10 trends that were The Springfield News-Leader Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:43 AM PST Los Angeles -- With more fads than folks at an "American Idol" audition, the past decade has been a difficult time to culturally define. One day, everyone was updating their MySpace profiles while sporting Ugg boots and sipping cosmopolitans. The next, they were creating Facebook pages while donning Ed Hardy T-shirts and downing energy drinks. | In praise of⦠Lucy Prebble Guardian Unlimited Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:36 AM PST From John Osborne with Look Back in Anger to Hanif Kureishi's My Beautiful Laundrette , young British playwrights often start off by writing about what they know; certainly, careers in drama are not usually made by tackling Texan energy firms (honourable exception made for one 80s saga about the Ewings of Dallas). So Surrey-born Lucy Prebble took a risk writing about the woes of Enron, the ... | FSA chief calls for job creation Guardian Unlimited Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:35 AM PST ⢠Lord Turner champions environmental taxes ⢠Investment in renewable energy would boost employment Adair Turner, the outspoken head of the City regulator, believes that, whichever party wins the next election, the government should embark on a tax and spend programme to green the economy and create jobs. Lord Turner, head of the Financial Services Authority, created a stir last year when he ... | Energy costs 'unlikely to rise' BBC News Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:32 AM PST The cost of electricity in Jersey reduces on New Year's Day, and the electricity company boss says it is unlikely to rise again in 2010. | Nothing virtual about reality of best concerts of 2009 Chicago Sun-Times Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:26 AM PST jim DeRogatis: No digital trip will ever match the intensity of being in a crowd at a great live performance, where the artists absorb the energy of the fans in the crowd, amplify it and reflect it back in an increasingly powerful feedback loop. On the first day of the New Year, here is a look back at my choices for the best live shows from the hundreds I witnessed in 2009. | Flogging Molly rocks traditional tunes Las Vegas Review-Journal Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:26 AM PST Celt rockers Flogging Molly take traditional Irish music and give it a blood transfusion with Red Bull. The high-energy seven-piece somehow turns the tin whistle and the mandolin into concussive instruments at times, resulting in a swagger that can be downshifted into a sad-eyed waltz at any given moment. | 2009 review shows energy a top local topic Sterling Journal-Advocate Fri, 01 Jan 2010 02:16 AM PST The following is a review of the biggest news â" good and bad â" to affect our area over the past year, in no particular order. | | |
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