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Lana Del Rey Scores No. 2 Album In The Country

Posted 02.08.2012 | Entertainment

Read More: Billboard, Video, Born to Die, 21, Adele, Billboard Albums Chart, Lana Del Rey Born to Die, Lana Del Rey, Entertainment News

Lana Del Rey has a simple response for critics now: she has the second most popular record in the country. Born to Die, her debut album, is second ...

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PHOTOS: John Baldessari's $100,000 Bill... Board

Posted 12.09.2011 | Arts

Read More: Billboard, Art Value, Capital Art, Money, 000, 99%, Currency, Financial Crisis, Money Art, John Baldessari, New York Installation, 100, Great Depression, Bill Board, Arts News

It's no big shocker that we are not at our finest economic hour, but John Baldessari may have stumbled upon a solution to our money woes. All this tim...

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Occupying Billboards: the Power of the Creative Crowd

Caroline Henderson | Posted 02.05.2012 | San Francisco

Read More: New Year's Resolutions, Billboard, Cause Marketing, Arab Spring, Crowdfunding, San Francisco, Occupy Wall Street, Crowdsourcing, San Francisco News
Caroline Henderson

As this year draws to a close, I can't help but feel as if a new era is approaching. What if the message that defines 2012, and this emerging era, came from the crowd?

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Baby Lisa Billboards Raise Awareness Of Missing Infant

AP | By BILL DRAPER | Posted 12.30.2011 | Crime

Read More: Murder, Billboard, Video, Digital Billboards, Digital Billboard, Baby Lisa Irwin, Lisa Irwin, Lisa Irwin Billboard, Missing Persons, Baby Lisa, Missing Child, Missing Children, Missing Person, Lisa Irwin Search, Kansas City, Crime News

By BILL DRAPER, Associated Press KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Nearly a decade ago, a suburban Kansas City man desperately searching for his teenage daughter...

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LA's Mural Moratorium -- More Art! Less Red Tape!

Gregory Linton | Posted 12.26.2011 | Los Angeles

Read More: Melrose and Fairfax, LA City Council, Vhils, Murals, Rules, Street Art, Portland Oregon, Graffiti, Herakut, Los Angeles, Saber, La Art, Billboard, Cache, La Murals, La Around Town, Shepard Fairey, Los Angeles News
Gregory Linton

Los Angeles made a name for itself as the mural capital of the world between 1986-2002, when murals were encouraged and celebrated in the city. But in 2002 the city instituted a city-wide moratorium on murals.

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Outback Steakhouse Billboard Goes Up In Flames

Posted 11.29.2011 | Food

Read More: Outback Steakhouse Billboards, Billboard, Video, Billboard on Fire, Outback Steakhouse, Outback Steakhouse Billboard Fire, Outback Steakhouse Billboard, Food News

If you saw smoke coming out of a billboard, would you call 911? That's what several Georgia residents did after seeing an Outback Steakhouse billboard...

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A Diva Is Gone: Vesta, You'll Be Missed

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 11.23.2011 | Entertainment

Read More: Krxa, Sting, Billboard, Long Beach, Kfi, Karel, Charles Karel Bouley, Janet Jackson, Kgo, Andrew Howard, Kjfk, Kjrb, E. J. Jackson, Advocate, Liberal, A&M Records, Gay, Huffingtonpost, Los Angeles, Wvnj, Kyns, Progressive, Radio, Vesta Williams, Vesta, green1640, Talk, Knx, San Francisco, Entertainment News
Charles Karel Bouley

Vesta Williams was one of the greatest singers in R&B and music, period. And I was lucky enough to call her a friend. Her voice is now silenced but her drive and passion live on forever in her music and videos.

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Would You Take Divorce Advice From A Billboard?

Monique Honaman | Posted 11.09.2011 | Divorce

Read More: Best Interst of Kids, Divorce, Billboard, Divorce Advice, Divorce News
Monique Honaman

I guess at the end of day, I'm all for looking out for the best interests of the kids. I'm all about freedom of speech and freedom of press, and I value that about our country. But perhaps the well-intentioned groups creating these billboards might look through a different lens to consider the impact to the kids reading the message.

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New York City's Mood-Reading Billboard Smiles Or Frowns (You Decide)

Posted 10.03.2011 | Weird News

Read More: Weird Advertising, Jello Billboard, Billboard, Video, Twitter Billboard, Twitter, Jello-Billboard, Advertising, Jello, Mood Reader, Slidepollajax, Interactive Billboard, Mood-Reading Billboard, Jell-O, Weird News News

This advertisement won't just make you smile -- you can make it smile. A newly-installed billboard for Jell-O constantly studies the ratio of happy...

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Songs for the New Depression: Americana Icon Gillian Welch Storms Charts, Brings Stark Songs to DC

Art Levine | Posted 10.03.2011 | Entertainment

Read More: Npr, Americana, Billboard, Gillian Welch, Folk, Debt Deal, Strathmore, Entertainment News
Art Levine

With the economy teetering on collapse with the new debt deal, music fans can prepare for the mournful times ahead by listening to the sad, evocative songs of Gillian Welch, whose sound is steeped in Depression-era bluegrass but updated for today's hard times.

