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Joseph Cianchi British Music TV Shows Music shows have long been a staple of British television, from the teen-friendly Ready Steady Go in the early 60s to the alternative platform Later, with Jools Holland in the mid 90s.

The updates shot quickly onto the Tehran Bureau Web site as postelection chaos gripped Iran: angry street protests, random police beatings, a defiant warning from the ayatollah of more violence to come.

CLICK HERE to see which famous people are celebrating birthdays today. Notable personalities of the past who were born on this date can be found at the end of this slide show .

This fall, the New Orleans Museum of Art presents Skylar Fein: Youth Manifesto, the first solo museum exhibition of work by the New Orleans-based artist Skylar Fein.

IT WAS the night the music didn't die. London Calling resuscitated the tunes of The Clash's late great Joe Strummer and even found time to raise a glass to the freshly departed Michael Jackson.

Stick with me, I'm going out on a limb here: librarianship and punk rock are closer in spirit than you might initially think.

Am I alone in finding the whole idea of Infinite Summer a little morbid? The renewed interest in David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest is an obvious Good Thing - a first step toward popular as well as academic canonization - but having lived through the recent Michael Jackson Media Event, I can't help but wonder whether the desire to read Wallace's ...

Johnny Depp looks great in a fedora as bank-robbing legend John Dillinger in Public Enemies.

Bruce Springsteen covered The Clash at his Hard Rock Calling gig in London 's Hyde Park tonight .

In the late 1970s, a drummer called Topper Headon joined The Clash, the most exciting rock'n'roll band in the world.

BENEATH Manchester's rain-spattered streets, the heat lay heavy on the packed crowd.

Singer Billy Davis Jr. of the Fifth Dimension is 69. Musician Mick Jones of The Clash is 54.

Take your time and enjoy a picnic from 4 to 8 p.m. Sunday. Slow Food Charleston is hosting a country-style Farm to Plate Picnic at Thackeray Farms on Harts Bluff Road on Wadmalaw Island.

The Kinks frontman Ray Davies has told The Independent that a new documentary on his band is currently in production.

Featured review by: UG Team , on june 18, 2009 0 of 0 people found this review helpful Sound: It has been a gap of almost six years since the punk juggernaut that is Rancid released their last album Indestructible .

Here's some unsolicited advice for De De Mouse - whatever you've done to capture the ears of promoters, keep on doing it.

Nestled in the volume of depressing statistics in the documentary, I Need that Record: The Death of the Independent Record Store, is a line that captures the essence of "bricks and mortar" record sales.

Chaos has surrounded The Popes, ever since Shane MacGowan created them as his backing band in 1994 after he'd been thrown out of The Pogues for "unprofessional" behaviour.

ORGINAL PUNK: The New York Dolls , the cross-dressing punks of the 70s, invade Philly tonight when they play a show at the Trocadero .

Just Jack has revealed he wants to work with Blur frontman Damon Albarn in the near future.