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NEWS ABOUT: The Doors

The Doors stories: 6 news summaries
OPINION

 Jim Morrison 
 Is Not in This Photo 

Chalk up ghostly image to wishful thinking

Oct 13, 09 6:27 PM CDT
(Newser) - Jim Morrison is still dead. Repeat: Still dead. Unfortunately, and just in time for Halloween, researchers in a new book assert that an old photo taken of a visitor to Morrison's grave does indeed show the singer's ghostly image rising, complains Lou Carlozo. These supposed experts rule out weird lighting... More »

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hoax • Jim Morrison • The Doors • ghosts • rock

OPINION

 Rock's Worst Comebacks 


Jul 7, 09 3:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Some bands just shouldn’t—or couldn’t successfully—get back together. The Independent takes a look at the 10 most ill-conceived rock reunions.
  • The Sex Pistols: Sure, the punk progenitors honestly named their 1994 comeback tour "Filthy Lucre," but still "tarnished their own lawless
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entertainment • rock and roll • Van Halen • reunion • The Doors • Limp Bizkit • comeback • Sex Pistols • bands • Smashing Pumpkins • Jay-ZTV • Motley Crue

(Newser) - Ready or not, Weird Al is back. The king of geeky parody music has released a new single making fun of Craigslist, CNET reports. There’s no reference to, say, prostitution ads—just Yankovic’s goofy riff on the site’s strange brand of commerce. It’s also a musical... More »

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entertainment • Craig Newmark • parody • Craigslist • The Doors • Al Yankovic • Ray Manzarek

Site Taps Into Twitterers' Playlists

We Are Hunted's top
99 gives different view of what's popular now

May 29, 09 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - Are the Billboard music charts just too yesterday’s-news for you? Do you need to know which songs people are listening to the most, right this red-hot minute? Luckily, the website We Are Hunted has figured out how to mine Twitter feeds to find out what’s playing the most,... More »

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music • list • Pink Floyd • The Doors • Billboard charts • Twitter • We Are Hunted • popular music • The Cure

 Top 10 Musical Movie Moments 

The perfect sound clip can make a scene unforgettable

Mar 25, 08 2:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Forget soundtracks. CNN zeros in on fleeting scenes that use image and sound to send a shiver down your spine. The top 10 marriages of audio and video:
  1. “Born to Be Wild” blasting while Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper ride down the highway in Easy Rider (1969)
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music • Hollywood • film • Quentin Tarantino • list • song • soundtrack • Martin Scorsese • The Doors • Francis Ford Coppola • ABBA • movies

Rock N' Roll's Worst Lyricists

Heavy-handed metaphors, Hallmark sentimentality and pompous mysticism about in these 40 icons of rotten rhymes

Oct 25, 07 11:57 AM CDT
(Newser) - Just because you can play a guitar doesn't mean you know how to string a sentence together. Blender looks back at rock's cringe-worthy lyricists:
  1. Sting
  2. Neal Peart, Rush
  3. Scott Stapp, Creed
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list • singers • Kiss • Sting • worst lyricists • Neal Peart • Rush • Scott Stapp • Creed • Tom Marshall • Phish • Paul Stanley • Diane Warren • Donovan • Jim Morrison • The Doors

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