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Reasons To Be Cheerful (Part 2)

Michael Sigman | Posted 12.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Andrew Loog Oldham, Ian Dury, Cyberfrequencies, John Rabe, Beatles, Silver Brazilians, Nancy Fierro, Rolling Stones, Smokey Robinson, Kinks, Noisettes, Ronnettes, Charles Phoenix, David Mellon, Nadia Boulanger, Barney Bubbles, Entertainment News

British New Waver Ian Dury's keen wit, social criticism and generosity of spirit inspires the following reasons for cheer during this tough holiday season.

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Some Jobs Taxpayers Don't Need to Buy

Leo W. Gerard | Posted 12.03.2009 | Business

Read More: Beatles, John Lennon, Jobs Summit, Paul McCartney, Works Progress Administration, Credit Default Swaps, Cooper Tire, Paul Krugman, Newpage, Economic Policy Institute, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, U.S. International Trade Commission, Fdr, Great Depression, Business News

A second stimulus is completely reasonable at a time when there are six unemployed Americans for every job opening and when it takes six months on average for an unemployed worker to find a job.

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Robert De Niro Upstages Denver In Kirk Jones' Everybody's Fine

Michael Bialas | Posted 11.30.2009 | Denver

Read More: Kirk Jones, Beatles, Perry Como, Denver Film Festival, Paul McCartney, Colorado, Frank Sinatra, Melissa Leo, Kate Beckinsale, Sam Rockwell, Denver, Jack Nicholson, Drew Barrymore, Robert De Niro, Michael Douglas, Mirmax, Denver News

Denver plays a small part in Everybody's Fine, the tearjerking family drama disguised in recent trailers as a feel-good holiday film starring Robert De Niro.

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The Beatles: A Retrospective From The Year 3000 (VIDEO)

Posted 11.25.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Scottie Pippen Beatles, Beatles Year 3000, Beatles Retrospective, The Beatles 3000, Beatles Future, Funny Videos, Beatles 3000, Beatles, Comedy News

How will we look back at The Beatles in 1000 years? How will John Lennon, Paul Mackenzie, George Hutchinson, and Scottie Pippen stand the test of time...

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"Who Shot Rock & Roll" at the Brooklyn Museum

Regina Weinreich | Posted 10.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Janis Joplin, Beatles, The B-52's, John Lennon, Madonna, Yoko Ono, Patti Smith, Debbie Harry, Sex Pistols, Ike and Tina, James Brown, Entertainment News

What fascinates is remembering the B-52s as in George DuBose's 1978 photograph, or Ike and Tina in 1962, as in Ernest C. Withers' photo, or Amy Arbus' 1983 Madonna before Kabbalah.

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Music's Biggest Quitters: 20 Who Quit

Spinner | Spinner Staff | Posted 10.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Steve Perry, Monkees, Prince, Zack De La Rocha, 000 Maniacs, Natalie Merchant, Michael Nesmith, Kiss, Music, Rock, Artist Formerly Known as Prince, Smashing Pumpkins, Oasis, Ace Frehley, Judas Priest, Tom Fogerty, Rob Halford, John Lennon, 10, Quitters, Jason Newsted, Brian Wilson, Metallica, Beach Boys, Cat Stevens, Rage Against the Machine, Abba, Izzy Stradlin, Holly Johnson, Fugees, D'arcy Wretzky, Dee Dee Ramone, Pop Music, Lauryn Hill, Noel Gallagher, Beatles, D'arcy, Guns N Roses, Ramones, Mase, Entertainment News

They say winners never quit, but in the music biz there's something to be said for going out at the top of your game. Whether they left for greener p...

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The Deaths of "Lucy in the Sky" and "Sexy Sadie": A Tale of Two Women

Darin Murphy | Posted 11.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds, The Beatles, Manson Family, Susan Atkins, John Lennon, White Album, Lucy O'Donnell Vodden, Sexy Sadie, Sharon Tate, Beatles, Charles Manson, Entertainment News

One would remain an enigma whose legend mystified millions, while the other became a high profile murderer who horrified millions more.

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Beatles Bonanza! Fab Four Sell Over 2 Million Albums In 5 Days

AP | Posted 11.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Paul McCartney, Beatles, The Beatles, John Lennon, Ringo Starr, George Harrison, Music, Entertainment News

LOS ANGELES — Nearly 40 years after breaking up, The Beatles are still breaking records for album sales. EMI Group PLC says consumers in North ...

