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It's Only Rock n' Roll

"The '60s are gone, dope will never be as cheap, sex never as free, and the rock and roll never as great." - Abbie Hoffman

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  • August 2008

    • Fest Cops Ban Doherty's Band

      NME  |  Aug 20, 08 12:20 PM CDT

      Fest Cops Ban Doherty's Band

      (Newser) - Police have banned Pete Doherty's band Babyshambles from headlining a UK music festival, citing the group's rowdy stage antics, NME reports. After "an analysis of what Pete Doherty and his band does," police determined they "speed up and then slow down the music" to incite violence. Moonfest organizers had their license revoked and canceled the Wiltshire festival as a result. More »

    • Cleveland Rocks, But NY Rocks More

      Forbes  |  Aug 14, 08 3:12 PM CDT

      Cleveland Rocks, But NY Rocks More

      (Newser) - Cleveland lobbied to be the home of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame to bring tourists to town, but a dip in visitors has led the museum's worried organizers to turn to New York for help. Mayor Michael Bloomberg joined singer Billy Joel yesterday to announce the opening of an annex to the hall in Soho in November, Forbes reports. More »

    • Beatles Contract Expected to Fetch $500K at Auction

      Associated Press  |  Aug 13, 08 1:03 PM CDT

      Beatles Contract Expected to Fetch $500K at Auction

      (AP) - Brian Epstein's copy of his management contract with The Beatles, a pact that proved to be worth millions, is being offered for sale in London next month. The four-page document, signed by John Lennon, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, and Ringo Starr in 1962, carries an estimated $480,000 pricetag. McCartney and Harrison's fathers also signed because their sons were underage. More »

    • The Internet Is Killing Our Rock Stars

      Wall Street Journal  |  Aug 9, 08 10:57 AM CDT

      The Internet Is Killing Our Rock Stars

      (Newser) - The Internet is killing the two cultural exports that most define America: music and movies, Elizabeth Lee Wurtzel writes in the Wall Street Journal . Gone are the days of the old-fashioned rock star and the seminal album, replaced by one-hit wonders and an iTunes audience that craves singles. Gone, too, are the days when— Harry Potter notwithstanding—lines would snake around the block to see Star Wars or similar fare. Blame downloading for much of it. "Our movies and music are America," Wurtzel warns. "And the day the music dies, the party's over." More »

    • The Sexiest Music Videos Ever Made

      Nerve  |  Aug 5, 08 12:39 PM CDT

      The Sexiest Music Videos Ever Made

      (Newser) - From "Love Shack" to "Sexual Healing," sex and music videos have always gone hand in hand. Nerve lists its picks for the 50 sexiest videos of all time: "Addicted to Love," Robert Palmer: The stone-faced models shimmying behind Palmer exude a cool '80s sexuality.  "Centerfold," J Geils Band: Cheesy? Yes. Cute "schoolgirls" with Farrah Fawcett hair? Absolutely. More »

  • July 2008

    • When Music, Politics Collide, It's Usually Cringe-Worthy

      Radar  |  Jul 31, 08 7:49 PM CDT

      When Music, Politics Collide, It's Usually Cringe-Worthy

      (Newser) - As Barack Obama prepares for an appearance at Lollapalooza this weekend, Radar revisits odd moments when music invaded the political arena. Sometimes scary, sometimes silly, but always strange, here are some highlights: Elvis and Nixon: The King visited the White House and offered to help in the fight against drugged-out hippie culture. He even got his very own DEA badge. Harry and the critics: Truman once fired off an angry note to a reviewer who panned daughter Margaret's singing, warning him he'd need a "new nose" and a "supporter below" if they ever met. More »

    • Best Brouhahas Over Albums

      Los Angeles Times  |  Jul 28, 08 9:32 AM CDT

      Best Brouhahas Over Albums

      (Newser) - Nas’s new album gained its fair share of buzz before release because he originally planned to call it the 'n-word.' He settled on no title at all. Other album controversies, from the Los Angeles Times : The Beatles, Yesterday and Today : The so-called butcher cover featured mutilated baby dolls before being quickly pulled. More »

