Rock N Roll

Can This Rolling Stone Rocker Really Paint?

Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Video, Kate Moss, Celebrity Artist, Painter, Mick Jagger, Rock-N-Roll, Lucien Freud, Ronnie Wood, Rolling Stone, Damien Hirst, Slidepollajax, Rolling Stones, Jack Nicholson, Rock Star, Arts News

As the guitarist of the Rolling Stones, Ronnie Wood seemingly indulged in a lifestyle of sex, drugs and rock-n-roll. Yet when it comes to art, the wil...

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(R)evolution in Rock: The Art Takes Los Angeles by Storm

Lisa Paul Streitfeld | Posted 06.02.2012

Read More: Andy Warhol, Rock N' Roll, The Art, Los Angeles, Motley Crue, Marcel Duchamp, Vicky Hamilton, Geffen Records, Lady GaGa, Kill City, Bar Sinister, Ron English, Australia, Jim Morrison, Marilyn Mason, The Beatles, The Doors, Rodney Bigenheimer, Rodney on the Roq, Twilight of the Idols, Nietzsche, Guns N Roses, American Idol, K-Rock, Joan Jett, Hollywood, Rockpaper Coffeehouse, Abstract Art, The X Factor, Van Halen, Arts News
Lisa Paul Streitfeld

Such scrappy behavior -- hopeful, yet realist in a "turning world" -- is what propels this Down Under band over the precarious tightrope navigating the middle ground between dreams and nightmares on their journey to define a rock 'n' roll (r)evolution in the 21st century.

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Lady Gaga, David Bowie And Madonna Get A Shot Of Color

Posted 03.21.2012

Read More: Andy Warhol, Kate Moss, Bob Marley, Video, Rock N Roll, Madonna, Lady GaGa, David Bowie, Mick Rock, Syd Barrett, Slidepollajax, Lou Reed, Marc-Bolan, Arts News

For his latest show at CATM Chelsea, seminal rock photographer Mick Rock brings his iconic '70s imagery out of hiding along with some new ones, but th...

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What It's Really Like For A Woman In Rock

Anya Marina | Posted 05.12.2012

Read More: Empowering Women in Music, Performing, Life on the Road, Dating and Relationships, Women in Music, Rock N Roll, Dating, Women in Rock, Women News
Anya Marina

I can feel his breath on my forehead, a passing whiff of whiskey on his lips. "Alright," he says, sounding and looking more like Don Draper by the passing second, "I say you and me go get a bourbon in the next room and call it a day."

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Roll Over, Chuck Berry: How a Longtime Rock 'n Roll Editor Became Obsessed With Beethoven

Greg Mitchell | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Classical Music, Beethoven, Rock 'N Roll, Rock and Roll, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News
Greg Mitchell

My exposure to classical music was limited, by choice, and Beethoven was little more than a key "droogie" in A Clockwork Orange. But then, as I approached my 60th birthday, something happened. My life has gone from "Roll Over, Beethoven" to just... Beethoven.

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Clear Heart Full Eyes: Friday Night Lights and Relating to Rock 'n' Roll

Craig Finn | Posted 04.02.2012

Read More: Friday Night Lights, Clear Heart Full Eyes, Rock N Roll, Craig Finn, Entertainment News
Craig Finn

We can all appreciate something to get behind, whether it's a team or a band. In fact, one of the best parts of rock and roll is the community that comes up around it.

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Top 10 Rock 'N' Roll Novelty Songs For Post 50s

Pat Gallagher | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Roger Miller, Brian Hyland, Ray Stevens, Novelty Songs, Chuck Berry, Johnny Cash, Classic Rock, Rock N Roll, Slidepollajax, Rock and Roll, Baby Boomers, Top Rock and Roll Songs, Rock and Roll Trivia, Fifty News
Pat Gallagher

With the invention of rock 'n' roll around 1955, novelty songs picked up speed. Here's the countdown of the top 10 rock 'n' roll novelty songs.

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Adventures of a Lady in Rock: 'I Can't Get No . . .'

Anya Marina | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Empowering Women in Music, Women, Music, Rock N Roll, Women News
Anya Marina

Here's to dispelling the myth that there's anything to tell in the female musician's tell-all.

