Cheap Seats: Bad Times, Good Prices Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:45:07 -0000 In belt-tightening times, the cost of enjoying the arts in New York might seem particularly daunting. Here’s how to get the most for your cultural dollar.
Music Review | Beck: A Somber Rocker Offers No Reprieve in Uncertain Times Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:11:11 -0000 Beck’s new album often transmutes anxiety into giddy momentum; the concert on Wednesday at the United Palace Theater was bleaker by far.
Music Review | Kenny Garrett: Sax Lines Backed by Funky Grooves Fri, 10 Oct 2008 04:21:51 -0000 What Kenny Garrett delivered, along with an excitable young band, was impressive on technical merits but ultimately static, showy and glib, at Iridium on Wednesday.
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The Rescues On Mountain Stage Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:51:00 -0400 In The Rescues, three singer-songwriters' voices converge in a wash of harmony that's most commonly compared to the vocal prowess of The Eagles and Fleetwood Mac. Here, they showcase their pop harmonies on Mountain Stage. Brian Wilson Sings A Love Letter To California Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:36:00 -0400 Four years after reviving and releasing his abandoned masterpiece, Smile, Wilson is back with a new album, That Lucky Old Sun. Between performances of songs from the new disc, the former Beach Boys singer shares what it was like to return to his old recording home at Capitol Records. Girl Talk Chops Pop Music To Pieces Fri, 10 Oct 2008 10:27:00 -0400 Mash-up artist Girl Talk may feature more than 300 samples on his new album, Feed the Animals, but creator Greg Gillis says that he has only 100 MP3s on his laptop. He's more interested in the bits and pieces of music, even when it's only a split second.
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As fortune smiles, Wayne asks 'Do You Believe Me Now' Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:57:00 -0500 Jimmy Wayne celebrated the success of his No. 1 song "Do You Believe Me Now" on Thursday, joining the song's writers Joe West and Dave Pahanish at a party thrown by BMI. The singer later met up with the song's other co-writer, Tim Johnson, for another celebration at SESAC's headquarters. Ringtone royalty rate gets big boost Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:47:00 -0500 Songwriters and music publishers say they're pleased with a U.S. Copyright Royalty Board ruling issued Thursday that sets a higher rate for ringtones but keeps a 9.1-cents mechanical royalty on all other music, including compact discs and digital download services. SESAC cooks up fun for The Grascals Fri, 03 Oct 2008 05:51:00 -0500 The first clue that something was up at the oft-quiet performing rights organization SESAC this week was the large powder blue-and-turquoise tour bus emblazoned with an assortment of Mayberry's Finest baking mixes parked across the street from its Music Row offices.
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Make-Believe Maverick Tue, 30 Sep 2008 07:23:06 -0700
A closer look at the life and career of John McCain reveals a disturbing record of recklessness and dishonesty
• VIDEO: Five Myths About John McCain
• The Double-Talk Express
• Mad Dog Palin: The Full Story
• Karl Rove's A-Team
At Fort McNair, an army base located along the Potomac River in the nation's capital, a chance reunion takes place one day between two former POWs. It's the spring of 1974, and Navy commander John Sidney McCain III has returned home from the...
The Easygoing Patriot Fri, 03 Oct 2008 11:51:54 -0700
Jackson Browne on Obama's chances, what he learned from Dylan and living off the grid
Making music is one of the greatest pleasures I've ever experienced — and I'm one who sought pleasure," Jackson Browne says with a quiet laugh on an early-autumn afternoon in a New York hotel room. But, he adds, "the heart of my activism is the belief that these pleasures are for everybody. If we continue what we're doing as a country . . . " He pauses. "We're all in the same boat. That's always been the subject of my songs. We only have a little time. It's a mess, so you do everything you...
Q&A: Chrissie Hynde Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:17:19 -0700
The Pretenders singer on moving back to Ohio, opening a vegan restaurant and her rootsy new record
• Video: Behind the Scenes of the "Boots of Chinese Plastic" music video
After her 2007 tour with the Pretenders, frontwoman Chrissie Hynde vowed not to return to the stage until she wrote some new material. "Frankly, it was just embarrassing that I hadn't had a record out in so long," she says. Now, after recently resettling in her childhood home of Akron, Ohio — she has lived primarily in London for the past 35 years — Hynde can hit the road and draw from a brand-new batch...
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UG Reaches Two Milestones In The Same Week! Fri, 10 Oct 2008 14:45:56 -0000 This past Thursday Ultimate-Guitar celebrated its 10th birthday, a pretty significant event for a website that began as a labor of love for Eugeny Naidenov. Lars Ulrich To Sell Basquiat 'Boxer' Painting Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:01:53 -0000 Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich has consigned "Untitled (Boxer)", a 1982 painting by Jean-Michel Basquiat, for sale by Christie's in New York next month. EMI To Launch iTunes-Rivalling Download Store? Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:45:26 -0000 Major record label EMI chiefs are reportedly planning to launch a music download service to rival iTunes and Amazon.com.