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Mad Men's Emmy Triumph Comes As "Guy Walks Into An Advertising Agency" -- HuffPost Review

William Bradley | Posted 11.21.2009 | Entertainment

Last night's repeat win at the Emmy Awards further enshrined Mad Men as television's best series on a night when it aired a consequential new episode.

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The Beatles, Obama and Real Change...

Stephen Gyllenhaal | Posted 11.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: Aig Bonuses, Iran, Federal Reserve, Beatles, Iraq, Obama, Wall Street, Afganistan, Politics News

For real change to hit us, it would have had to come like the Beatles first songs hit us. It would have had to have been brash and maybe a bit humorous, but with a working class toughness.

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What Makes People Want to Play Rock Band and Guitar Hero?

Gary Marcus | Posted 11.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Guitar Hero, Psychology, Video Games, Rock Band, Metallica, Atlantic Monthly, Albums, Aerosmith, Led Zeppelin, Beatles, New York Times, Steely Dan, Entertainment News

I suspect monkeys could be trained to play Guitar Hero and Rock Band, and yet the two games together have grossed over three billion dollars

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Mad Men: "The Fog" -- HuffPost Review

William Bradley | Posted 11.14.2009 | Entertainment

Five major plot developments in this episode -- named for the culmination of Betty Draper's pregnancy -- drive the action forward as we enter the middle of the season.

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Field Notes From a Songwriter's Centennial

Michael Sigman | Posted 11.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Glenn Miller, Beatles, Billie Holiday, Louis Prima, Johnny Mercer, George Martin, Bob Dylan, Ebb Tide, It's All in the Game, Monty Python, Entertainment News

My dad's biggest hit -- "It's All In The Game" -- began as classical violin solo composed by Charles Dawes, making it the only No. 1 song to have been co-written by a vice president of the United States.

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Cursing In Tyler Texas, a Grievous Offense?

Carol Hoenig | Posted 08.28.2009 | Living

Read More: Second Contribution, Beatles, Adirondacks, Curses, Bergfeld Park Amphitheater, Texas, Ravi Shankar, Curse Words, Shawn Phillips, Tyler, Afghanistan, Iraq, Living News

Maybe the angry father has his own big issues that bother him, but he would do better teaching his children about justice and loving one's neighbor instead of making curse words the enemy.

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Another '60s Anniversary: The Ur-Action Blockbuster Goldfinger

William Bradley | Posted 08.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: John F. Kennedy, Mike Myers, Oddjob, 1960s, Mustang, Cubby Broccoli, Goldfinger, Harry Saltzman, Ford Mustang, George W. Bush, Honor Blackman, Goldeneye, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Ian Fleming, Austin Powers, John Barry, Casino Royale, Paul Johnson, Steven Spielberg, Thunderball, Apollo 11, Jaws, James Cameron, Moon, The Rock, Dr. No, Soviet Union, Jaguar, Aston Martin, Communist China, Shirley Bassey, True Lies, Guy Hamilton, Mad Men, James Bond, Warren Beatty, Indiana Jones, Ursula Andress, George Lucas, George Lazenby, Transformers, Beatles, Tom Cruise, Pierce Brosnan, Daniel Craig, Michael Bay, From Russia With Love, Entertainment News

Though Goldfinger looks almost sedate compared to today's jittery, mashed-up action pictures, editor Peter Hunt's work 45 years ago, emphasizing fast hard cuts, was an innovation.

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Con Games: End of Story In Vegas

Michael Conniff | Posted 08.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: The Lion King, Beatles, Marriage, Travel, Disney, Las Vegas, The Blue Man Group, Entertainment News

Vegas, man-made and juiced-up, is where our story as a country has come to an end.

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The Love You Save: Michael and the Rear-Guard Boomers

Will Bunch | Posted 07.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Beatles, Baby Boomers, Ronald Reagan, 1980s, Led Zeppelin, Woodstock, Rolling Stones, Barack Obama, 1970s, Micahel Jackson Music, Michael Jackson Dead, Entertainment News

The Jackson 5 and their strings of hits like "The Love You Save" was the first pop music that truly belonged to us -- the rear-guard Baby Boomers.

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Music Gaming at E3 Expo: First Look at Beatles Rock Band, Last.fm's Xbox Partnership

Alexia Tsotsis | Posted 07.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Beatles, The Beatles, Music, Video Games, Technology, Rock and Roll, Media News

Music-related social games are attracting major artists -- and, in the process, luring new users outside the "core-gaming" community.

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Help! New York Times Desperately Seeking Beatles Expert...

