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'Rock for Love' concert grows grassroots support for Church Health Center
Last year, when he helped launch a concert benefit for the Church Health Center, musician J.D. Reager didn't have any big expectations. But the show, dubbed "Rock for Love" and featuring a host of local acts, was an unqualified success, raising nearly $10,000. "We really weren't expecting it to be as big as it turned out to be," says Reager of the concert.
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Music
'Big Phil' and company deliver on the swagger
In the rap world, swagger is equated with state of mind. Or, as 30-year-old producer Phillip "Big Phil" Hudson puts it, "It's how you personify yourself." "If you're a go-to person, the person everybody wants part of, you're on to some grown man stuff," he says. Over the last few years, Big Phil and his MAD Muzik Group affiliates, which include producers Darryle "Soopa" Crutcher, Mr. Mitch and Rickey G, have built a reputation based on plenty of swagger.
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Movies
Movie Reviews: "Bottle Shock", "Tell No One" overreach for gold
"Bottle Shock" is a warm, modestly budgeted movie about wine that debuted at this year's Sundance Film Festival. "Tell No One" is a French-language mystery thriller. From those descriptions, one might think these films offer a worthwhile alternative to the typical Hollywood production. Instead, they demonstrate that the value of the foreign and so-called independent films that crowd American movie screens has become increasingly debased by moviemakers grasping at the gold ring of popular acceptance.
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Dining
Best Bets: Pining for Pimiento Cheese
Why, some might call it downright un-American, but we can do worse: If you don't love pimiento cheese, we say you're plainly un-Southern. Good thing there's plenty of the de-lish variety in town. Here's where you'll find it: By a wide margin (and that's not just because my vote is cast here, too) Holiday Deli and Ham(visit pimentoscafe.com for all locations) wins in our blog vote.
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Arts
Stage Review: "Buddy Holly Story" sheds little light on rocker
Old-school rocker Buddy Holly was the subject of one of the first highly successful jukebox musicals, back in 1989. Perhaps surprisingly, it debuted on London's West End, where it played for years, went on tour, and was even revived last year. "Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story" didn't fare so well when it transferred to Broadway. But then, many popular British musicals don't quite translate into American culture, despite being about American culture.
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08.21.2008: Hickory Ridge Mall: UniverSoul Circus. 6075 Winchester Road. 901-367-8045.
08.21.2008: Cooper & Young Ave.: A Taste of Cooper-Young.
08.21.2008: Hickory Ridge Mall: UniverSoul Circus. 6075 Winchester Road. 901-367-8045.
08.21.2008: Hattiloo Theatre: Mahalia. 656 Marshall Avenue. 901-502-3486.
08.22.2008: Hickory Ridge Mall: UniverSoul Circus. 6075 Winchester Road. 901-367-8045.
08.22.2008: Square Beans Coffee Co.: Butterfly Gap. 103 N. Center St.. 901-854-8855.
08.22.2008: Hope Presbyterian Church: Hope Summer Concert Series. 8500 Walnut Grove.
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