beaten and strangled inside her West Philadelphia apartment on Thursday afternoon. 27-year-old Jasmine Wright was found in her third floor unit on the 200 block of South 50th Street after a property manager checked on her at the request of her father. He is from Brooklyn and hadn't heard from her in a few days. She was pronounced dead at the scene around 2:35 p.m. Investigators believe she was dead for about 24 hours. Wright was a 2015 graduate from... Read More |
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| Music News - Free Surprise Wilco Album; Icona Pop New Single/EP; Alan Jackson on Tonight Show |
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by: iradioal - Philadelphia, PA
started: 07/17/15 12:46 am | updated: 07/17/15 12:46 am |
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Wilco has just released a surprise album via it's website wilcoworld.net called Star Wars. The 11-track LP runs about 33 minutes. It is also FREE to download right now. Just enter your e-mail at wilcoworld.net.
Star Wars track list:
1. "EKG"
2. "More…"
3. "Random Name Generator"
4. "The Joke Explained"
5. "You Satellite"Read More |
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Alvin Clay
