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    Cops believe the amateur bomber who detonated a homemade explosive outside former "Sopranos" star Michael Imperioli's Chelsea theater in New York City was sending "a message" to the actor or his family, sources told the New York Post.

    Detectives continued to pore over surveillance tapes in search of clues to the identity of the mystery assailant who ignited a 2-by-4 inch pipe bomb — packed with black powder — outside Imperioli's Studio Dante early Tuesday morning.

    They were also culling records of actors or writers who may have recently been turned away by the theater company run by Imperioli, who played mob boss Tony Soprano's homicidal nephew, Christopher Moltisanti, on the hit HBO series.

    Imperioli and wife Victoria were shocked when they were awakened by NYPD cops with news of the 1 a.m. blast that sent the rudimentary device hurtling through the windshield of a van parked outside the building.

    "It sends a message," a law-enforcement source said. The NYPD believes the bomber has little knowledge of explosives and could have learned how to fashion the pipe bomb off the Internet.

    Sources said the motive could have nothing to do with Studio Dante — and could stem from a personal slight that Imperioli is not even aware of — or be the work of a troubled "Sopranos" fan.

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    spacer.gifAdding to an already robust slate of Bob Dylan-related releases this fall, Columbia/Legacy will on Oct. 30 release the DVD "The Other Side of the Mirror -- Bob Dylan Live at the Newport Folk Festival 1963-1965," Billboard.com has learned. Directed by Murray Lerner, the film sports 80 minutes of performances, approximately 70% of which have never been released in any form.

    Dylan's July 1965 performance at the Rhode Island festival has gone down in history as the moment when he "went electric," startling the crowd and prompting a negative reaction from fans accustomed to the acoustic music of the artist's early recordings.

    The film includes Dylan's rehearsal with his electric band Mike Bloomfield (guitar), Sam Lay (drums), Jerome Arnold (bass), Al Kooper (organ) and Barry Goldberg (piano), plus two of the three songs they performed during their set ("Maggie's Farm" and "Like a Rolling Stone"; "It Takes a Lot to Laugh, it Takes a Train to Cry" is omitted). Dylan then returned to the stage for solo versions of "Mr. Tambourine Man" and "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue."

    Lerner eschewed narration and interviews with other artists (including Dylan himself) for "Mirror," which will also air on PBS after Thanksgiving. "[There's] nothing except the experience of seeing him," he says. "That to me is exciting. Just the clear experience gives you everything you need."

    Dylan is the subject of a three-disc eponymous retrospective due Oct. 2, and his music, as interpreted by artists such as Pearl Jam's Eddie Vedder, Wilco's Jeff Tweedy and Willie Nelson, is the centerpiece of the soundtrack for "I'm Not There," in stores Oct. 30. That film, which features six different actors playing Dylan at various eras of his life, arrives Nov. 21 in U.S. theaters.

    Dylan will also tour this fall with support from Elvis Costello, who will be playing his first solo sets in more than a decade.

    Finally, the artist will on Sept. 19 premiere the second season of his XM Satellite Radio show, "Theme Time Radio Hour," with a show focused on the word "hello." Season two guests will include Luke Wilson, Amy Sedaris, Jack White, John Cusack, Richard Lewis and Ellen Barkin.

    Here is the track list for "The Other Side of the Mirror:

    "All I Really Want To Do" (7/24/1965 - afternoon workshop)

    1963:

    "North Country Blues" (7/26 afternoon workshop)

    "With God on Our Side" (with Joan Baez - 7/26 afternoon workshop and 7/28 night performance)

    "Talkin' World War III Blues" (7/26 night performance)

    "Who Killed Davey Moore?" (7/27 afternoon workshop)

    "Only a Pawn in Their Game" (7/26 night performance)

    "Blowin' in the Wind" (with the Freedom Singers, Joan Baez and Peter, Paul and Mary - 7/26 night performance)

    1964:

    "Mr. Tambourine Man" (7/24 afternoon workshop)

    Johnny Cash sings "Don't Think Twice, It's All Right" (night performance)

    Joan Baez sings "Mary Hamilton" as Bob Dylan (7/24 night performance)

    "It Ain't Me, Babe" (with Joan Baez - 7/24 night performance)

    Joan Baez interview

    "With God on Our Side" (with Joan Baez - 7/26 night performance)

    "Chimes of Freedom" (7/26 night performance)

    1965

    "If You Gotta Go, Go Now" (7/24 afternoon workshop)

    "Love Minus Zero/No Limit" (7/24 afternoon workshop)

    Daytime rehearsal with Dylan's electric band

    "Maggie's Farm" (with electric band - 7/25 night performance)

    "Like a Rolling Stone" (with electric band - 7/25 night performance)

    "Mr. Tambourine Man" (7/25 night performance)

    "It's All Over Now, Baby Blue" (7/25 night performance)

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    U2 rocker The Edge is devastated by the impending demolition of the Dublin, Ireland studio in which the band recorded their last album, because the building "felt like home."

    The studio in Hanover Quay - where the group recorded 2004's 'How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb' - is due to be knocked down later this year, much to the guitarist's disappointment.

    He says, "It's getting demolished as part of a redevelopment of the docklands. It is going to be turned into a tower block and we will make the penthouse into a studio.

    "It's very sad, that place felt like home. I don't know what it will be like recording in the new studio, we are so used to the other place."

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    Thanks for all the info, Athena. It's greatly appreciated. :)

    I think some people forget that CA is a BIG state. I mean LA for me is a 3 to 4 hour drive depending on time and traffic. Hell, took me 6 hours once to get to Long Beach! It's not that simple to get to these gigs.

    But...I am a little luckier than Sharon, by at least 400 miles, lol.

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