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A momentary 'Thrill'
It took the Natural Thrill some time to get all their pieces together, but when the four-piece band finally fell in place, a polished EP was created. The Huntington Beach-based rock-reggae fusion band has been together for barely six months, but their...
Tags: Music, Entertainment, Bob Marley
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In the Pipeline: Kids quiz the author
For me, the best part about being an author is the chance to go to schools and not so much talk to kids (though I love doing that), but hear their questions. As good or better than any interviewer that will sit down to talk with you, kids seem to cut...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Book, Libraries, Authors
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Anniversary song tells of chorus's ability
When the Orange County Women's Chorus commissioned Kirke Mechem to compose a piece to celebrate their 15th anniversary, he gave them "We Can Sing That" — a song about how the choir can perform any kind of music effortlessly. If Mechem had titled...
Tags: Arts and Culture, Music, Entertainment, Culture, Music Industry
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City Lights: Local poet's career goes 'back to sand'
The journalist in me has tried to write a lede for this column, and the poet has fought him tooth and nail. Just how should I begin a piece about the closing of Lee Mallory's Orange County poetry readings? With wordplay? A personal anecdote? Should I even...
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City Lights: The Poet Laureate of reader comments
Last week, Times Community News got a surprise visit from a poet. No, Rita Dove or Mark Strand didn't stop by the newsroom. But our story on DrunkRescue, a new Huntington Beach business that offers rides home for out-on-the-town drunks, got an online...Tags: Rita Dove, Ogden Nash, Petroleum Industry, Orange County Register, Mark Strand
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City Lights: Mastering the performance of poetry
Last week, I judged a competition where entrants had to have a grabbing lead, a dynamic storytelling style and a wealth of information condensed into a finite number of words. I'm talking, of course, about Poetry Out Loud. For the second straight year,...Tags: Entertainment, High Schools, Education, Washington, DC, Charles Bukowski
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City Lights: Dylan worth the time, no matter the quality
It's no small feat to decode the lyrics of Don McLean's "American Pie," but most critics I've read believe "the jester" in verse three is a reference to Bob Dylan. That's the character, of course, who sings "in a coat he borrowed from James Dean/and a...Tags: Chubby Checker, Verizon Wireless, YouTube, Don McLean, Connie Francis
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In memory of Morrison
Kate and Andrew Kirby never got a chance to meet the frontman of the Doors. But they do have his phone number.
The owners of the Rock and Roll Emporium in downtown Huntington Beach put together a memorabilia show to coincide with the 40th anniversary...Tags: California, Human Interest, The Rolling Stones (music group), Rock and Roll (genre), The Doors (music group)
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City Lights: P-Cats hit the studio with a 'protest song'
It's heartening sometimes to see a prediction come true. Two months ago, I wrote a column about the P-Cats, a Huntington Beach blues-rock duo consisting of spouses Ed and Trace Paredes. I mentioned how the pair had embarked on a lifelong dream of...Tags: Arts and Culture, Social Issues, Multi-Sport Events, Super Bowl, Mass Media
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Time out for lovely trees
The poet Joyce Kilmer, in 1913, wrote the oft-quoted lines, "I think that I shall never see / A poem lovely as a tree."
The Huntington Beach Tree Society, though, is encouraging people to come as close as they can on Arbor Day.
The nonprofit society...Tags: Human Interest, Joyce Kilmer, Christianity, Politics, Elections
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Review: 'Epic' looks like its title but doesn't feel that way
"Epic," a fairy tale about a tiny universe of creatures who protect the forest, has many virtues. The animation is lush and imaginative. The 3-D effects are stunning, among the best we've seen. The coming-of-age ideas are framed in eco-friendly ways....Tags: Aziz Ansari, Entertainment, PG Rated Movies, Chris O'Dowd, Josh Hutcherson
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Allentown native Amanda Seyfried gets animated in 'Epic'
She shot a pair of movies back-to-back that took a piece out of her. But now with "Lovelace" (due in theaters in August) and "Les Miserables" out of her system, Allentown native Amanda Seyfried is lightening up. She began the year with a small role in...Tags: Dear John (movie), PG Rated Movies, Julianne Moore, Emmaus, Desmond Harrington
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