THOM YORKE gets pub from the Boston Globe, the Chicago Sun-Times and the Village Voice for The Eraser, which Rolling Stone gives four stars, but which gets a mere 6.6 on the…
Read MoreIT MUST BE SUMMER if World Party, Fountains of Wayne and Liz Phair are playing a free triple-bill at Taste of Chicago. And I was able to juggle my schedule at the…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:BLONDIE IS BACK, according to Entertainment Tonight. And Debbie Harry is older than the President. No, really. Anyway, it put me in the mood for Clem Burke's thundering drums…
Read MoreBELLE & SEBASTIAN are playing a rare concert accompanied by the L.A. Philharmonic at the Hollywood Bowl tonight. The Philharmonic's musicians seem to be looking forward to the gig, as it's only…
Read MoreHARRY NILSSON talks about songwriting and plays a few numbers on the ol' Smothers Brothers show. He mentions that he wrote one of them for Midnight Cowboy, which was rejected in favor…
Read MoreTHE UNITED STATES celebrates the 230th anniversary of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence, declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. As the Wikipedia notes, this is a little arbitrary:…
Read MoreTHE PRESIDENT, THE PRIME MINISTER, poorboys and pilgrims with families are all going to Graceland. President Bush, took Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi — a self-described Elvis Presley maniac — to the…
Read MoreSuperman Returns, and with much of the same explosiveness as the original with updated, edge-of-your-seat effects. Brandon Routh quickly and aptly fills the boots of the man of steel in his return…
Read MoreTHE WEEKEND STARTS HERE:…with THE BEACH BOYS, because it's summer, because folks my age will always remember their big concerts on the Fourth of July weekend at the Washington Monument (as with…
Read MoreTHE PIPETTES are profiled by London's Telegraph, giving the backstory on theor run at mixing pre-fab pop with a punk DIY spirit. The article mentions that the band's new video for “Pull…
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