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Guitarist Nels Cline makes music in a mind-boggling variety of contexts: from relatively mainstream artsy roots-rock with Wilco, to experimental skronk-skree in variously sized groups with all manner of folks, to a sort of rock-informed jazz with his own group, the all-instrumental Nels Cline Singers.

The group of friends had all they would need for a successful Easter vacation; cabin, skis, snowmobile, toboggan, copious amounts of beer and a fertile mix of the sexes. Certainly, none of them had anticipated...

Government says switch from analogue broadcasts will improve picture quality and provide more channelsTelevisions in as many as 3m American households will go dark tonight, as US television stations shut down analogue broadcasts in a nationwide switch to digital programming.The complex transition has been in the works for years and was delayed from its original date in February to give viewers more time to obtain and install government-subsidised converter boxes, or to purchase new televisions or cable and satellite service.The US government says the switchover will improve picture quality and increase the number of channels. It also hopes to sell the old analogue airwaves to the telecommunications industry to accommodate the ever-increasing demand for new wireless devices.Roughly 85% of Americans watch television on satellite and cable, and will not be affected. But despite a well-publicised and costly effort to prepare Americans for the switchover, civil rights groups say many poor p

The Hartman Group has announced that it will begin business on Monday, June 15, 2009. As previously announced, Barlow-Hartman Public Relations will cease operations after 10 successful years in business, on June 14, 2009.

Variety is reporting that Broadway looks to be set to get a double dose of David Mamet this fall, with a transfer of his OLEANNA. Variety reveals that the production is likely to join a fall slate that also includes the playwright's new play 'Race.' The Doug Hughes-helmed staging of OLEANNA, starring Bill Pullman and Julia Stiles, opened Sunday at L.A. Center Theater Group's Mark Taper Forum to enthusiastic reviews.

'Center Theatre Group, the West Coast's largest nonprofit stage company, has laid off 12 employees -- a tenth of its full-time staff of 120. Those who remain will absorb one or two weeks' unpaid furlough in the coming year, with the highest-earning third losing two weeks.'...

International News: Chinese company draws on $30 million loan -- Privately owned Chinese media conglom Enlight Media has unveiled an ambitious slate of pics for next year for its distrib and production unit Enlight Pictures, which the group will bankroll with a loan of $30 million from one of China's top banks.

BLANTYRE (Reuters) - U.S. pop star Madonna was allowed to adopt a second child from Malawi Friday after the country's Supreme Court overturned a lower court ruling in a case that has been criticized by local rights groups.

Six young criminals break into hidden catacombs underneath their town and attempt to steal jewelry buried from the “Great Depression” only to find inhabitants guarding the precious belongings. Ã�ÂÃ�ÂÃ?Â?Ã? After being trapped in this dark maze of crypts the group ties to escape alive….

Australian teen hardbodies have group sex in a tent. Need I continue? Actually, that memorable moment is just one of many