    • Athletes Got Nothin' on Rock 'n Roll Drummers

      Times Literary Supplement  |  Jul 23, 08 7:05 PM CDT

      Athletes Got Nothin' on Rock 'n Roll Drummers

      (Newser) - Sure, the lead singer gets all the attention, but how about a little respect for the drummer? Sports scientists are taking up the cause with a new study that says the rockers are as fit as Olympic athletes, the Times of London reports. The best of them lose 2 quarts of water a night, burn about 500 calories an hour, and have a heart rate that rivals a top soccer player. "You get a three-hour workout every night," says the Blur's Dave Rowntree. More »

    • Rage Frontman's New Band Sounds Familiar

      Mother Jones  |  Jul 20, 08 6:05 PM CDT

      Rage Frontman's New Band Sounds Familiar

      (Newser) - Rage Against the Machine fans probably won’t be disappointed with One Day As A Lion , the new project from frontman Zach de la Rocha: It sounds, well, "pretty much kinda-sorta exactly like Rage Against the Machine,"  writes Gary Moskowitz in Mother Jones . The first song, online this week, “could easily be mistaken for a middle-of-the-set song performed by Rage at Lollapalooza in the early 90s.” More »

    • Joel Movin' Out of Shea

      New York Sun  |  Jul 8, 08 7:47 AM CDT

      Joel Movin' Out of Shea

      (Newser) - His idols set a pop-cultural milestone by playing a concert there in 1965, and now Billy Joel will be the last musician to rock Shea Stadium, reports the New York Sun . Since the Beatles turned to sports venues to fit their legions of screaming fans, the home of the Mets has hosted everyone from The Police to The Boss to the Pope. More »

  • June 2008

    • Chief Justice Ain't Got a Bob Dylan Quote

      New York Times  |  Jun 29, 08 4:22 PM CDT

      Chief Justice Ain't Got a Bob Dylan Quote

      (Newser) - A Supreme Court decision was livened up this week by a quote from 1960s thinker, Robert Dylan—known to his fans as Bob. Regarding a stand-off between phone companies, Chief Justice John Roberts quoted, "When you got nothing, you got nothing to lose," from Bob Dylan's 1965 hit Like a Rolling Stone . But Roberts left out a word that most Dylan fans remember, the New York Times reports. More »

    • My Morning Jacket Spreads Rock Gospel

      New York Times  |  Jun 23, 08 4:33 PM CDT

      My Morning Jacket Spreads Rock Gospel

      (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 »

    • Jerry to Mick's Kids: Don't Date Men Like Dad

      Daily Mail (UK)  |  Jun 17, 08 10:16 AM CDT

      Jerry to Mick's Kids: Don't Date Men Like Dad

      (Newser) - Mick Jagger’s ex stomached his philandering for 20 years but Jerry Hall insists their daughters—Elizabeth, 21, and Georgia May, 15—will never date a wild womanizer like their Rolling Stones dad, the Daily Mail reports. “No, never. But I don't think they would. They have far more confidence than I did, and they have great boundaries.” More »

    • Johnny McCain No Goode for Chuck Berry

      Reuters  |  Jun 10, 08 8:27 AM CDT

      Johnny McCain No Goode for Chuck Berry

      (Newser) - Chuck Berry hopes Barack Obama will rock his way to victory in November—even though it's John McCain who used Berry's classic Johnny B. Goode as a theme song in the early days of the campaign. The McCain camp has since switched to Abba's Take a Chance On Me. Berry, whose first new album in 30 years is in the works, says Obama's nomination is a great moment for America.  More »

  • May 2008

    • Metal Makes a Heavy Comeback

      Guardian (UK)  |  May 24, 08 7:27 AM CDT

      Metal Makes a Heavy Comeback

      (Newser) - Heavy metal is coming back with a vengeance this summer, the Guardian reports. Kiss, Def Leppard, Judas Priest, and plenty of other massive metal names from the '80s will dust off the spandex and play stadium shows for audiences of aging headbangers along with a new generation of fans weaned on Guitar Hero. Many of the rock dinosaurs are even recording new material. More »