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Amy Winehouse: An Artist, Not a Cliché

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 09.24.2011 | Entertainment

Read More: Billboard, Advocate, Amy Winehouse, Andrew Howard, Janis Joplin, Amy Winehouse Dead, Jimi Hendrix, Entertainment News
Charles Karel Bouley

The fact is, at times, being an artist hurts, and so many choose to self-medicate because it gets them out of their heads, it slows things down, it removes, temporarily, the unbearable lightness of being.

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'Book of Mormon' Cast Album Breaks Billboard Records

Huffington Post | Lucas Kavner | Posted 08.15.2011 | Arts

Read More: Trey Parker, Billboard, Matt Stone, Dreamgirls, Rent, Tony Awards, Book of Mormon, Robert Lopez, Casey Nicholaw, Arts News

After winning Best Musical at the Tony Awards this past Sunday, the cast album for "The Book of Mormon," Trey Parker, Matt Stone, and Robert Lopez's m...

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Anti-Cancer 'Butt' Billboard Blocked In Washington

AP | Posted 11.16.2011 | Weird News

Read More: Billboard, Benton Franklin Health District, Kennewick, Cancer Awareness, Colon Cancer, Washington, Weird News News

KENNEWICK, Wash. -- A health board in Washington state has reversed itself and voted against endorsing a colon cancer awareness campaign that uses bil...

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David Foster a BMI Icon

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 07.19.2011 | Entertainment

Read More: Krxa, Long Beach, Billboard, Good Charlotte, Kfi, Charles Karel Bouley, Karel, Kgo, Progressives, Kjrb, Los Angeles, Liberal, Advocate, Huffingtonpost, Gay, Kara DioGuardi, Collbie Calliat, Bmi, Andrew Howard, Kyns, David Foster, OC Blade, Radio, Kkgn, Kudo, Talk, Knx, San Francisco, Entertainment News
Charles Karel Bouley

The BMI Pop Music Awards, while star studded, may not be handing out awards to household names unless you're one of the people that hit the "Get Info" button on the track or are an aspiring singer/songwriter.

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Laura Bassett

Anti-Abortion Movement Targets Black Women In Latest Efforts

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 06.22.2011 | Politics

Read More: Abortion, Pro-Life Movement, Billboard, Family Planning, Black Abortion, African American Abortion, Pro-Life, Obama Abortion, Planned Parenthood, Barack Obama, Naacp, Life Always, Mike Huckabee, Sarah Palin, Planned Parenthood Funding, Heroic Media, Brian Follett, Pro-Choice, Politics News

On March 29, Texas-based anti-abortion group Life Always launched a billboard campaign on the South Side of Chicago that features a picture of Preside...

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A Year Out: Deepwater Horizon Is Obama's Katrina

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 06.21.2011 | Politics

Read More: Egypt Protests, Krxa, Long Beach, Billboard, Bp, Kfi, Charles Karel Bouley, Karel, Kgo, President Barack Obama, Kjrb, Los Angeles, Liberal, Advocate, British Petroleum, Huffingtonpost, Gay, Andrew Howard, Kyns, OC Blade, Deepwater Horizon, Radio, Kkgn, Kudo, Talk, Knx, San Francisco, Politics News
Charles Karel Bouley

Jason Anderson, Aaron Dale Burkeen, Donald Clark, Stephen Curtis, Roy Wyatt Kemp, Karl Kleppinger, Gordon Jones (M-I SWACO), Blair Manuel (M-I SWACO),...

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Crowds Turn Out for Celebrity Grand Prix in Long Beach

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 07.27.2011 | Entertainment

Read More: Krxa, Long Beach, Billboard, Mayor Bob Foster, Progressiv, Kfi, Celebrity Grand Prix, Charles Karel Bouley, Karel, Kgo, Kim Coates, Kjrb, Los Angeles, Liberal, Advocate, Huffingtonpost, Gay, William Fitchner, Kyns, Djamon Haunsou, Andrew Howard, Long Beach Grand Prix, Brian Austin Green, OC Blade, Tito Ortiz, Radio, Kkgn, Kudo, Jenna Jameson, Talk, Knx, San Francisco, Entertainment News
Charles Karel Bouley

For 37 years residents of Long Beach have started many an April day with the sound of roaring race car engines, helicopters and planes overhead and tens of thousands of people descending on the city for the Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach.

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President Obama's Budget Talk: Did I Miss Something?

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 06.15.2011 | Politics

Read More: Krxa, Long Beach, Billboard, President Obama, Kfi, Charles Karel Bouley, Karel, Kgo, Kjrb, Los Angeles, Liberal, Advocate, Huffingtonpost, Gay, Budget, Progressive, Andrew Howard, Kyns, OC Blade, Radio, Kkgn, Health Care, Kudo, Talk, Knx, San Francisco, Politics News
Charles Karel Bouley

In the budget "debate" the Democrats have had it wrong all the time. They contended that the budget was no place to have an ideological debate about things like Planned Parenthood, the EPA or NPR. But that's exactly the place to have that debate.

