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The band, which built a loyal fan base during their early and mid-'80s touring heyday, are performing a series of reunion shows to celebrate their compilation CD, 3,000 Nights In Babylon, available at www.WhiteAnimals.com. More on the White Animals later, but it should be noted that the semi-legendary local outfit is set to play June 30 and July 1 at the ExitIn, according to Ray Crabtree of Crabtree Public Relations. Tix: $12.50 in advance, $15 day of show, according to Ray, who by the way, is an AnimaL Like his old band mates, he's pursuing a "real-life" career, while still periodically coming out of retirement to showcase rock'n'roll skills. Tribute: You're a good man, Charles Schulz Look at the cartoon strips Saturday and you'll see that several have tributes to Peanuts creator Charles Schulz. Seems this is the effort of the National Car-, Twin, 2-pc.

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And now, Todd has formed a rock band in Nashville, called King Karma, which makes its live performance debut Saturday night at 328 Performance HalL (The performance is part of a multi-band fund-raiser. The second annual Music City AIDS benefit concert starts at 7p.m.Tixare $8.) Todd started a Nashville hnnH aftpr T.RONNING hooldng up with Nashville producerhockey freak Josh Leo. Josh pointed Todd to some musicians and helped him produce a five-song sampler that's being passed around to record execs. Cliff is financing the project because he believes in Todd's music. And Todd appreciates Cliffs help greatly.

"I'm just glad I didn't beat him up a lot when I was a kid," Todd said. Screw-top champagne goes down real easy From yesterday's Web news: The twangy country duo Sisters Wade (yes, they're sisters) have been performing at Tootsie's for years. But there was nothing routine about an appearance last week, as Julie got a big surprise. "Her boy J. WADE friend, Kirk IjLance, got up on the stage in between shows and got down on bended knee and popped the question.

She had no idea!" sister Debbie reports. "Of course, she said YES! We are so excited for her and we all love Kirk lots and lots. Janelle the bartender opened a screw-top bottle of champagne in true Tootsie's style and brought out two plastic cups so they could toast with all of the Tootsie's crowd. "It was a very fun night at Tootsie's." New Nashville group cruises down fast track Did you know that one of the founders of boy group 98 Degrees lives in Nashville? Jonathan Lippmann left the group justbetoreit landed a major record deal in 1996. Jonathan said form a new I group, a quartet of Christians who can sing UPPMANN pop.

(Apparently, Jonathan was looking for the Christian background because he wasn't always happy with the behavior of his former band mates.) The group, True Vibe, formed two weeks ago, and had its first full rehearsal last Friday night. By Tuesday night, the quartet was in Indianapolis, singing for a Pacers NBA playoff game. Jonathan )ust called up to In- dy and asked if they needed Country singer-songwriter Tom T.Hall, 64. Actor Ian McKellen, 61. Actress Dixie Carter, 61 Singer Jessi Colter, 57.

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"You'll see that Saturday just about every strip will be about Peanuts in one way or another," said Daryl Cagle, president of the cartoonists' group. "They're doing different things," he said. "Some are little gags, some are moving, some are what can I say? Everybody does it their own way." Morsels Tonight's Dancin' lineup: Headliner is Cowboy Mouth Says). Rock trio Stir, formed at the University of Missouri, also plays, as does England's David Gray, a Dave Matthews fave who has had huge hits in Ireland and the U.K. The opener is Deacon Brody, a rock quartet from Athens, Ga.

Ricky Van Shelton's album, which includes a ballad he co-wrote with The Tennes-sean's Jerry Thompson, has now officially hit store shelves. Fried Green Tomatoes is Ricky's first album of new material in three years. The Smashing Pumpkins are breaking up. Read all about it on my Web page at www.tennessean.com. Gimme.

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Comedian Mike Myers, 37. Actress Anne Heche, 31 Singer Lauryn Hill, 25. Actor CorbinAllred, 21. 1935-Babe Ruth hit the 71 4th and final home run of his career, for the Boston Braves. 1979 An American Airlines DC-1 0 crashed on takeoff from Chicago's O'Hare airport, killing 275 people.

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