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OPINION

 Hit 'Pause' on 
 Rock and Roll 
 Hall of Fame 

Clueless cabal turns landmark into a joke

Nov 6, 09 2:45 PM CST
(Newser) - If you’re a music critic trying to fill out your Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ballot, like Patrick Goldstein , you’re facing some pretty slim pickings this year. The nominees: ABBA, the Chantels, Jimmy Cliff, Genesis, the Hollies, KISS, LL Cool J, Darlene Love, Laura Nyro, the Red... More »

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music • Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

 Beatles Break Free of CDs 

Pricey USB drive holds band's remastered studio albums

Nov 5, 09 11:10 AM CST
(Newser) - Beatles songs still aren't available on iTunes, but you can get them on an apple—a USB drive shaped like an apple, that is. EMI is charging a mere $279.99 for all of the band’s remastered studio albums, previously available only on CD, and a slew of video,... More »

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entertainment • music • EMI • digital music • Beatles • apple • remastering • remastered • USB

 Greatest Albums of the Decade 

From Radiohead to Bon Iver, Paste hits the highlights

Nov 3, 09 11:15 AM CST
(Newser) - Paste takes a look back at the past decade—and its own 10-year history—with its list of the 50 best albums of the ‘00s:
  • No. 1. Sufjan Stevens, Illinoise: “His music pushed boundaries between pop and classical.”
  • No. 4. Radiohead, Kid A: Marked
... More »

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music • Kanye West • Radiohead • MIA • album • Jay-Z • Outkast • Jay-ZTV

meditatION

Rock Legend Chuck Berry, Top-Notch Short Story Writer

"Memphis, Tennessee" shows Berry's sociological side: Klinkenborg

Nov 2, 09 5:30 PM CST
(Newser) - The original Chuck Berry version of “Memphis, Tennessee” isn't as well known as some others—by Johnny Rivers, say, or Buck Owens. But the real star is the tune, first released in 1959, which Verlyn Klinkenborg suspects is the “best short story in the form of a song... More »

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entertainment • music • Tennessee • rock and roll • Memphis • cover song • Chuck Berry • songwriter • short story • Johnny Rivers • Buck Owens

 How to Tell If Your 
 Wedding Band 
 Hates You 

Led Zeppelin and Van Halen are not good signs

Nov 1, 09 4:26 PM CST
(Newser) - The Dexter Lake Club Band is a fixture at a certain type of New York-area wedding. Guests leave exclaiming over how good the music was—if the happy couple and their entourage have behaved in a way that suits the musicians. If they haven't, and what the band members the... More »

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music • wedding • musician • weddings • women's issues • Dexter Lake Club Band • Matthew Stinchcomb

london calling

Spice Girls Will Help Kick Off 2012 Olympics


Nov 1, 09 3:22 PM CST
(Newser) - When the eyes of the world turn to London for the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Olympics, the land of Shakespeare and the Beatles will present ... the Spice Girls. "They stand for so much in British music history and I can’t think of a better time for them... More »

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entertainment • music • London • England • 2012 London Olympics • Victoria Beckham • Simon Fuller • Spice Girls • Beatles • Melanie Brown • William Shakespeare • Emma Bunton • Mel B • Melanie C • Melanie Chisolm • Geri Halliwell

music review

Bad News: Chris Brown's New Song Is Good

Is it OK to like the music but hate the abusive jerk behind it?

Oct 29, 09 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - Chris Brown may be a reprehensible guy, but unfortunately, he can still sing. With the ink barely dry on his guilty plea, Brown released the lead single on his upcoming album last month, and it’s actually good, Jonah Weiner is sad to report. The instrumentals from Swizz Beatz lay... More »

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music • Lil Wayne • Chris Brown • R&B

LISTEN (IF YOU DARE)

 Scariest Albums 
 Ever Made 

Celebrate Halloween with these psychologically creepy albums

Oct 28, 09 2:07 PM CDT
(Newser) - James Montgomery, tasked with listing the scariest albums ever made for MTV in honor of Halloween, resisted the temptation to include Avril Lavigne's The Best Damn Thing. Instead, he went for the "dense, raw, positively horrifying albums, guaranteed to turn your Halloween into a total fright-fest." Check... More »

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entertainment • music • Nine Inch Nails • Halloween • Jay-ZTV • The Cure • horrorcore

 Jay-Z Cleans Up 
 'Empire' for 
 World Series 

Rapper will keep his language PG while performing for Yanks

Oct 28, 09 12:05 PM CDT
(AP) - The lyrics to Jay-Z's "Empire State of Mind" are sometimes as raw as New York, but it looks like the rapper will clean things up when he performs his city anthem at the World Series. A source close to the rapper says Jay-Z won't utter curses or other raunchy... More »

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entertainment • music • celebrity • World Series • rapper • rap music • Jay-Z • Jay-ZTV • 2009 World Series

VIRGINIA M. MONCRIEFF

 At Last, Rockers 
 Shut Up and Sing 

Really, it's about time rockers made concerts all about the music

Oct 27, 09 12:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Bono—he of the eons-long concert diatribes about everything from Burma to the whales—has done the unthinkable. "Bono has started editing himself," Virginia M. Moncrieff realized during U2's Rose Bowl concert. And it's about time: Though Moncrieff admires their causes, she has reached the age where the... More »

