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Legendary Guitarist Billy Gibbons on His Favorite Songs, Fox’s “Bones,” and the Longevity of ZZ Top
August 19, 2011 | One Comment
Legendary Guitarist Billy Gibbons on His Favorite Songs, Fox’s “Bones,” and the Longevity of ZZ Top

When you get the rare opportunity to interview one of the greatest living guitarists in the music business today, even by e-mail, you certainly don’t pass it up, so when I heard “That Little Ol’ …

Atreyu Drummer Plans to Make It ‘Hell or Highwater’
August 14, 2011 | No Comment
Atreyu Drummer Plans to Make It ‘Hell or Highwater’

While many bands on the Rockstar Energy Drink Uproar Festival are continuing their established acts, Hell or Highwater has given several musicians the chance to Begin Again, as their new album so aptly states.
The hard …

Scranton Public Theatre Finds Moral Sense in ‘Nunsense’
August 14, 2011 | No Comment
Scranton Public Theatre Finds Moral Sense in ‘Nunsense’

Agnes Cummings has portrayed women of the cloth during her 33 years with the Scranton Public Theatre, but she’s never played one quite as entertaining as Sister Robert Anne.
The popular character from Dan Goggin’s Nunsense …

Senator Toomey Picket Joins Verizon Worker Protest
August 14, 2011 | No Comment
Senator Toomey Picket Joins Verizon Worker Protest

Local activist groups joined with employees of Verizon Communications, Inc. for a joint demonstration on Courthouse Square in Scranton on Friday, expressing their disgust with big business and U.S. Senator Pat Toomey (R-Pa.), whose Scranton …

Verizon Workers Strike as Talks Break Down
August 14, 2011 | No Comment
Verizon Workers Strike as Talks Break Down

Local employees of Verizon Communications Inc. were among the 45,000 workers on strike across the country when negotiations for a new labor contract broke down, demonstrating downtown on Monday with signs accusing their employer of …

War Is Good for Scranton Jazz Festival
July 31, 2011 | No Comment
War Is Good for Scranton Jazz Festival

War may have made their indelible mark on the American music scene in the ‘60s and ‘70s, yet they are still as vibrant and relevant as ever, celebrating their 40th anniversary of the band on …