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  • June 2008

    • Rolling Stone 's Top Guitar Classics

      newser  |  Rolling Stone  |  Jun 1, 08 6:07 PM CDT

      Rolling Stone 's Top Guitar Classics

      There are those tunes driven by the rhythm section, but nothing lights a fire in the blood quite like the power of the perfect guitar riff. Thus, Rolling Stone suggests its favorite guitar anthems, hitting all stops between BB King and King Crimson. The top five: Johnny B. Goode : Chuck Berry's "true story about how playing music on a guitar can change your life forever." Purple Haze : How Jimi Hendrix "opened a new age of expression." More »

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      music  • Beatles  • Rolling Stones  • Led Zeppelin  • Rolling Stone  • guitar  • Nirvana  • Jimi Hendrix  • Van Halen  • Chuck Berry

  • May 2008

    • Smells Like Teen Nostalgia

      newser  |  Portfolio  |  May 8, 08 3:36 PM CDT

      Smells Like Teen Nostalgia

      Grunge is passé, but the market for its collectibles isn’t, reports Portfolio . Nostalgia plays a big role in determining what's hot, and prices on items of baby boomer vintage, even from the likes of the Fab Four, are starting to drop. Meanwhile, the demand for Gen X artifacts—skateboards, Star Wars figurines, old video games—is on the rise.  More »

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      auction  • memorabilia  • Christie's  • guitar  • Generation X  • Nirvana  • Eric Clapton  • Jimi Hendrix

  • April 2008

    • See Jimi Get Experienced for $39.95

      newser  |  New York Times  |  Apr 29, 08 1:57 PM CDT

      See Jimi Get Experienced for $39.95

      Eleven minutes of footage showing a man having sex with two women have been packaged into a 45-minute Jimi Hendrix experience by a porn company notorious for releasing tapes of exposed celebrities. Whether it's actually the 1960s guitar hero is contested: Vivid Entertainment relies on private detectives and Hendrix acquaintances—while a girlfriend and a biographer take issue, the New York Times reports. More »

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      John F. Kennedy  • memorabilia  • sex tape  • Jimi Hendrix  • Frank Sinatra

  • June 2007

    • Pacino, Ono Push for Dead Celeb Bill

      newser  |  Time  |  Jun 14, 07 6:34 AM CDT

      Pacino, Ono Push for Dead Celeb Bill

      Actor Al Pacino and Yoko Ono are lobbying the New York legislature to make it a misdemeanor to merchandise unauthorized images of dead celebrities for up to 70 years after their death. The use of sound recordings, or faces and names on anything from T-shirts to bobble heads would require approval from a celebrity's estate. More »

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      celebrity  • New York  • First Amendment  • John Lennon  • Babe Ruth  • Jimi Hendrix  • Yoko Ono  • Al Pacino  • legislature  • artistic expression

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