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The iPod generation takes over

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June 2008
- Stars Turn Out to Fete Mandela
  
  BBC | Jun 27, 08 4:45 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - A benefit concert for Nelson Mandela's 90th birthday drew a constellation of music stars to London today, the BBC reports. Will Smith kicked off the festivities, and Leona Lewis was a hit with the crowd, but the star of the show, as expected, was Mandela. "Even as we celebrate, let us remind ourselves that our work is far from complete," he said. More »
- Beasties' Yauch Finds a Groove With Hoops Doc
  
  Radar | Jun 26, 08 5:45 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Though by his own admission, he's "just terrible at watching basketball on television," Beastie Boy Adam Yauch—aka MCA—has directed a documentary about the nation's top prep players. Gunnin' for That #1 Spot opens tomorrow, and Radar catches up with Yauch, whose fight for his right to party is trickier now that he's a gray-haired soccer dad. Among the highlights: More »
- Barack Rocks Stevie, Dylan on iPod
  
  Rolling Stone | Jun 26, 08 3:06 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Ever wonder what Barack's bumpin' when he's not stumpin'? In a sit-down with Rolling Stone's Jann Wenner, Obama reveals the artists on his iPod, including supporters like Bruce Springsteen, Bob Dylan, and Jay-Z. Dylan's "Maggie's Farm" drowns out the rhetoric on the campaign trail, but Stevie Wonder gets props as the candidate's "one musical hero." More »
- FBI Drops in on GN'R Leaker
  
  Rolling Stone | Jun 26, 08 11:04 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - When Kevin Skwerl leaked nine new tracks from long-awaited Guns N’ Roses album Chinese Democracy last week, he expected some fallout. A visit from two “Mulder and Scully” types courtesy of the FBI was not quite what he had in mind, reports Rolling Stone . “It‘s a little creepy they know where I work, "says Skwerl, who posted tracks received from "an anonymous online source" on his blog. More »
- Tim McGraw's His Own Bouncer
  
  TMZ | Jun 25, 08 8:48 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Tim McGraw took matters into his own hands when a rowdy fan got violent in the front row, TMZ reports. When McGraw saw the beefy man strike a woman during a concert in Washington state Tuesday night, he called for security while in mid-song, then reached down from the stage, and grabbed the guy. More »
- Tune Would Pave Zeppelin a $572M 'Stairway to Heaven'
  
  Portfolio | Jun 24, 08 10:18 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - With Led Zeppelin's first iTunes-sold album boosting the classic Stairway to Heaven back into various charts, Portfolio sounded out entertainment execs on what the tune might really be worth if the "notoriously protective" band would loosen the shackles. The final math: $572 million. A look at the breakdown: More »
- MC Shaq Rips Kobe in Rap
  
  Los Angeles Times | Jun 24, 08 7:39 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Even with the Lakers and Celtics matchup over, all is not quiet on the NBA rivalry front. Shaquille O'Neal took the mic at a New York club to perform a freestyle rap suggesting that Kobe Bryant couldn't win a championship without his former teammate: "You know how I be. Last week Kobe couldn't do without me." Shaq says his (mostly unprintable) two-minute verse "was all done in fun," reports the Los Angeles Times. More »
- My Morning Jacket Spreads Rock Gospel
  
  New York Times | Jun 23, 08 4:33 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - My Morning Jacket is officially an arena-rock force, Nate Chinen raves in the New York Times . The Southern-rock darlings walked the line between spiritual and sanguine before a sold-out Radio City Music Hall on Friday, playing the majority of new album Evil Urges , which "features some of its strongest songs alongside some of its strangest." More »
- Dion's AC/DC Tribute 'Worst Cover Ever'
  
  Total Guitar | Jun 23, 08 11:59 AM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Celine Dion's rendition of AC/DC's Y ou Shook Me All Night Long has been voted the worst cover ever, according to Total Guitar magazine. The UK mag called the duet Dion performed with Anastacia in Las Vegas 6 years ago an "offense" against music. "The No. 1 worst cover song—Celine Dion covering AC/DC—is sacrilege," said magazine editor Stephen Lawson. More »
- 9 Must-Have Cohen Classics
  
  More Intelligent Life | Jun 22, 08 6:46 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - "Adored by about a million fans and misunderstood by nearly everyone else," Leonard Cohen is set for his first tour in 15 years. So what better time to load up on "nine Cohen songs no self-respecting iPod should be without," writes Tim de Lisle in More Intelligent Life: Suzanne : "Cohen announces himself with an educated folk song" in 1967. Bird on the Wire : "A magical tune about the human condition." More »
- The 5 Priciest Albums of All Time
  
  Esquire | Jun 21, 08 5:00 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - As old vinyl gets hipper, Matthew Shepatin of Esquire charts the five most expensive albums in today's market: That’ll Be the Day/In Spite of All the Danger, The Quarrymen (1958): Features John, Paul, George, and some guys who aren't Ringo. Could sell for $200,000, if Paul would sell. Double Fantasy , John Lennon (1980): The one that Lennon signed for assassin Mark Chapman is worth $150,000. More »
- Joy Division Rocks, But Enough Already
  
  Anthem | Jun 19, 08 8:01 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - Joy Division, writes Nik Mercer for Anthem , “is one of those bands that gains significance exponentially as the years pass.” As testament to their place in pop music consciousness, recent years have seen three films on the band: 24 Hour Party People , focusing on their label and scene; Control , a Cobain-izing biopic of Ian Curtis; and now simply Joy Division: A Documentary . More »
- Rock Rolls With Bluegrass
  
  Rolling Stone | Jun 19, 08 2:46 PM CDT
  
  (Newser) - He's a howling rock god; she's a fiddlin' bluegrass queen. It sounds like an odd pairing, but Robert Plant and Alison Krauss weave haunting harmonies on tour, reports Rolling Stone . The duo admits they struggled to find the right groove while performing Led Zep covers and R&B classics from their 2007 platinum collaboration, Raising Sand . More »