BOWIE at 60: London's Observer looks forward to David Bowie's birthday next Monday with an essay and quotes from famous fans like Scarlett Johansson, Clive Owen, Franz Ferdinand's Alex Kapranos, and more.…
Read More…BUT IT HAS BEEN a pretty slow time of the year for news, as usual. So I thought that — as this year was the Year of YouTube — that I would…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE…… with THE FAB FOUR'S Royal Variety Performance from 1963: “From Me To You,” “'Til There Was You” and “Twist & Shout.” Those in the cheaper seats, clap your…
Read More10, 20, 30, 40… Sonic Youth perform “Bull in the Heather.”THE BEES (UK), a/k/a Band of Bees, has been getting some good blog buzz for Octopus, which has yet to be released…
Read MoreKENNY ROGERS & THE FIRST EDITION: I could say that “I Just Dropped In to See What Condition My Condition Was In,” but you can probably already guess I was in a…
Read MoreWHAT TIME IS IT? IT'S STAR TIME!JAMES BROWN — “The Godfather of Soul,” “The Hardest-Working Man in Show Business,” “Soul Brother Number one,” and “The Minister of New New Super Heavy Funk”…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE……with BILLY MACK! Because “Christmas Is All Around.”NORAD will be tracking Santa Sunday night, per usual.SEASON of the LIST: PopMatters has its Best of 2006 in many genres, some…
Read MoreCHRISTMAS COMES THIS TIME EACH YEAR: It's the “Little Saint Nick” by the Beach Boys. But if I posted the Beach Boys today, who will top my holiday countdown tomorrow?SEASON of the…
Read MoreAIMEE MANN has a video medley of all of the songs on One More Drifter in the Snow.HOLIDAY MUSIC from various artists is streaming from AOL.GO ELF YOURSELF: Sylvia Hauser just turned…
Read MoreTHE MONKEES sing a Christmas medley at MTV, circa 1986. Even Mike Nesmith turned up.NEW RELEASES: It's pretty much all that hippety-hop stuff at AOL this week. You might want to keep…
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