Blender comes up with its list of the top 100, starting with Spinal Tap.
Blender Jan 13, 08 2:14 PM CST
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Grab a blanket and some popcorn and settle in with Blender's best rock and roll movies of all time: This Is Spinal Tap (1984) Saturday Night Fever (1977) Metallica: Some Kind of Monster (2004)
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Fourth major label
to join up
Reuters Jan 11, 08 5:45 AM CST
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Amazon will sell songs from Sony BMG free of digital rights management, making it the first online music store to offer tunes without copyright enforcement mechanisms from all four of the major labels. Many consumers have long opposed the use of DRM because of its potential to hinder playback on their device of choice, or personal copying.
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'In Rainbows' still popular even after months of free downloads
Chicago Tribune Jan 10, 08 8:00 AM CST
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Rock band Radiohead's new album "In Rainbows" debuted in the No. 1 spot in record sales on Billboard charts this week despite being available for free on the band's website for months. The down side: only 122,000 copies were sold—good but not great—and the release topped the charts in part because there have been few other new offerings in this traditionally slow post-holiday stretch.
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Guns 'N' Roses
legend admits defeat
Seattle Times Jan 3, 08 10:49 AM CST
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In order to beat the video game "Guitar Hero III," you have to outplay a virtual version of legendary guitarist Slash. If you can't quite cut it, don't feel so bad—the real Slash can't, either. "I just actually played it for the first time last night," the former Guns 'N' Roses guitarist tells the Seattle Times . "I'm terrible."
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Shop Boyz, Heroes, Resident Evil excite most P2P users
Wired Jan 1, 08 1:28 PM CST
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Forget box office numbers and Billboard charts: Wired reveals what people were really into last year by probing the action on peer-to-peer file-sharing networks. The year's most-traded files: Songs: Shop Boyz, "Party Like A Rock Star" Akon, "I Wanna Luv U" Sean Kingston, "Beautiful Girls" Movies: Resident Evil: Extinction Pirates of The Caribbean: At World's End I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry
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Industry argues
CD ripping for
personal use is illegal
Washington Post Dec 30, 07 6:25 AM CST
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The recording industry has argued in a court brief that individuals who copy music from CDs for personal use are breaking the law, the Washington Post reports. The claim by the Recording Industry Association of America is a dramatic rejection of what had long been considered a Fair Use right for consumers—and has driven the massive popularity of portable MP3 players.
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Jazz virtuoso known for quickness at the keyboard
CBC (Canada) Dec 24, 07 2:10 PM CST
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Legendary jazz pianist Oscar Peterson died last night at his home near Toronto from kidney failure, CBC News reports. He was 82. The Canadian musician made hundreds of recordings, won seven Grammys, and played alongside greats like Louis Armstrong, Charlie Parker, and Ella Fitzgerald. "The world has lost the world's greatest jazz player," said Peterson's hometown mayor.
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Jay Z, Newman, Winehouse, Springsteen among the best in mixed-genre ranking
Rolling Stone Dec 23, 07 9:30 AM CST
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Rolling Stone has picked its top 100 songs of 2007, and they span the genres from country to disco. The top 10: "Roc Boys"—Jay Z "A Few Words in Defense of Our Country"—Randy Newman "Umbrella"—Rihanna "D.A.N.C.E"—Justice "Four Winds"—Bright Eyes
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13 unexplained killings in 18 months plague grupero scene
New York Times Dec 18, 07 12:45 PM CST
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Some of Mexico’s biggest music stars are being murdered, often in gruesome fashion, and no one’s sure why, the New York Times reports. The past year and a half has seen the killings of 13 Mexican musicians, all purveyors of grupero, a country-esque style often dealing with drugs and crime. Police suspect gang involvement, but they have no evidence and usually no motives.
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Library of Congress enshrines late singer's protest anthem
NPR Dec 17, 07 11:00 AM CST
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Sam Cooke had his fair share of hits, but he didn't live to see the success of his masterpiece, the protest song “A Change is Gonna Come.” Now that it’s been enshrined at the Library of Congress, NPR takes a look at the civil rights anthem and its creator, whom Aretha Franklin calls “one of the greatest singers of all time.”
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Lost 3-year battle
with prostate cancer
Associated Press Dec 17, 07 2:42 AM CST
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Soft rock singer-songwriter Dan Fogelberg died yesterday morning at his home in Maine after a three-year battle with prostate cancer. He was 56. Fogelberg was most popular in the '70s and early '80s with hits like "Longer," "Leader of the Band," "Same Old Lang Syne," and "The Power of Gold." His songs were known for their emotional weight and captivating story lines.
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Pop diva bids tender
adieu to Vegas, wrapping her 5-year show to be a mom
Associated Press Dec 16, 07 12:32 PM CST
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Celine Dion bid a emotional farewell to Las Vegas last night, wrapping her nearly 5-year run at Caesars Palace and admitting that she once wanted to nix the show, the AP reports. She told the audience of 4,000-plus that she had wanted to raise her son instead, but the show was already bankrolled. "I wanted to be more successful as a mother than as a singer," she said.
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Super Bowl again is top single broadcast in Nielsen year-ender
Broadcasting & Cable Dec 13, 07 1:06 PM CST
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Nielsen released its top-10 ratings for everything from TV to consumer goods this week. Once again, "American Idol" was the most-watched regular show, while the Super Bowl drew the most viewers for a single event. Although "Lost" didn't rank among the top 10 shows during its regular airings, it was the number one time-shifted show—a show recorded and watched later.
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