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Dire Straits was a british rock band, formed in 1977 by Mark Knopfler (guitar and vocals), his brother David Knopfler (guitar), John Illsley (bass), and Pick Withers (drums), and subsequently managed by Ed Bicknell. Dire Straits emerged during the post-punk era of the late '70s, and while their sound was minimalistic and stripped down, they owed little to punk. If anything, the band was a direct outgrowth of the roots revivalism of pub rock, but where pub rock celebrated good times, Dire Straits were melancholy. |
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News in english
about Dire Straits
(September / 2009)
Muskego dealership fights to keep its franchise Date: 01 Sep 2009
FOX 6 Milwaukee -
The Salentine dealership has been a staple in Muskego for 86 years. With General Motors in dire straits, Salentine Buick Pontiac is losing its franchise.
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PASS faces potential funding crisis Date: 01 Sep 2009
Monmouth Daily Review Atlas -
MONMOUTH — The world-wide economic crisis, especially the dire straits faced by the state government in Springfield, is starting to have tangible consequences at the local level.
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Mark Knopfler hopes to "Get Lucky" with CD, tour Date: 02 Sep 2009
The Malaysian Insider -
DETROIT, Sept 2 — With his sixth solo studio album coming September 15, Mark Knopfler is planning a big tour in 2010. "It'll be four, five months," the former Dire Straits frontman tells Billboard.com. "Springtime — April, May — in the U.S., and June and July in Europe. And I'd like a week at the Royal Albert Hall (in London). Just doing a week is nice; it's not too far from where I live, and it ...
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Cookout supports bleak pork industry Date: 02 Sep 2009
The Camrose Canadian -
Although the pork industry in Canada is in dire straits, provincial agricultural minister George Groenveld’s solutions include encouraging Albertans simply to eat more pork.
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Consultant: Market demand key to defining BIA operation Date: 02 Sep 2009
Bangor Daily News -
BANGOR, Maine -- A nationally recognized aviation consultant who has worked recently with Bangor International Airport says the airline industry is not in dire straits as some believe, but he ...
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Thom Loverro: In new life, Strasburg not in any Dire Straits Date: 02 Sep 2009
The Washington Times -
Stephen Strasburg hasn't been a rich ballplayer for long, but he's already figured out a few things. In an interview Tuesday on "The Sports Fix," co-hosted by Kevin Sheehan and me, Strasburg was asked whether he bought anything with the millions he got for signing with the Washington Nationals. "Not really," he said. "The thing in this business is that the more money you make, it seems like you ...
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American Casino Date: 02 Sep 2009
New York Times -
Dire straits: A block of foreclosed row houses in Baltimore in a scene from Leslie Cockburn’s documentary “American Casino.”
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Dire straits for our swimming elite Date: 03 Sep 2009
Brisbane Times -
Why Australia's status as one of the top dogs of international swimming is destined to 'crumble'.
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