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Austin Orchestra & Opera fire trombonist after racist Facebook rants

”We were appalled by the comments as they are clearly not reflective of who we are as an organization,” the Austin Symphony Orchestra writes.

Duke University coffee shop employees fired for playing Young Dolph song

Two employees of Duke University’s Joe Van Gogh location were fired after vice president for student affairs Larry Moneta went into the coffee shop this past Friday and found the Young Dolph song the baristas were playing to be ”inappropriate.”

'Simpsons' composer Alf Clausen fired after 27 years on the show

Clausen has composed the music for almost all the episodes of The Simpsons, including many of the show’s most-loved songs.

Bouncer fired after eating hamburger at Peter Murphy show

Cambridge massage therapist and longtime Peter Murphy fan Emily Taylor told ‘The Boston Globe’ that the singer “might have been a little grumpy already.”

Florida cop fired for joining a death metal band on stage

In weird news out of Sanford, Florida, a cop named Andrew Ricks was recently fired for joining the death metal band Vital Remains on stage at a recent show for a rendition of “Let the Killing Begin…

Brooks Wheelan fired from SNL, playing Union Hall ++ Nasim Pedrad and others off the cast too

Sometimes, too many cooks in the Saturday Night Live kitchen can lead to legendary casts, unforgettable sketches, and the distinctively young comedic energy for which the NBC show is known…

Kliph Scurlock says it's true that he was fired from Flaming Lips for criticizing OK Governor's daughter's use of Native American headdress

Kurt Scurlock w/ The Lips @ T5 2013 (more by Dylan Johnson) When we initially reported that Kliph Scurlock was no longer drummer for The Flaming Lips, we didn’t know the reasons behind it, but this week details of the whole thing have come to light…

Michael Musto, Robert Sietsema, Michael Feingold and more let go from 'Village Voice'

It’s Black Friday at The Village Voice:The planned layoffs at the Village Voice, which caused its brand-new editor-in-chief and deputy to quit in protest, went down this morning regardless, Gawker reports, and included legendary gossip columnist Michael Musto and veteran theater critic Michael Feingold, both of whom had already filed forthcoming pieces for the paper…