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13th Annual Bites for Rights to be held June 21st

BRO’s most delicious fundraiser of the year hopes to hit 100 spots across Oregon.

(PORTLAND, OR) - Restaurants, coffee shops, carts, bars and bakeries around the state will donate a generous percentage of their day’s proceeds to Basic Rights Oregon on June 21st.

“This is one of the most fun – and easy – fundraisers we have all year,” said Basic Rights Oregon’s development Director Juan Martinez.

Hump Day Community Forum May 22nd

The Forum will be held Tuesday, May 22 from 7 pm - 8:30 pm @ The Refuge, 116 SE Yamhill, Portland, OR 97215.

(PORTLAND, OR) - I am hosting a Hump Day Community Forum which is for all artists, all performers and all creative grassroots entrepreneurs.

In this community forum I will present the idea of a new event called "Hump Day." Where the goal is to preserve and protect the opportunities we have; while improving the quality of those opportunities and making more available.

Darryl Hall and Performer/Producer Butch Walker Join Philly and Georgia Soul for 54th Live from Daryl`s House

Daryl and Noted Performer/Producer Play Six-Song Set That Includes Daryl Hall & John Oates classic “Say It Isn’t So.”

(NEW YORK CITY) - Daryl Hall hooks up with yet another multi-talented hyphenate in Georgia-born performer/producer Butch Walker.

Watch the 54th and latest edition of his critically acclaimed, multi award-winning Live from Daryl’s House web series and nationally syndicated TV program, premiering May 15.

A Star With a Marvelous Voice is Born: Carly Bryant

Carly rejects as much the alibis of ignorance as the enticing exhibitionism and the dreams of the wealthy.

(PARIS, France) - England enjoys a great new voice; Carly Bryant is worth the four Beatles all by herself.

She composes sentimental ballads, music and words, that she sings with a golden voice, honey in the feminine and sometimes harshness in the masculine.

Whitney Houston`s Death: False Coroner`s Report

People do not snort coke and then get into a hot bath!

(MOLALLA, OR) - Like everyone else, I’ve been waiting nervously for the Los Angeles Coroner’s Office, for their report.

Now that it is here, I am embarrassed for whomever released the report and their amateurish lack of evaluations of the results.

Darryl Hall and the Dirty Heads on Next `Live from Darryl`s House`

“Playing with these guys was a blast. Their take on “Rich Girl” was certainly a highlight for me.” - Darryl Hall

(LOS ANGELES) - Daryl Hall has used his critically acclaimed, award-winning Live from Daryl’s House webcast and nationally syndicated program as a showcase for some of the most exciting emerging talents in the music world.

Palestine and South Africa: an Anti-Apartheid Musical Collaboration

The Mavrix, a South African band, and Palestinian Oud player, Mohammed Omar, have released "The New Black" music video.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The correlation of the now defunct apartheid state in South Africa to the current occupation and apartheid policies levied on Palestine is undeniable, and very well expressed through the song "The New Black".

It is the first ever musical collaboration between South Africa and Palestine.

Stars and Sexual Mutilation

"A song for human rights I can do." - Singer Carly Bryant

(PARIS, France) - I spoke to Joan Baez at the end of her 21 March 2006 Paris concert in Le grand Rex. I had been waiting for her at the artist exit.

After her formidable singing for at least two hours with an as powerful voice as when young, we glanced at each other over the barrier made by her nervous bodyguards.

Loverboy Will be ``Lovin` Every Minute`` of Journey Tour

Veteran Multi-Platinum Canadian Rockers Embark on Arena Tour with Journey and Pat Benatar featuring Neil Giraldo, Starting July 21 in San Bernardino’s San Manuel Amphitheatre.

(SAN BERNARDINO) - They’ll not only be working for the weekend, but almost every night in between, as legendary Canadian rockers Loverboy return to the road and keep it up with Journey and Pat Benatar featuring Neil Giraldo

The arena tour that gets underway July 21 at the San Manuel Amphitheatre in San Bernardino, CA, running all the way through December. Scheduled 2012 tour information is listed below.

Mike Wallace Passes Away at 93

Wallace was known to Americans for six decades of media involvement.

(SALEM) - Noted American newsman Myron Leon "Mike" Wallace died Saturday in New Canaan, Connecticut, at the age of 93. Also this week we said goodbye to our longtime Op-Ed Writer Henry Clay Ruark who was still working in media at 94.

During his career, Mike Wallace worked as a journalist, game show host and actor; his role in the media world was wide and varied.