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By Manuel Uribe

Rekha Sharma, who plays Tory Foster on the SciFi Channel’s “Battlestar Galactica,” did not always want to be an actress. Born in Vancouver, Canada, to Indian parents born in Fiji, she leaned more towards the musical punk side of her creative mind after developing a love of music. [...]

In Entertainment, Television, The Blast Interview, The Page One Story on July 2, 2008 with Popularity: 7% [?]
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Chelan Simmons

By Kristin Baver

If you ever find yourself thirsting for a taste sensation by the same name, Chelan Simmons will know she’s made it.

In Celebs, Entertainment, Features, Television, The Blast Interview, The Page One Story on June 2, 2008 with Popularity: 12% [?]
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Constantines reach for new Heights

By Elizabeth Raftery

Singer Bryan Webb offers his thoughts on the Canadian Invasion of late during an interview before the band’s show at New York’s Mercury Lounge last month.

In Band Profiles, Entertainment, Music, The Blast Interview on May 1, 2008 with Popularity: 18% [?]
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Great Northern

By Elizabeth Raftery

Rachel Stolte, one third of L.A.-based trio Great Northern, has no misgivings about her band “selling out” or losing their proverbial “indie cred.” On the contrary, Stolte displays a refreshing enthusiasm as she speaks excitedly about the fact that her band’s song “Home,” off of their debut album Trading Twilight for Daylight, was featured in [...]

In Band Profiles, Entertainment, Features, Music, The Blast Interview on April 1, 2008 with Popularity: 27% [?]
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Q&A with The Raveonettes’ Sune Rose Wagner

By Elizabeth Raftery

Even though Sune Rose Wagner has hundreds of finished and unfinished songs “lying around” his home studio in New York’s East Village, the prolific songwriter — one half of Danish duo The Raveonettes — finds it impossible to compose on the road. (“There’s people all over,” he laments.) Wagner, along with bandmate Sharin Foo and [...]

In Band Profiles, Entertainment, Music, The Blast Interview on April 1, 2008 with Popularity: 27% [?]
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Kaki King’s dream world

By Elizabeth Raftery

Some people may find the sight of diminutive songwriter Kaki King lugging around a guitar case a bit incongruous. And unfortunately, they’re often not shy about pointing it out.
“I walk through the airport with a guitar case … and like half the time, swear to God, some douchebag’ll be going, ‘Oh, you gonna play us [...]

In Band Profiles, Entertainment, Features, Music, The Blast Interview, The Page One Story on April 1, 2008 with Popularity: 29% [?]
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A portrait of Don S. Davis

By Sarah Gantz

Look for the name Don S. Davis in the credits of television shows and movies, in the corners of oil paintings, on a military badge and, soon, on a screenplay cover. He is a man of many roles, many talents and, appropriately, many fans.
People often don’t see the person behind the TV character or movie [...]

In Features, The Blast Interview on March 3, 2008 with Popularity: 21% [?]
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The business of art, and the art of business

By Daniel Peleschuk

An interview with art gallery-owner Colin Rhys about his life and trade.

In Art, Boston Local, Culture, Features, The Blast Interview on March 3, 2008 with Popularity: 32% [?]
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The diva of the violin

By Kristin Baver

Ditching a tenured seat in the Houston Symphony to pursue a dream as a recording artist terrified Christine Wu.
But on the cusp of 30, she knew it was the only way to go. “All or nothing,” Wu said in a recent interview. “And it scares the crap out of me, probably almost every day.”
Switching from [...]

In Band Profiles, Entertainment, Features, Music, The Blast Interview on March 3, 2008 with Popularity: 25% [?]
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Fall Out Boy’s Joe Trohman

By Danielle Capalbo

Guitarist Joe Trohman doesn’t believe in idols.
“People always ask who mine are,” the 23-year-old said in a recent interview. “But that phrase, ‘I’m only human’ – it’s there for a reason.”
In the past seven years, Trohman’s band — Fall Out Boy — has exploded from an underground sensation to an internationally recognized pop-punk powerhouse, hitting [...]

In Entertainment, Features, Music, The Blast Interview on February 1, 2008 with Popularity: 19% [?]
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