Jezebel (Free subscription) | 26/11/2009
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nexgenlife.com (Free subscription) | yesterday
A current press release has informed us that with the release of today’s Rock Band 2 DLC pack, Harmonix has met its goal of having over 1,000 songs on the platform before the holidays. According to the presser, these tracks represent the work of 390 musical artists. The rhythm gaming community has downloaded over [...]
SqueezeMyLemon (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
See the full interview here I started playing in the mid 1970's. I was born in East Chicago, Indiana, in 1962. When I was six or so my family moved to Davenport, Iowa. That's where I grew up, mostly. None of the other kids at school were into what I was; you may remember this was the era of disco and heavy metal, nobody I knew was really into blues or folk music. I was always fascinated by acoustic...
All About Jazz (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Levy Announces Partnership with ArtistWorks, Inc. Grammy Award winner Howard Levy is thrilled to announce he has partnered with online video exchange pioneers, ArtistWorks, Inc. The team will be launching The Howard Levy Harmonica School (HLHS) later this month- the first ever online portal that will teach harmonica to students around the world. Levy is widely known as a founding member of the Flecktones....
The Bluegrass Blog (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
This post is part of our occasional feature, Songwriter Profiles. If you have a suggestion for a bluegrass songwriter we might want to consider, please contact us. Becky Buller was born in St. James, Minnesota. At the age of 10, she enrolled in some Suzuki method violin classes and began performing with her parents in a [...]
L. A. Times Dodgers Blog (Free subscription) | 24/11/2009
Though he might disdain being in a band, his Thenewno2 is proving a comfortable fit. It's easy to understand musician Dhani Harrison's antipathy toward the general concept of being in a rock band. After all, he got loads of priceless firsthand information from his father about the ups and downsides of making it to the absolute peak of pop music success during his tenure with the Beatles.
i guess i'm floating (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
If you haven't yet pre-ordered Surfer Blood 's debut Astro Coast you should get on that ASAP. You'll feel better about getting into them before the rest of the indieverse and the Pitchfork accoutrement does. We've been loving the Florida music ( Holiday Shores , Blind Man's Colour , Chromatic Flights , Viernes , Levek ) so naturally Surfer Blood is right up our alley. But honestly, even if Florida...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
It was not an ordinary Thursday. I left home at the usual time but with three wardrobe changes in tow. Not so usual. 9 to...
Poverty News Blog (Free subscription) | 23/11/2009
The Rev. Arthur Simon began the organization Bread for the World when he saw something over and over again at his church, people going hungry. Rev. Simon is traveling to promote a new book on the formation of Bread for the World. His stop over the weekend in Allentown, Pennsylvania caught the attention of the local paper the Morning Call. Writer Christopher Baxter asked Rev. Simon about the organization's...
[FashionRatty] Lattest Articles (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
Okay, maybe they arent really diamonds - but, check out the awesome Rene Caovilla Satin Platform Slingback $1295 at Bergdorf Goodman Rene Caovilla Asymmetric-strap Sandal $995 at Bergdorf Goodman...
Sponsored Linx (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
B elow is a list of the top albums of the noughties (as rated by The Times ), how many do you have? and are there any you think should be included? The albums are detailed fully in the above link I've colour coded the records I have and the records I want to hear, but haven't as yet. 100. 12 Songs - Neil Diamond (SonyBMG, 2005) 99. Surprise - Paul Simon (Warner, 2006) 98. By the Way - Red Hot Chili...
Grist Magazine (Free subscription) | 21/11/2009
by David Roberts I have a huge, huge soft spot for Paul Simon. Simon & Garfunkel was one of the first bands I ever got into (like when I was eight) and I still love virtually everything Simon’s ever done. My musical tastes were shaped by his catchy melodies, pretty harmonies, and wry, literate lyrics. I’m one of the 12 people that bought the soundtrack to his Broadway play . So I was...
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Photo:Edelson/NBC As Jay Leno, David Letterman and Conan O’Brien battle for late-night supremacy, one thing has become clear: Jimmy Fallon has the hottest house band. In their eight months on the air, the Roots have played with everybody from Paul Simon to Christopher Cross to Weird Al Yankovic, and have been hilarious in skits. As [...]
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Forgetting Sarah Marshall star Jason Segel made a surprise appearance at the Swell Season’s November 18th concert at the Wiltern in Los Angeles, entertaining the ladies in the audience with a love song featuring his phone number as the chorus. In case anyone in the crowd couldn’t make out the digits, as evidenced by the [...]
The Playgoer (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
-In today's Times, Ben Brantley goes gaga for Part I of the Horton Foote "Orphan's Home" marathon, and the " Escapes " Travel section of all places discovers that Seattle actually has some theatre! -Did a play ever change your life? Well maybe you can win a prize from the American Theatre Wing for telling them about it in 350 words or less. You have until November 29 to enter their...
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