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A Grave Error: Anger Over 'Walking Dead' Billboard On Funeral Parlor

Posted 06.14.2011 | Entertainment

Read More: Funerals, Walking Dead, Television, Billboard, Zombies, Amc, Advertising, Walking Dead Billboard, The Walking Dead, Tv, Walking Dead Billboard Funeral Parlor, Entertainment News

Someone made a grave error. A billboard for the AMC zombie show 'The Walking Dead', placed on the side of a funeral parlor has angered residents in...

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Obama on Libya: Mission Accomplished?

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 05.29.2011 | Politics

Read More: Krxa, Long Beach, Billboard, Kfi, Mission Accomplished, Charles Karel Bouley, Karel, Kgo, President Obama, Kjrb, Los Angeles, Liberal, Advocate, Huffingtonpost, Gay, Libya, Progressive, Andrew Howard, Kyns, OC Blade, Radio, Kkgn, Kudo, Talk, Knx, San Francisco, Politics News
Charles Karel Bouley

On Monday, President Barack Obama took to the airwaves to tell the American people about his decision to use military force to intervene in the Libyan...

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Coming Full Circle: Ireland After St. Pat's

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 05.25.2011 | Travel

Read More: Krxa, Long Beach, Billboard, St. Patrick's Day, Kfi, Celtic Rider, Charles Karel Bouley, Kgo, Liberal, Huffingtonpost, OC Blade, Ireland, Dublin, San Francisco, The Committments, Karel, Los Angeles, Kjrb, Advocate, Gay, Kyns, Andrew Howard, Progressive, O2, Kkgn, Radio, Kudo, Talk, Grand Canal, Knx, Wicklow, Ely-Gastro, Travel News
Charles Karel Bouley

Ireland may be a world away for so many of you, but let me tell you, it's waiting to welcome you. It's been welcoming people for thousands of years and will go on.

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"Spring Awakening"-- Teen Masturbation, Pregnancy, Incest, Suicide and Rape In A Catchy Musical

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts

Read More: Krxa, Long Beach, Billboard, Musicals, Pantages, Kfi, Sex, Charles Karel Bouley, Karel, Kgo, Tony Awards, Kjrb, Los Angeles, Broadway, Liberal, Advocate, Huffingtonpost, Gay, Hollywood, Progressive, Andrew Howard, Kyns, OC Blade, Radio, Kkgn, Kudo, Talk, Knx, Homosexuality, San Francisco, Teens, Spring Awakening, Arts News
Charles Karel Bouley

Watching the touring company of "Spring Awakening" at their premiere night at the Pantages Theatre in Hollywood, CA was awkward at times; but then again, so was puberty so that's the point.

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Billboard: "God Doesn't Discriminate, Why Should Utah?"

Axel W. Caballero | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics

Read More: Billboard, Latino, Utah Compact, Brave New Foundation, Stephen Sandstrom, Immigration, Cuentme, Arizona, Fair, Utah, Utah Legislature, sb1070, Racism, Discrimination, Facebook Lawsuit, Sb 1070, Politics News
Axel W. Caballero

Utah has become the next ground zero in the immigration battle. A new bill mimics Arizona's SB 1070 and incorporates pieces that effectively legalize racial profiling and institutionalized discrimination.

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Traces: Cirque of the Street

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts

Read More: Krxa, Long Beach, Billboard, Kfi, Ricardo Montalban, Charles Karel Bouley, Karel, Kgo, Kjrb, Los Angeles, Liberal, Advocate, Gay, Progressive, Andrew Howard, Kyns, OC Blade, Radio, Kkgn, Kudo, Talk, Knx, San Francisco, Traces, Arts News
Charles Karel Bouley

Traces has the acrobatics of a Cirque production, the raw excitement and street feel of any current dance movie or So You Think You Can Dance.

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Tucson: In the Blame Game, We All Lose

Charles Karel Bouley | Posted 05.25.2011 | Media

Read More: Krxa, Long Beach, Billboard, Kfi, Charles Karel Bouley, Olberman, Kgo, Cheney, Maddow, Liberal, Rumsfeld, Rhodes, Huffingtonpost, Schultz, Beck, Bush, Matthews, Giffords, OC Blade, San Francisco, Limbaugh, Tuscon, Karel, Los Angeles, Kjrb, Advocate, Miller, Gay, Progressive, Andrew Howard, Kyns, Palin, Radio, Kkgn, Kudo, Talk, Knx, Mallow, Hartman, Media News
Charles Karel Bouley

A mentally unbalanced person took a gun and opened fire on a "town hall" gathering in Tucson, AZ one sunny January weekend at the beginning of 2011. H...

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