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'Alive in Necropolis' by Doug Dorst
Alive in Necropolis
A Novel
Doug Dorst
Riverhead: 440 pp., $25.95
Real estate means a lot in America -- ask the Indians. Or ask some of the first white Californians to be displaced by gentrification. They can't answer, being dead. In 1900, San...Tags: Crimes, Illnesses, Book, Joe DiMaggio, Police
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PRIVATE DANCER
Private Dancer, the name Allentown police dubbed their prostitution sting, is based on a song of the same name sung by Tina Turner in 1984. The song was written by Mark Knopfler of Dire Straits fame and includes a guitar solo by fellow Brit Jeff Beck....Tags: Allentown, Mark Knopfler, Jeff Beck
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Police officers hook 9 in city
Of The Morning CallAllentown police saturated parts of the downtown to crack down on prostitution Thursday in an undercover operation they dubbed Private Dancer, a play on Tina Turner's old hit song about an exotic dancer. Nine men were arrested after allegedly...Tags: Allentown, Drug Trafficking, Prostitution, Crimes, Law Enforcement
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'Tommy' rocks on
Special to The Morning CallWe are all spiritually deaf, dumb, and blind at some point, and need a good shock to awaken us. That was the message of enlightenment delivered in The Who's 1969 rock opera ''Tommy,'' where songs such as ''Pinball Wizard'' and ''See Me, Feel Me'' became...Tags: Broadway, Jack Nicholson, Public Holidays, Pete Townshend, Elton John
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Eleven men nabbed in Allentown prostitution sting
Allentown Police Department saturated parts of the downtown to crackdown on prostitution yesterday with an undercover operation they dubbed "Private Dancer," a play on Tina Turner's old hit song. But unlike the private dancer in Turner's song,...Tags: Allentown, Drug Trafficking, Prostitution, Wind Gap, Crimes
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'All You Need Is Love' finally arrives in U.S.
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterBritish documentary maker Tony Palmer called his 17-hour TV series exploring the origins of American popular music “All You Need Is Love,” because John Lennon told him it would make a great title. But in the three decades since he made it, it'...Tags: Frank Sinatra, Eubie Blake, New York, John Lennon, Popular Music
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Solo, Albert Hammond Jr. is a Stroke of good fortune
THE NAME of Albert Hammond Jr.'s sophomore album, "¿Cómo Te Llama?," translates to "What's Your Name?" -- a question that audiences ostensibly posed when the rhythm guitarist of the Strokes decided to put out his first solo album in late 2006. After all,...Tags: Willie Nelson, Aretha Franklin, Elton John, New York, Popular Music
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Black Diamond Heavies: A Touch of Someone Else's Class
Sentinel Pop Music CriticThree days, 11 songs. Neo-blues power trio Black Diamond Heavies doesn't take long to do its thing. In the same way, A Touch of Someone Else's Class ignites immediately. There's an intimacy and urgency here, especially on hard-charging "Numbers 22," and...Tags: Popular Music
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Time for a change in Obama's playlist
Questions posed to presidential hopefuls reflect their times. Remember the famous one for Bill Clinton during the Rock the Vote forum - boxers or briefs? In the latest example, Rolling Stone asked Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama to...Tags: Billy Joel, Barack Obama, John McCain, Bill Clinton, Luciano Pavarotti
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Hello Billy Joel at Shea, farewell to The Police
glenn.gamboa@newsday.comTo paraphrase Billy Joel, summer, like life, is a series of hellos and goodbyes. And this summer, I'm afraid it's time for goodbye again. Though Joel is at the helm for this summer's biggest goodbye - the rock and roll sayonara to Shea Stadium known as...Tags: Billy Joel, Crimes, New York, Sting, Police
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