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entertainment • music • Bono • celebrity • political activism • Jay-ZTV

 Concert Earnings 
 Defy Recession 

Big-name acts, up-and-comers see modest rise in attendance

Oct 26, 09 3:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Concert tours remained surprisingly strong this year despite the weak economy, with slightly more people heading out to see their favorite acts than in 2008. Gross revenue held steady at $1 billion for the period from May 1 to Sept. 1, matching earnings a year earlier. Big-name acts like Kenny... More »

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entertainment • music • concert • tour • Bruce Springsteen • Beyonce • Kenny Chesney • Coldplay • Jonas Brothers • concert tour • Dave Matthews Band • Jay-ZTV • Taylor Swift • Kings of Leon

MUSIC REVIEW

 Bob Dylan's 
 Xmas Album 
 'Sort of Insane' 

Even so, the 'beloved iconoclast' puts together an interesting collection

Oct 26, 09 11:13 AM CDT
(Newser) - With the announcement of Bob Dylan’s Christmas in the Heart, “smirkers got smirkier”—you try picturing Dylan singing the lyric, “How’d ya like to hang a stocking on a great big coconut tree?” without smirking—but in the end, the collection is interesting,... More »

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entertainment • music • Bob Dylan • celebrity • Christmas • Christmas music • music review • Jay-ZTV • Christmas album

 Brooks' Vegas Gigs 
 Sell Out in 5 Hours 

30K tickets sell briskly as country star ends retirement

Oct 25, 09 6:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - Country music superstar Garth Brooks can still pack 'em in, selling out 30,000 tickets in five hours yesterday for a series of 20 small-scale Vegas shows that will end his retirement for the time being. The Oklahoma cowboy will put on four shows a weekend for five weekends in... More »

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music • retirement • country music • Garth Brooks • Wynn Las Vegas • sellout

MySpace Gives Up In Race With Facebook

Social networking leader 'is not our competition'

Oct 22, 09 11:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - MySpace has officially waved the white flag in its battle with Facebook. The company’s new CEO—ex-Facebook exec Chris DeWolfe—tells the Financial Times that the company now sees itself as more of a music and entertainment hub than a social networking site. “Facebook is not our... More »

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music • social networking • MySpace • iTunes • Facebook

INTERVIEW

 Inside Gaga's 'Delicious' Tour 

Lady Gaga talks new album The Fame Monster and The Monster Ball concerts

Oct 22, 09 10:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Lady Gaga's upcoming tour is more than just a series of concerts—it's a pop-electro opera, "a truly artistic experience that is going to take the form of the greatest post-apocalyptic house party that you've ever been to," she tells Rolling Stone. The Monster Ball launches Nov.... More »

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entertainment • music • celebrity • album release • concert tour • Jay-ZTV • Lady Gaga • new album

 Boyle Breaks Pre-Order Record 

Debut album for Britain's Got Talent star is selling fast

Oct 22, 09 8:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - Susan Boyle's popularity shows no signs of dying down: The Britain's Got Talent runner-up is releasing her first album Nov. 23, and it has already broken Amazon's record for most pre-orders, the New York Daily News reports. "Although it's normal to see early enthusiasm for artists who... More »

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entertainment • music • celebrity • album release • Amazon.com • album sales • Susan Boyle • Britain's Got Talent • women's issues • new album

 Stars Demand 
 Bush 'Music 
 Torture' Files 

Time for torturers to face the music, say celebs

Oct 22, 09 2:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - A coalition of celebrity musicians is demanding the release of Bush administration documents revealing how music was used to torture Guantanamo Bay inmates. Songs from Metallica, The Real Slim Shady, and the Star Spangled Banner, among many others, were blasted all day for days on end to rattle prisoners, inmates... More »

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Bush administration • music • torture • Eminem • Guantanamo Bay • prisoners • country music • Guantanamo prisoners • Metallica • heavy metal • David Byrne • Rage Against the Machine • Tom Morello • Bonnie Raitt

 The Most Influential DJs 


Oct 21, 09 5:19 PM CDT
(Newser) - With the release of "DJ Hero" upon us, it's a good time to honor the true masters of turntablism. IGN lists the most influential:
  • DJ Kool Herc. He invented the “breakbeat” by using the two-turntable style of disco DJs to play two copies of a funk record,
... More »

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music • hip-hop • DJ Hero • deejay

Winehouse's New Boobs
'Are Great,' Dad Reports

Mitch says his daughter 'looks absolutely fantastic'

Oct 21, 09 2:44 PM CDT
(Newser) - It seems Joe Simpson isn’t the only celebrity dad who’ll talk openly about his daughter’s, uh, assets: Mitch Winehouse told a British talk show that daughter Amy’s “boobs are great” following a recent breast-enhancement surgery. "I shouldn't have said that should I? She looks... More »

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music • Amy Winehouse • Mitch Winehouse • breast augmentation

OPINION

 It's Time to Stop Hating Creed 

They're reuniting, but listen before you groan

Oct 21, 09 11:29 AM CDT
(Newser) - Creed is back—the once ubiquitous (and “ubiquitously loathed”) rock group is releasing a new album later this month and going on tour. But “if your impulse on hearing that it has reunited is to groan, stifle it long enough to locate a copy of Creed's 2004... More »

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entertainment • music • Scott Stapp • Creed • rock music • Jay-ZTV

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