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Radiohead-Approved, Fan-Shot Concert Movie ReleasedThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 11:34AMPhoto by Sung Kim At a Radiohead gig at Prauge's Výstaviště Holešovice Exhibition Hall on August 23, 2009, more than 50 fans collaborated to shoot in-the-crowd footage on Flip phones. The video was assembled and edited to make a concert film called Live in Praha , and then Radiohead themselves gave the Czech fans behind the concert film their own audio masters from the show, according to the ...

Critic's notebook: One man's trash is another man's 'Glee'Thursday, September 2, 2010 @ 10:52AMOr 'Modern Family.' Sorry, but those fan and Emmy darlings don't do anything for this critic. Hello, "Glee" lovers, wherever you are! (And you are everywhere.) It has been a good year for your favorite show! Nineteen Emmy nominations! That's two more than "Mad Men"! And you "Modern Family" fans — 14 Emmy nods is nothing to sneeze at!

Reach for the skyThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 10:48AMNCTC planetarium back in business after renovations.

I was the sun, the kids were my planetsThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 10:44AMI wasn't wrong about their leaving. My husband kept telling me I was. That it wasn't the end of the world when first one child, then another , and then the last packed their bags and left for college. Solar System - Extrasolar planet - Shopping - Astronomy - Earth

Pirate Galaxy Launches on FacebookThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 10:42AMPirate Galaxy (Web) The first full-featured 3D MMO on Facebook.

Winter forecast will not warm hearts in New EnglandThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 10:38AMLEWISTON, Maine — After record snowfall in the mid-Atlantic and unusually cold weather down South, the Farmers’ Almanac is predicting a “kinder and gentler’’ winter. But the publication’s secret mathematical formula does not predict a more bearable season for New Englanders. New England - Maine - United States - Weather - Lewiston Maine

Sub Pop Sign Shabazz PalacesThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 10:34AMSeattle avant-rap project Shabazz Palaces is the newest act on the Sub Pop Records roster. The mysterious crew is led by Palaceer Lazaro aka Ishmael "Butterfly" Butler, formerly of 1990s boho-hop group Digable Planets and Cherrywine-- read our Rising interview with him here , and check out our review of the crew's 2009 self-released EPs, Of Light and Shabazz Palaces , here . Shabazz Palaces ...

September night skies feature a triad of celestial happeningsThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 6:18AMThe darker, clearer skies of September mean good viewing conditions for Pisces, Aquarius and other watery autumn constellations as they flow into the evening sky from the east. In addition, Jupiter, the sun and the moon all lay claim to special attention this year.

Astronomer, Albemarle County children create bilingual picture bookThursday, September 2, 2010 @ 6:02AMLast year, University of Virginia astronomer Kelsey Johnson and a team of student volunteers established an astronomy club, called "Dark Skies, Bright Kids," in rural southern Albemarle County elementary schools.