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Bobby Jindal: Soaring to New Heights For New Orleans

Patrick Sauer | Posted 10.19.2009 | Comedy

Read More: Helicopters, New Orleans, Harry Shearer, Louisiana, Separation of Church and State, Bobby Jindal, Evangelicals, Southern Decadence, Parishes, George W. Bush, Fema, Hurricane Katrina, Army Corps of Engineers, Barack Obama, Big Easy, Superdome, Comedy News

When I was a teenager, I overcame my Hindu upbringing to become a Catholic. Jesus spoke to me and told me Vishnu doesn't vote.

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Amazon's Perfect Mistake

Michael Sigman | Posted 10.18.2009 | Media

Read More: 1984, Kindle, Edison, Columbus, Big Brother, Amazon, Perfection, Harry Shearer, Media News

Amazon screwed up last month when it sold Kindle users an unlicensed version of a book. The online behemoth then compounded its goof.

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Arctic Monkeys' Humbug, This Week's New Album Releases, and More

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Dr. Dre, Insane Clown Posse, Cookie Monster, Christopher Guest, Heroes, Aerosmith, Mary J Blige, Donovan, Tiki Lewis, Sylvia Massey, David Bazan, Alex Turner, Sony Music, Herbiew Hancock, Derek Webb, Kenny Wayne Shepherd, Eric Johnson, Edgar Winter, Les Sabler, Queen Latifah, Beijing's White, Chris Young, John Fogerty, Jamie Cullum, Rod Stewart, Chuck Ragan, Katherine Mcphee, Led Zeppelin, Harry Shearer, Holywood Undead, Ozzy Osbourne, Joshe Homme, H Is Orange, Queens of the Stone Age, Jawnee Burx, Radney Foster and the Confessions, Marshall Tucker Band, Andy Warhol, The Pretenders, Pitbull, They Might Be Giants, Pearl Jam, Susana Baca, System of a Down, Blue Oyser Cult, Soulja Boy Tell'Em, Yonder Mountain String Band, Reverened Horton Heat, Pink Floyd, Buddy Guy, Michael McKean, The Factory, James Ford, Trey Songz, The Black Crowes, Adam Block, Richard Lloyd, The Wiggles, Farewell, Heavy Young Heathens, Carlos Santana, Andrew W.K., Los Lobos, Queen, Jonny Lang, Arctic Monkeys, Whitney Houston, Sam Baker, Crack the Sky, Experience Hendrix, Staurday Night Live, Mariah Carey, Legacy Recordings, Feist, Universal Music Group, Duran Duran, Hafez Nazeri, Motown, Brandi Shearer, CuCu Diamantes, Simian Mobile Disco, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Paul Rogers, Robin Guthrie, Matt Dillon, Van Cliburn, Vanilla Fudge, Canned Heat, Jay Skinner, Denny Doherty, Alice Cooper, 3 Doors Down, Paul Morrissey, Jamie Cook, The Doors, Strawbs, The Apples in Stereo, Diana Krall, Lady GaGa, Jimi Hendrix, Drive-by Truckers, John Phillips, Tool, Chevelle, Echospin, Sylar, Datarock, Entertainment News

It's refreshing that a young, promising group like Arctic Monkeys and its producers were smart enough to reinvent the brand before it got stale and formulaic, which this project absolutely is not.

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Spinal Tap On the Road, But Without The Wigs

nytimes.com | DAVE ITZKOFF | Posted 06.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Michael McKean, Spinal Tap, Music, Entertainment News

The purpose of their costume- and character-free tour, which the trio has called "Unwigged & Unplugged" and which comes to the Beacon Theater in Manha...

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Spinal Tap To Reunite For Tour

AP | Posted 04.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Christopher Guest, Spinal Tap, Music, Unwigged, Entertainment News

WEST HOLLYWOOD, Calif. — The amps won't be turned up to 11 for Spinal Tap's reunion tour. Michael McKean, Christopher Guest and Harry Shearer _...

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The Tone of Washington

Harry Shearer | Posted 02.20.2009 | Politics

Read More: Afghanistan, Obama, Bush, Politics of Illegitamacy, Washington Politics, Harry Shearer, Tone in Washington, Barack Obama, Politics News

The magnitude of Obama's popular and electoral-vote victory means that we have seen the end, for now, of the politics of illegitimacy.

