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Levon Helm, 1940-2012

Bob Collins April 19, 2012, 2:38 PM Apr 19, 2012

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‘All his friends were there,’ his guitarist, Larry Campbell said, ‘and it seemed like Levon was waiting for them.’

Levon Helm in final stages of cancer

Bob Collins April 17, 2012, 3:21 PM Apr 17, 2012

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Levon Helm is dying.

Trayvon Martin in song

Bob Collins March 27, 2012, 2:30 PM Mar 27, 2012

Eventually, every major news story reaches the ‘YouTube song’ stage.

Bach at 327

Bob Collins March 21, 2012, 3:14 PM Mar 21, 2012

And that’s really the thinnest of threads NewsCut needs to bring back an old favorite — the time Joshua Bell played as a street musician in the Washington Metro.

‘8’ play turns court transcripts into theater

Bob Collins March 5, 2012, 10:47 AM Mar 5, 2012

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Some of Hollywood’s biggest names performed a play on Saturday based on transcripts from the court case against Proposition 8, California’s ban on same-sex marriage.

Hip-hop, politics, and the way we get along

Bob Collins March 2, 2012, 12:23 PM Mar 2, 2012

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You wouldn’t think that music and politics and economics and our relationships are all related. They are.

What’s your passion?

Bob Collins February 24, 2012, 11:00 AM Feb 24, 2012

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What’s your passion and what lengths do you go to in order to pursue it?

Does Hollywood hide special needs?

Bob Collins February 23, 2012, 12:43 PM Feb 23, 2012

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In advance of Sunday’s Oscars broadcast, the Easter Seals Society is criticizing Hollywood for not showing ‘characters with disabilities’ more often.

Judy Garland and Whitney Houston: If happy little bluebirds fly …

Eric Ringham February 16, 2012, 1:30 PM Feb 16, 2012

Why does stardom so often lead to destruction?

Who is Paul McCartney?

Bob Collins February 13, 2012, 10:54 AM Feb 13, 2012

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Smart people are mustering up what outrage they’ve got left in the wake of a trending topic on Twitter.

Videos from here to there

Bob Collins February 10, 2012, 12:20 PM Feb 10, 2012

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A look at the Architecture MN video competition.

Cruise ship photo: Fake or real?

Bob Collins January 17, 2012, 4:13 PM Jan 17, 2012

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Questioning an image makings its way around the Internet.

Red tails and black actors

Bob Collins January 13, 2012, 5:10 PM Jan 13, 2012

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Is George Lucas using a racial guilt trip to get people to see his latest movie?

Photographs and paranoia

Bob Collins January 7, 2012, 12:23 PM Jan 7, 2012

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There’s more evidence today that America during the Cold War wasn’t really the flag we saluted and the home of the free.

Christine Rosholt and the music she loved

Bob Collins December 29, 2011, 2:48 PM Dec 29, 2011

Longtime Minneapolis singer Christine Rosholt died unexpectedly this week, just a week before her 47th birthday.