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Citizen of the Week: Michael Asch Sat, 03 Aug, 2013 10:23 PM PDT Michael Asch has 100 new reasons to smile. As part of his bar mitzvah project, the 13-year-old rising eighth-grader at Wissahickon Middle School partnered with the For Pete's Sake Cancer Respite Foundation to help with its Backpack Buddies program. Continue reading | | | |
Tappan Zee toll is leap into political unknown Sat, 03 Aug, 2013 10:22 PM PDT I'm guessing Tappan Zee must be Dutch for "how the heck are we going to pay for it." Because every time I bring up the subject of the new bridge to those who are first-hand knowledgeable, that's the first thing they say. Even now, seven months after a bargain basement $3.1 billion construction contract... Continue reading | | Various: Libera Nos: The Cry of the Oppressed – review Sat, 03 Aug, 2013 10:22 PM PDT Contrapunctus/Owen Rees (Signum) This debut recording by the clean-voiced and agile Contrapunctus ensemble includes a genuine discovery, perhaps expected when scholar/conductor Owen Rees is in charge. Rees has built a reputation as a seeker-out of lost choral glories of the 16th and 17th centuries and here re... Continue reading | | |
| | | Youngblood Hawke: Wake Up – review Sat, 03 Aug, 2013 10:22 PM PDT (Island) It's not hard to see why Coca-Cola chose LA quintet Youngblood Hawke to soundtrack its new advert. Like the New Seekers 40 years before them, they are relentlessly chirpy and inclusive, their psychedelic pop designed to alienate no one. But bar a few tracks on their debut album – most n... Continue reading | |
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