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Soul Man: Alessandro Nivola in Janie Jones

Kristin McCracken | Posted 12.28.2011

Read More: Janie Jones, Independent Film, Rock-N-Roll, Alessandro Nivola, Abigail Breslin, David M. Rosenthal, Elisabeth Shue, Entertainment News
Kristin McCracken

The star of David M. Rosenthal's rock indie Janie Jones can act, but his soulful duets with Abigail Breslin will also leave you jonesing for the album.

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Who Will Save Rock Music?

Jeff Pollack | Posted 10.31.2011

Read More: Eminem, Classic Rock, Nirvana, Rock Is Dead, Rock N Roll, We Must Be Superstars, Dave Grohl, Kurt Cobain, Jay-Z, Pink Floyd, Music, Jeff Pollack, Nitsuh Abebe, Coldplay, Mumford and Sons, Arts News
Jeff Pollack

There's been a lot of bad press about rock being in decline in terms of sales, video and radio airplay, and creativity being at low ebb, resulting in ...

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Sweet Cherry Pie

Janet Turley | Posted 10.12.2011

Read More: Heavy Metal, Warrant, 1980s, Rock N Roll, Sexism, 80s, Jani Lane, Glam Rock, Sexuality, Entertainment News
Janet Turley

Watching "Cherry Pie," all I see is Jani Lane saluting the callipygian Bobbi Brown. She's hot. So hot he has to "think about baseball" so he can swing all night with her.

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Amy Winehouse: Newest Member of Club 27

Maggie Van Ostrand | Posted 09.26.2011

Read More: Jim Morrison, Brian Jones, Addiction, Kurt Cobain, Grateful Dead, Rock 'N' Roll, Drugs, The 27 Club, Blues, Ron Pigpen McKernan, Robert Johnson, Amy Winehouse, Murder, Janis Joplin, The Doors, Club 27, Addict, Booze, Autopsy, Rolling Stones, Jimi Hendrix, Entertainment News
Maggie Van Ostrand

Club 27 is a most exclusive and heavenly private club of great musicians who died at the age of 27. As of July 24th, Amy Winehouse is the latest me...

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Rock n' Rolls: The Summer Of Food Festivals

Honest Cooking | Posted 09.17.2011

Read More: Festivals, Honest Cooking, Recipes, Rock N Roll, Bbq, Fast Food, Food, Grilling, Music, Food News
Honest Cooking

There seems to be a new breed of food festivals popping up around the world, whether it's one day events or proper sleep-in-a-tent shindigs, where chefs, produce and local farmers get the attention they deserve.

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Controversial Chuck Berry Statue Approved

AP | Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Kmox, Joe Edwards, Art Controversy, Public Art, Rock N Roll, Missouri, Johnny B Goode, Music, Harry Weber, University City, Statue, St Louis, Chuck Berry, Arts News

UNIVERSITY CITY, Mo. -- The rock legend known for such hits as "Johnny B. Goode" will be getting a statue in suburban St. Louis, but not everyone thin...

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WATCH: Teen Band Spreads Anti-Bullying Message Through Music

Posted 08.11.2011

Read More: Video, Social Change, Radio Silence Nyc, School Bullying, Rock N Roll, Bullying, Ny Impact, Education News

Too young to vote? This is irrelevant to a group of four young musicians who believe all you need is some rock 'n' roll in order to change the world. ...

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Behind the Scenes With Musician and Artist, Jon Langford

Elysabeth Alfano | Posted 06.20.2011

Read More: Jon Langford, Fear No Art Chicago, Painter, Punk Rock, Fear No Art, The Mekons, Skull Orchard, Rock N' Roll, Skull Orchard Revisited, Art Chicago, Painting, Musician, The Waco Brothers, Elysabeth Alfano, Chicago News
Elysabeth Alfano

Has punk rock come and gone? Not exactly. I visited the music and painting studio of The Mekons' lead singer, Jon Langford, to see the life of an ongoing rocker.