Martin Lewis | Posted 05.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Emperor's New Clothes, Beatles, The Beatles, Culture of Arrogance, New York Times, Beatles Songs, Allan Kozinn, Beatles Rock Band, Pompous Asses Masquerading as Experts, Numerically-Challenged, The Case Against Tenured NY Times Writers, Judith Miller in Pants, New York-New York, Entertainment News

The New York Times is finally seeking a Beatles expert who is actually knowledgeable about the band and/or someone who can do basic math.

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HuffPost Reviews: U2 No Line On The Horizon / Chris Cornell Scream

Mike Ragogna | Posted 04.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Adam Clayton, Gnarls Barkley, Ginsu Knives, Daryll Hall, The Thompson Twins, The Edge, Queen, Paul Simon, Bono, Hall & Oates, Lebanon, Nancy Sinatra, Matthew Sweet, Demacio "Demo" Castellon, John Mayer, Beatles, The Tubes, Steve Lillywhite, Bad Company, Demacio Castellon, Jim Beanz, Nelly Furtado, Mars Lazar, Chris Cornell, Don Henley, Yes, Jerome Harmon, Timbaland, Dark Side of the Moon, Elvis Costello, Terence Trent D'Arby, Rick Rubin, A Night at the Opera, Daniel Lanois, Polaroid, David Coverdale, Temple of the Dog, Hammond B-3, Alan Furguson, Maren Jensen, Rick Wakeman, White Album, Larry Mullen Jr., U2, Entertainment News, Brian Eno, Soundgarden, Pink Floyd, Justin Timberlake, John Oates, Jimi Hendrix, Rupert Holmes, Marvin Gaye, Jefferson Airplane, Bruce Springsteen, Studer, Audioslave, Entertainment News

If you were expecting another All That You Can't Leave Behind or How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - Part II, forget it. U2 is back to experimenting.

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Rock Band, Guitar Hero: Murdering Musical Taste

Marshall Fine | Posted 03.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Allman Brothers, Beatles, Foreigner, Rock Band, Guitar Hero, Journey, David Bowie, Asia, Bruce Springsteen, Chuck Berry, Lou Reed, Kansas, Rollingstones, Entertainment News

It's bad enough that so-called classic-rock stations clog the airwaves with the worst of the 70s and 80s, but to have the videogame industry spoon-feeding it to a generation that doesn't know better is too much.

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Michael Phelps In Good Company

Keith Thomson | Posted 03.08.2009 | Green

Read More: Marijuana, Michael Phelps, Kellogg, Harrison Ford, Athletes, George Soros, Zachary Taylor, Andrew Jackson, James Madison, Johnny Carson, Sarah Palin, William F Buckley, Beatles, Laura Bush, Brad Pitt, George Pataki, John Kennedy, Johnny Depp, Bing Crosby, Madonna, Peggy Noonan, Picasso, Michael Bloomberg, Bill Gates, Stephen King, Barbra Streisand, Thomas Jefferson, John Wayne, Barack Obama, James Monroe, Mozart, Louisa May Alcott, Oliver Sacks, Jennifer Aniston, Shakespeare, Phelps Marijuana, Michael Phelps Bong, Phelps Bong, Michael Phelps Smoking, Michael Phelps Pot, Michael Phelps Marijuana, Michael Phelps Bong Photo, Michael Phelps Smoking a Bong, Phelps Pot, Michael Phelps Smoking Pot, Green News

According to a 2002 Time/CNN poll, 47% of Americans have smoked marijuana. Here's a list of famous users and advocates of the plant.

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New Year, New Administration, More Clemency

Jason Flom | Posted 02.14.2009 | Politics

Read More: George H. W. Bush, George Bush, Drug Sentencing, Grammys, Criminal Justice, Drugs, Music, Ben Taylor, Unfair Sentencing, The Beatles, Whitney Houston, George H.W. Bush, New Jersey, The Fugees, Carly Simon, Jail, Drug Trafficking, Families Against Mandatory Minimums, Crime, John Forte, Exeter, Keith Richards, New York City, Elvis Presley, Presidential Pardons, Criminal Justice System, Prison, Beatles, Lava Records, Bush Pardons, Music Industry, Cocaine, Phillips Exeter, Politics News

Obama ran on a campaign promise of change. He can begin by using the pardon power generously to correct as many individual cases of injustice as possible.

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The (Lounge) Lizard King: Happy Birthday, Buddy Greco

Tony Sachs | Posted 09.14.2008 | Entertainment

Buddy Greco's been counted out more times than a punch-drunk boxer, and he bounces back every time. And even in 2008, he's still one of the best jazz pianists around, and a hell of a singer, too.

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