Vintage Steely Dan still satisfies

Seeded on Fri Jun 26, 2009 12:40 PM EDT (NewsObserver.com)

An early June 2009 article tells us what to expect from Walt Becker and Donald Fagen on tour.

entertainment, steely-dan, concert-reviews, news-and-observer

Break Out Your Bell Bottoms and Ear Plugs: Baby Boomer Summer Music in Boston

Fri Jun 26, 2009 10:30 AM EDT

It'll be like you're back in your dorm room at BU or Emerson, or maybe "My Old School" (Northeastern) this summer, only instead of listening to your newly cleaned (with Discwasher) vinyl LPs on your quadraphonic system, you'll be seeing the musicians live.

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entertainment, boston, paul-mccartney, fenway-park, baby-boomers, rock-music, steely-dan, the-pretenders, jackson-brown

The Two Faces of Twitter: Revolution in a Digital Age for Iran - Brookings Institution

Seeded on Thu Jun 25, 2009 1:21 PM EDT (brookings.edu)

This item from the Brookings Institution discusses the impact of Twitter on events in Iran since the preseidential election early in June 2009.

technology, twitter, iran-election

Generation Y: We're just not that into Twitter | Webware - CNET

Seeded on Thu Jun 25, 2009 1:08 PM EDT (CNET.com)

According to a poll done by Pace University and the Participatory Media Network, only 22% of people in the 18 to 24 year old bracket bother to tweet.

technology, polls, generation-y, pace-university, twitter, young-adults-use-of-technology

Tehran June 25th - iReport.com

Seeded on Thu Jun 25, 2009 12:43 PM EDT (ireport.com)

Illustrating the power of citizen journalism, this is a link to a photo and information from CNN's iReport. The unrest and protests continue in Iran. The photo is purported to be from a facebook page from an Iranian native.

world-news, citizen-journalism, iran-elections, iran-protests, iran-unrest

Century Old Building Implodes in Brooklyn's Fort Greene Neighborhood

Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:32 AM EDT

On May 1, 2009 inspectors from New York City's Department of Buildings determined that the building at 493 Myrtle Street in Brooklyn needed repairs and cited it with several violations.

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odd-news, bam, brooklyn-academy-of-music, implosions, pratt-institute, fort-greene, clinton-hill, brooklyn-new-york

Playbill News: Pace Production of Giering and Harrington's Crossing Brooklyn to Benefit ASTEP

Seeded on Tue Jun 23, 2009 3:14 PM EDT (Playbill.com)

Crossing Brooklyn is an original musical about the trauma of 911. Students in Pace University's Acting program managed to convey the poignancy of a young married couple's life after the attacks on the World Trade Center.

entertainment, theatre, musicals, pace-university, crossing-brooklyn