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I Got a Check From John Lennon

Rob Patterson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Lennon Death, Rock N Roll, Yoko Ono, Bag One, Music Journalism, Nam June Paik, John Lennon Assasination, The Dakota, New York City, John Lennon Killed, Charlotte Moorman, Bob Gruen, The Beatles, Upper West Side, Video, John Lennon, Colgate University, Beatles Ed Sullivan, Mark David Chapman, Sony, Entertainment News
Rob Patterson

In the fall of 1974, I got a check for $15 written on the account of John Lennon. Almost all of my friends insisted that I couldn't cash it. I did. But I cherish the memory of opening that envelope.

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AA Bondy tours east coast with label-mates, The Walkmen

Travis Keller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: California, Noel Gallagher, Spaceland, Rock N Roll, Morrissey, Fat Possum Records, Folk Music, Purple Rain, Live Music, Music, Los Angeles, Aa Bondy, Prince, Oasis, Buddyhead, The Walkmen, Tour Dates, Music Industry, Fuck Yeah Fest, Los Angeles News
Travis Keller

After just doing a bang-up job on a little west coast swing built around LA's Fuck Yeah Fest and ending with the successfully packed Buddyhead + FYF...

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AA Bondy Plays Newport Folk Festival, on Tour in US and Getting Ready to Play FYF!

Travis Keller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Downtown, Spaceland, Mark Arm, Mudhoney, Rock N Roll, Pete Seeger, Travis Keller, Aa-Bondy, Bob Dylan, Music, Vebena, Steve Turner, Buddyhead, Punk, Folk, Fuck Yeah Fest, Scott Bondy, American Folk, Newport-Folk-Festival, Los Angeles News
Travis Keller

Internet, meet your new favorite artist! Introducing AA Bondy. Mr. Bondy is one of the best song writers and performers our generation has to offer.

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It's Summer, Darlings

Christopher Herz | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Space Land, Summer Bands, Underground Bands, Rock N' Roll, Summer Darling, Los Angeles Music Scene, Silver Lake Bands, Indi Rock, Summer Music, Arts News
Christopher Herz

With the country at war, oil spilling to our shores, heat waves tipping their hands at what's on the horizon, you wouldn't expect your romance music to come neatly packaged and off the shelf, would you?

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SPIN Magazine Publisher: Internet Didn't Kill the Magazine Star

Jon Chattman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cool, Rock N Roll, Jim James, Malcolm Campbell, Rock, Ipad, Spin Magazine, Jedi Mind Trick, Kindle, Sarah Palin, Spin, Sticky Fingers, Rolling Stone, Rolling Stones, My Morning Jacket, Magazines, Entertainment News
Jon Chattman

I spoke with the mag's publisher Malcolm Campbell about the super cool edition, and where he sees SPIN and rock going into the future.

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HuffPost Review: Jeff Beck Rocks LA

Irene Rubaum-Keller | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jeff Beck, Yo-Yo Ma, Music, Guitar Players, Rock N Roll, Concert Reviews, Los Angeles News
Irene Rubaum-Keller

If you were at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles last night to hear Jeff Beck play, and there had been an earthquake, you wouldn't have known it. The music was literally shaking the seats.

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The Coolest Rock Songs Inspired By Literature

Times UK | Victoria Segal | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Kate Bush, The Doors, Rock N Roll, Wuthering Heights, Iggy Pop, Books, Rock Songs, Bob Dylan, Joy Division, Books News

Leather trousers; guitar; library card: for all rock'n'roll's upfront priapism, its back pocket has long contained a battered paperback. It might not ...

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The Day the Music Died

Phil Perrier | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Music, U2, Rolling Stones, The Ramones, Rock N Roll, Music Industry, Entertainment News
Phil Perrier

Where are the next Rolling Stones, or U2, or Van Morrison? Rock & roll, a once great art form, is going dormant, like Latin or Yiddish.

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Confession: I Was Among the Last Journalists to Interview Malcolm McLaren

Andy Pemberton | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Agent Provocateur, Malcolm McLaren, Vivienne Westwood, Fashion, The Sex Pistols, Johnny Rotten, Malcolm McLaren Dies, Rock N' Roll, Malcolm McLaren Dead, Malcolm Mclaren Death, Entertainment News
Andy Pemberton

The way Malcolm talked, the emphasis he placed on ideas, his joy in spectacle, the relish with which he provoked society, was fraught with difficulty. But he was never boring. And how many people can you say that about?

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