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Formed by Mike
Peters in 1981, the early Alarm sound featured a daring mix of amped
up acoustic guitars, harmonica and passionate vocals that invited the
enduring description “Bob Dylan meets The Clash”. This is
the sound of The Alarm that has been heard around the world ever since
with 17 Top 50 UK singles, a host of successful albums and over 5 million
sales worldwide.

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Margaret Cho's success as one
of the country's premier comedians has been groundbreaking. And it's as
much for her distinctive humor as for her enormous contributions as a
social equalizer.

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Once a fringe phenomenon, tattooing
is now a full-blown cultural fact. More than 40 million people in the
U.S. alone have tattoos, all with unique stories about why they chose
to indelibly mark their bodies. PERMANENCE combines photographic tattoo
portraits by Kip Fulbeck with these stories, told in the subjects’
own words and handwriting.

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Female rock
trio Girl in a Coma formed in San Antonio, Texas in 2001. Their first
show at Sin13 that same year left their audience in awe of the group's
extraordinary sound (courtesy of childhood friends Jenn Alva on bass
and Phanie D. on drums) and Nina Diaz's jaw-dropping vocals, which have
been compared to those of Bjork and Patsy Cline.

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THE
WALK
The
Walk follows the 2004 debut release on their 3CG label, Underneath,
which went to #1 on the Billboard Independent chart, producing the #2
single, “Penny and Me,” a Top 10 in the U.K. as well. The
band’s 1997 debut, Middle of Nowhere, sold more than 4 million
albums in the U.S., thanks to the chart-topping hit, “MmmBop,”
which U2’s Bono has called “one of my favorite songs of
all time.” The group received three Grammy nominations that year,
including Best New Artist and Record of the Year.

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Joan Jett's
icon status as a pop culture symbol of what women can achieve continues
to grow throughout the world...Joan brings honesty, purity and intensity
to all things she believes in, especially music.

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For all of last year’s
much-hyped reunions one that flew under the radar is the rejoining of
guitarist Marcos Curiel with his San Diego brothers P.O.D. Don’t
expect it to go unnoticed in 2008, as the lineup that took P.O.D. to multiple
platinum successes with 1999’s The Fundamental Elements of Southtown
and 2001’s triple-platinum Satellite, which featured the hit singles
“Youth of a Nation,” “Alive,” “Boom,”
and the title track, is back to reclaim their place atop the rock scene
with their Columbia Records debut, When Angels and Serpents Dance.

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Comedian Liam Sullivan, known
as internet sensation "Kelly," has gained quite a cult following
from his online short films, including his hit video, "Shoes,"
which has garnered over 40 million cumulative views and made him the second
most watched comedian on YouTube. Liam just won the People's Choice Award
for Best User Generated Video for “Shoes.” Look for Liam on
Margaret Cho's upcoming "Beautiful" tour this Spring as he showcases
new videos and characters.

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