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The totals:3644 U.S. soldiers, 292 Coalition soldiers, and approximately 68,009 to 74,403 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to July 30.6001 Iraqi policemen and guardsmen have been killed since January 2005, according to an estimate compiled from news reports.American Servicemen and
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Last weekend, the Big City Summer Fest wrapped up with Ribbin' on the River, a barbecue-and-blues event held next door to Blue Cross Arena. It was a respectable ending to what was overall a rather shaky affair, with the festival plagued by poor timing, bad weather, the state liquor authority,
Pop Culture
Magazine racks are about to become a lot less entertaining: the Weekly World News will cease publication as of its August 27 issue, parent company American Media Inc. recently announced. This is sad news indeed for conspiracy theorists and alien enthusiasts, or people who just got a kick out whatever
Music Articles
"It's got a funky beat and you can dance to it," says String Theory bassist AJ Noto. OK, sure, lots of things do. But bluegrass?The answer is yes, especially when you're talking about the boys in String Theory.Since February, this local bluegrass quartet has hosted a bluegrass open jam every
CD Reviews
In order to critique an album, asses its worth and recommend it, you've gotta spend a little time. Comparisons to previous work, line-up changes, visits to rehab, moves in different directions become apparent after a few spins. But what about the first spin and its initial rush? Especially when it's
CD Reviews
In the 15 years since Helmet's Page Hamilton suggested that shock is actually the easiest course a musician can take, artists have pushed boundaries even further while a yawning public grows increasingly numb to real-life horror. Extreme metal in particular is swarming with cowards who beg for attention by trafficking
Choice Concerts
The gals in NYC's Lez Zeppelin certainly live up to the band's rock god-inspired name. Harmonically speaking, Robert Plant's range skirted and flirted with effeminate tones. This band notes-for-notes the Zeppelin catalogue - with "Led Zeppelin II" producer Eddie Kramer twiddlin' the knobs - and shines on alarmingly accurate covers
Choice Concerts
Lauren Faggiano and her big pipes are back with a funky, bluesy quintet named The Deep Blue Dream. It's a little smooth in spots but is still pumps and roars nice and raw on the inside. Just dig the way the opening cut gets the dusty-needle-through-a-Gramophone treatment. There are a
Choice Concerts
By swapping out some down 'n' dirty Delta blues for more of a jam band groove, The North Mississippi All-Stars went from playing Junior Kimbrough-type juke joints and dives around the south to festival stages like Bonnaroo.Brothers Cody and Luther Dickinson - offspring of famed producer Jim Dickinson - have
Choice Concerts
Ain't seen any real punk rock in a while? Pop bands with jagged Manic Panic haircuts and accelerated tempos filed under "punk" leaving you cold? Midnight Creeps are loud, snotty, vulgar, and got just what you need, slappy. With harsh vocals, raunchy guitar, a primal beat, and a nod to
Choice Concerts
Alison Krauss was a 14-year-old fiddling prodigy when she was signed by Rounder Records. Over the ensuing two decades, she has become perhaps the most recognizable face of modern bluegrass, an artist able to adopt just about any genre and incorporate it into her music while remaining true to the
Choice Events
Depending on how much you love your toddler, you might want to consider buying tickets to one of the two shows by The Wiggles, the (perhaps nauseatingly) upbeat kids band from Australia. At least they aren't the Teletubbies, right? The Wiggles are on their "Racing to the Rainbow Live!" tour,
Choice Events
There's something irresistible about the combination of steamy weather and Latin music. It makes even the most glued-to-the-wall flower unable to stifle a hip shimmy and a grin. The heat and the beats are sure to be present at this weekend's 38th Annual Puerto Rican Festival. The three-day smorgasbord celebrates
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"Roll up! Roll up for the mystery tour!" The magical mystery tour is waiting to take you away as the Strasenburgh Planetarium presents The Beatles in Laser Light. Each Saturday night in August you can slip away across the universe, take a long and winding road through Strawberry Fields and
Choice Events
If antique tractors and steam engines really get you going under the hood, you won't want to miss the New York Steam Engine Association's 47th Annual Pageant of Steam. The affair stretches out over more than 100 acres in Canandaigua, and includes parades, tractor pulls, plowing and saw mill demonstrations,
Choice Events
Shakespeare performances in parks have become a popular summer tradition, happening in grassy areas all over the world. For the second year, Webster Veterans Memorial Park will host a run of a Shakespeare plays. This year's production is The Bard's "Twelfth Night," a classic cross-dressing comedy from around 1601. The
Stage
"Bat Boy: The Musical" is an oddity, much like its tabloid-spawned title character. It's dark but funny, a farce but also a morality tale. And when staged correctly, it's a perfect summer show, with heaps of hipster irony and a hummable score. The Jewish Community Center's production doesn't nail it,
Nightlife Articles
Chase Utley, Martina McBride, and the winner of last year's Snooker World Championship all made appearances at The Old Toad last Sunday. That's the problem with trivia night - you never know who's going to show up. Troubling, especially considering that if you could have named the last guy (Graeme
Family
Continuing its big summer of kid-friendly shows, the Rochester Children's Theatre brings "Seussical: The Musical" to its home base at Nazareth College Saturday and Sunday, August 3 and 4. Last week RCT premiered the show at its first-ever performance at CMAC.As you might gather from the name, "Seussical" brings to
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The totals: 3660 U.S. soldiers, 293Coalition soldiers, and approximately 68,470 to 74,900 Iraqi civilians have been killed in Iraq from the beginning of the war and occupation to August 6.6039 Iraqi policemen and guardsmen have been killed since January 2005, according to an estimate compiled from news reports.American Servicemen and
