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Wal-Mart is selling 140 different Hannah Montana products – so perhaps it's no surprise that Concord Mills is bringing in other pop rockers for a 'tween scene today. A Cursive Memory and Safteysuit (ask your 12-year-old daughter) rock the suburbs today as part of the 2008 Simon dTOUR Live. ABC Family and Sprint are sponsors. The “mall concert tour” hits 24 Simon malls across the country. Mall concert tour? Hey, laugh if you will. Simon has put on shows by Ashlee Simpson, Taylor Swift and the Plain White T's.
World's biggest iPod
Down in Fort Mill, Muzak is now letting clients build their own playlists, proving once again that the former headquarters of “elevator music” has, in fact, morphed into the world's largest iPod.
Tire monkeys, unite
Credit Edenton's TireWare for coming up with today's catchy Web site, MyTireMonkey.com. It lets consumers find competitive quotes from local dealers. (“Swing by for a tire deal!”)
Spice up a soldier's day
Operation Sauce Drop is keeping troops fired up with Carolina flavor. Click on www.carolinasauce.com and donate 20 bucks, and the Carolina Sauce Co. of Durham will match your donation and send a four-bottle sauce box to a soldier who's requested a little hometown fire.
Biggest losers in town?
Anybody feeling a little chunky – besides me? NBC's “The Biggest Loser” will hold a casting call July 19 from 10-6 at Fitness Together at 1318 Central Ave. in Plaza Midwood.
Lord Mayor of London
The Lord Mayor Of The City Of London, David Lewis, is coming to town this month. On Monday the 28th he speaks at a London Stock Exchange breakfast seminar – Mike Hawley of K&L Gates is helping to organize. Grant Thornton and Brit charmer Michael Teden host a luncheon at the City Club that day.
Holy movie dome, Batman!
It's the summer of superhero movies, so it's no surprise that the midnight show of “The Dark Knight” on the night of July 17 is already sold out, as Batman hits the iMax dome at Discovery Place. Discovery Place's Pompeii exhibit opens Friday. So your kids can see what it's like for civilization to be buried in debris. Or they could look in their rooms.
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