| South Africa: Heroin Scourge Sweeps SA | | Posted Sunday, October 22, 2006 3:05:01 PM by Blog57 Team | | THE use of heroin, linked to the deaths of celebrities such as Jim Morrison and Janis Joplin, is sweeping across age, race and class boundaries in South Africa. Drug experts have uncovered a massive increase in the availability of cheap heroin mixes -- sold under the names "nyaope" in Pretoria, "sugars" in Durban, "unga" in Cape Town, and "pinch" in Mpumalanga. .... | |
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| | | Zooey Deschanel To Play Janis Joplin In new independant film... | | Posted Sunday, September 10, 2006 9:43:35 AM by Blog57 Team | | Actress Zooey Deschanel has beaten off competition from numerous other actresses and pop stars to win the role of Janis Joplin. According to Production Weekly, Deschanel will play the lead role in the new independent film Gospel According to Janis. Shooting on the film is scheduled to kick off in November under the watchful eye of Penelope Spheeris. Deschanel is also rumored to be playing the role of Liza Minelli in Simply Halston. .... | |
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| | | Concerts | | Posted Sunday, September 03, 2006 3:08:57 PM by Blog57 Team | | An Evening with James Taylor, the troubadour of folk, rock and blues appears with his full band and back-up singers at the Great Allentown Fair, North 17th and Chew streets, Allentown. Tonight at 7:30. $59. 610-433-7541 or allentownfairpa.org. Asia, the 25th-anniversary tour of the British progressive-rock supergroup of Steve Howe (Yes), Carl Palmer (Emerson, Lake and Palmer), John Wetton (King Crimson) and Geoff Downes (the Buggles). Penn's Peak, Maury Road and Route 903, Jim Thorpe. Tonight at 8. $42, $37. 610-826-9689 or pennspeak.com. Jim Weiss: Red Rock Fiddler in a free concert of traditional folk music performed on guitar, fiddle and mandolin. Campground Amphitheater, Hickory Run State Park, Route 534, White Haven. Saturday at 6:30 p.m. 443-0400. Marimba and Chimes Concert with mother-and-daughter duo Lucille Breunig and Donna DeBellis.... | |
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| | | Review: These two superstars have nothing to worry about | | Posted Sunday, July 30, 2006 9:08:24 PM by Blog57 Team | | Faith Hill spoke to 17,000 people Saturday night at the Gaylord Entertainment Center, in the middle of a set full of hits that preceded her husbands set full of hits. Shes married to Tim McGraw, you know, and theyre superstars and such. Weve been so nervous about this show, because this is our hometown and we dont want to disappoint, she said, and her statement was followed by 17,000 peoples assurance that they werent in the least bit disappointed. Those people were treated to what is most likely the most technologically advanced shows in the history of country music. There are eight big video screens, and then theres the stage, and the stage is a big video screen in itself. Hill and McGraw were walking on LED images all night. Madonna, Paul McCartney, U2 and the Rolling Stones have similar concert setups.... | |
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| | | Remembering swingin' SB | | Posted Tuesday, July 25, 2006 11:10:22 PM by Blog57 Team | | San Bernardino was an exciting town during the 1960s. That was the decade when my family and I first set foot in this area. California State College (now Cal State San Bernardino) opened its doors to 293 students in 1965 and the Inland Center mall was completed a year later with three anchor stores - Sears Roebuck, May Company and the Broadway. Two new high schools were built during the '60s. San Gorgonio welcomed students in 1965, and the Cajon High School campus (it was initially known as San Bernardino High-North) opened in 1969. The city's population topped 100,000 during the same era. The beautiful California Theater is where I saw "The Jungle Book," my first movie in San Bernardino. A short time later, it began hosting live acting and musical performances as the grand old movie palaces were giving way to a new wave of modern theaters.... | |
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