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98 Rock's Dave Hill brought the Australian rock band AIRBOURNE to the P!E SHOP where they hooked up with the Ramblin' pie man, Rodney Henry. Then we went to the Airbourne show outside Power Plant Live! See THE PIX here.

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RIP Rauschenberg

World-renowned artist Robert Rauschenberg has died. The 82-year-old had recently been treated for pneumonia at Lee Memorial Hospital. He died overnight at his home.

Rauschenberg, whose works have captivated the entire world, lived on Captiva Island since 1970.

Born in Port Arthur Texas, Milton Robert Rauschenberg started out with very little.

His mother made the family's clothes from scraps and later taught Bob how to collage.

Bob went from wanting to become a minister to marine to artist.

He studied briefly in Paris and North Carolina, then headed to New York.

In the 1950's and 60's Bob and close friend Jasper Johns revolutionized the art world, by making art affordable to everyone.

Until then, art had been too expensive for many. Bob often said he wanted to work in the gap between art and life.

In 1970 he settled on Captiva Island.

He became a huge donor in both art and dollars to the arts for act charity event. Money raised goes to victims of domestic violence and victims of sexual abuse.

Over the years, he raised millions of dollars for the charity and sold art to Hollywood stars like Sharon Stone, Lilly Tomlin and Lauren Hutton.

Partied with This Dude

Marylander, Michael Phelps came in to Meli with some friends Saturday night. He was very cordial and a gentleman. We wished him luck in Beijing.

From the local press:

Phelps returns to attend NBAC fundraiser

By Kevin Van Valkenburg |Sun reporter

May 11, 2008

Michael Phelps showed up at the Meadowbrook Aquatic Center last night and climbed into the pool.

But instead of a Speedo, he wore a tuxedo.

The club's outdoor pool, which had been drained and covered by a tent, was the site of the North Baltimore Aquatic Club's Countdown to Beijing, a catered black-tie fundraising event that might represent Phelps' last stop in Baltimore before the 2008 Olympics.

Katie Hoff sat next to him, wearing a purple dress, and two swimmers - perhaps the best male and female swimmers in the world - began the evening with a brief news conference attended by a small horde of media, some of whom had traveled from as far away as China. Both Phelps and Hoff said that the Olympics, which begin Aug. 8, could not get here soon enough.

The evening also represented something of a homecoming for Phelps, a Rodgers Forge native who has been living and training in Ann Arbor, Mich., the past four years. In late April, NBAC announced that Bob Bowman, Phelps' coach, would be resigning from his job as head coach at the University of Michigan and taking over as the club's CEO after the Olympics. Phelps confirmed what was widely believed to be the case: He'll follow Bowman wherever his coach goes.

"I'm not going to swim for anybody else," Phelps said. "I think we can both help [NBAC] go further. I'm definitely going to be [in Baltimore] next year."

The fundraiser featured a live band, a raw bar, and a silent auction that allowed attendees to bid on virtually everything: a week in Hilton Head, S.C.; a signed Phelps swim cap; teeth whitening sessions; even lunch with Hoff. It also took the time to honor the club's past Olympians: gold medalists Teresa Andrews, Anita Nall, Beth Botsford and Phelps, as well as Olympians, Pat Kennedy, Jill Johnson, Whitney Metzler and Hoff.

"I can remember when I first came here, just looking at all the Olympians who had their pictures on the wall and thinking, maybe someday," Hoff, from Towson, said. "At that point, I wasn't even in contention for anything like that. But this place truly transformed me. I owe it all to this place."

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