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Shearer's Strange Broadside

Ben Wyskida | Posted 01.25.2009 | Media

Read More: New Orleans, Vigilantes, The Nation, Hurricane Katrina, Civil Rights, Harry Shearer on New Orleans, Harry Shearer, Media News

Harry Shearer's main criticism of The Nation's investigation into Katrina's hidden race war is that it wasn't something else. He attacked us for writing an expose about race, violence and police brutality in New Orleans and not on his preferred subject.

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You Save Us, We Redeem You

Harry Shearer | Posted 12.10.2008 | Politics

Read More: New Orleans, Colin Powell, Harry Shearer, Hurricane Katrina, Hurricane Katrina Recovery, Gulf Recovery Czar, Colin Powell New Orleans, Politics News

New Orleans and Colin Powell -- the pairing of a wounded city seeking national empathy and a fallen hero seeking redemption seems to me sort of perfect.

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Palin's 'Bridge To Nowhere' Lament (VIDEO)

My Damn Channel | Harry Shearer | Posted 11.04.2008 | Politics

Read More: Palin Shearer Video, Harry Shearer, Palin Video, Sarah Palin, Shearer Palin, Palin Shearer Song, Video, Politics News

Sarah Palin sings a lament to a bridge she's had a love-hate relationship with, in a tone of latter-day exotica. ...

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Harry Shearer Mines Gold With Off-Air Videos

AP | DAVID BAUDER | Posted 09.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Harry Shearer, My Damn Channel, Harry Shearer's 'Oh My God' Moments, Harry Shearer Laura Ingraham, Harry Shearer Outtakes, Laura Ingraham Harry Shearer, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — As the red light switched off and her program went into a commercial, Laura Ingraham's face dissolved from a smile into a frown _ the...

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The NBA's David Stern Does Doo-Doo Diligence

Harry Shearer | Posted 07.10.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Army Corps of Engineers, Harry Shearer on New Orleans, NBA Referee Scandal, Harry Shearer, NBA Referees, Nba, Entertainment News

Pardon the George Bush 41-inspired wordplay, but what can one think of the NBA's attempt to get a P.R. handle on the refereeing scandal in the league?

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Clear Channel Bans Ads For Harry Shearer's CD Over Anti-Bush Image

Huffington Post | Posted 07.05.2008 | Media

Read More: Clear Channel George Bush, Clear Channel Censorship, Clear Channel, Harry Shearer, Songs of Bushmen, Harry Shearer CD, Harry Shearer Songs of Bushmen, Media News

Clear Channel, the radio station and billboard powerhouse, has banned an ad for Harry Shearer's new CD "Songs of Bushmen" because it depicts George Bu...

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25 Getting Hollywood Stars: Tinkerbell, Cameron Diaz, The Village People, Harry Shearer And More

AP | Posted 06.27.2008 | Entertainment

LOS ANGELES — Hollywood will enshrine an eclectic bunch in its famous curbside Walk of Fame next year, including Hugh Jackman, Ben Kingsley, The...

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$500,000 An Episode: "Simpsons" Return Hung Up On Voice Talent Contracts, Claims Report

Variety | Posted 05.28.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Yeardley Smith, Nancy Cartwright, Harry Shearer, Hank Azaria, The Simpsons, Julie Kavner, Entertainment News

Last week, Fox announced a fall schedule that included animated staple "The Simpsons" in its normal Sunday timeslot. The hitch? There's still no deal...

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The Leak: John McCain's Stopover In New Orleans

Karen Dalton-Beninato | Posted 04.27.2008 | Home

Read More: New Orleans, USA Today, John Edwards, Black Belt, Hurricane Katrina, Watergate, New Orleans Leak, When the Levees Broke, Levees, George Stephanopoulos, ABC Debate, Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Bittergate, Harry Shearer, Bitter, MoveOn.Org, Home News

The scandal this time is that there's no scandal. The leak John McCain should be addressing in New Orleans is the one at the 17th Street Canal Floodwall, the same one that was leaking before Katrina.

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