    • Rocker Tyler No Longer Livin' On the Edge

      E! Online  |  May 22, 08 3:21 AM CDT

      Rocker Tyler No Longer Livin' On the Edge

      (Newser) - Aerosmith frontman Steven Tyler has checked into a California rehab facility, E! Online reports. The singer is being treated for undisclosed substance abuse at the center where Dr. Drew's Celebrity Rehab was filmed. The dad of actress Liv Tyler had been clean for over 20 years since his wild '70s and '80s heyday, but he reportedly fell off the wagon during a rocky stretch in his relationship with gal pal Erin Bradley. More »

  • April 2008

    • Pulitzer Rolls to Rocker Dylan

      Associated Press  |  Apr 8, 08 8:53 AM CDT

      Pulitzer Rolls to Rocker Dylan

      (Newser) - You who still think Bob Dylan hasn't gotten the recognition his 50-year career merits—now is the time for your cheers. The genre-shifting icon won a special Pulitzer Prize yesterday, marking the first time the honor has gone to a rocker. The citation noted Dylan's "profound impact on popular music and American culture, marked by lyrical compositions of extraordinary poetic power." More »

  • March 2008

    • Keith Riffs on 'Boinky' Groupies, Sexy Mick

      GQ  |  Mar 28, 08 2:07 PM CDT

      Keith Riffs on 'Boinky' Groupies, Sexy Mick

      (Newser) - Rolling Stones mummy Keith Richards is still kicking, and GQ got him talking about—what else?—sex, drugs and rock 'n roll in his Manhattan "office" while he downed a vodka on the rocks. Richards doesn't debunk any myths, certainly. "It wasn't just boinky-boinky" with the groupies, he said. "They used to rub Vicks on your chest if you had a cold." More »

    • Weezer Star Needs Help Writing a Song

      Pitchfork Media  |  Mar 27, 08 9:05 PM CDT

      Weezer Star Needs Help Writing a Song

      (Newser) - In yet another example of the Internet democratizing the music industry, Weezer's frontman is using YouTube to get some help writing a new song. Rivers Cuomo is broadcasting himself (don't miss the campy moustache) in a series he's dubbed "Let's Write a Sawng." His latest dispatch asks fans to "come up with some chords yo," Pitchfork Media reports. More »

    • Teens' Public Orgies Rattle Chilean Mores

      Newsweek  |  Mar 20, 08 3:30 PM CDT

      Teens' Public Orgies Rattle Chilean Mores

      (Newser) - Can 100 teenagers performing oral sex on one another in a public park not be a political statement? That's one of the questions the sight of horny, apolitical, bisexual Chilean teenagers are prompting among their appalled, mostly Catholic compatriots, Newsweek reports from a country still haunted by General Pinochet's repressive ghost, yet taking full advantage of his free-market legacy. More »

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Buddy Holly   (Archive Photos)
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Elvis Presley is shown in this undated file photo. Presley, who earned an estimated $49 million in the past year, has reclaimed the No. 1 spot on Forbes.com's list of "Top-Earning Dead Celebrities," posted...   (Associated Press)
The British rock and roll group The Beatles are seen during their first U.S. tour in this 1964 file photo. The band members, from left to right, are George Harrison, John Lennon, Ringo Starr and Paul...   (Associated Press)
The Supremes   (Archive Photos)
(FILES) In this file picture taken 29 August 2002, James Brown...   (Getty Images)
Rolling Stones' leqd singer Mick Jagger   (Getty Images (by Event))
Guitarist Keith Richards of British Rock band, The Rolling Stones...   (Getty Images (by Event))
Bob Dylan performs at the Pawtucket Arts Festival at McCoy Stadium, in this Thursday, Aug. 24, 2006 file photo, in Pawtucket, R.I. In the more than 50 years since the first Pulitzer Prize for music...   (Associated Press)
Joan Baez   (Archive Photos)
Black and Fat   ((c) Gary J. Wood)
A 1968 Gibson Flying V electric guitar used by late rock musician Marc Bolan is on display at Christie's auction house in London, Wednesday, March 28, 2007. The guitar will be auctioned during a Pop...   (Associated Press)
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