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Gonzo: Myers' chin music, cupcakes, and minor-league umps

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Published Aug. 27, 2010 at 7:59 a.m.

The following is a partial transcript from Thursday's Ask Gonzo chat on Philly.com with columnist John GonzalezComment From Marshall Mathers: Why am I not worried about the Phillies? They never beat the Astros this time of year, and I know they didn't gain on the Braves, but they didn't lose ground, either ...

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CasiNotes: Feeding the appetite of the Neil Diamond nation

Published May 7, 2010 at 2:42 p.m.

LIKE SO many successful entrepreneurs before him, Curt DiDomizio recognized a need in the marketplace and filled it - with the music of Neil Diamond ...

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Music-studio fire labeled 'incendiary'

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Published Feb. 24, 2010 at 3:03 a.m.

Once when Stevie Wonder was recording at Philadelphia International Records, he called Leon Huff to his side to share a feeling ...

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Fire At Famed Philly Music Company Ruled Arson

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Published Feb. 23, 2010 at 11:38 p.m.

A two-alarm fire that damaged the famed Philadelphia International Records building where the "Sound of Philadelphia" was born has been ruled an arson ...

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Bill Lyon: Memories etched in gold

Published Feb. 14, 2010 at 9:22 p.m.

Bill Lyonis a retired Inquirer columnistThey said her name was Peggy. I was smitten instantly.She was a ballerina on blades, a music-box dancer come to life. It was the winter of '68 and in Grenoble, France, America was bagging its one and only Olympic gold medal, courtesy of Peggy Fleming, figure skater extraordinaire ...

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Wilmington's Clizbe brothers wouldn't let cerebral palsy destroy their dream of a career in music

Published Jan. 21, 2010 at 12:29 p.m.

TEN YEARS AGO, Joe Daddio, just starting out as regional Top 40 promotions manager for Jive Records, wondered why this kid named Craig Clizbe kept calling, asking for new music from the Back Street Boys and Britney Spears to play on his high school radio station ...

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As 2009 takes a bow, still no music director

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Published Dec. 20, 2009 at 3:51 p.m.

The many candidates have been heard, their qualities weighed and debated. Yet the Philadelphia Orchestra today isn't much closer to naming a music director than it was in 2006 when it confirmed that it would part with German conductor Christoph Eschenbach ...

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DeSean Jackson handles attention on and off the field

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Published Dec. 21, 2009 at 9:33 a.m.

THE GUSHING, techno-music-enhanced pregame feature highlighting DeSean Jackson made his playcaller anxious."I personally saw the beginning of that on the TV. I changed the channel. Real quick," said Eagles offensive coordinator Marty Mornhinweg ...

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Settlement Music School director taking final bow

Published Dec. 13, 2009 at 2:33 a.m.

In a city of arts leaders who come and go, play musical chairs, and sometimes stage splashy cameos, you could call Robert Capanna the arts community's stealth hero ...

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