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Alan Parsons

Grand Illusions & Breakfasts in America: Conversations with Styx's James "J.Y." Young and Supertramp's Roger Hodgson

Mike Ragogna | Posted 04.15.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Star Wars, Eric Clapton, Adele, The Patriots, James "J.Y." Young, Martin Scorsese, Alison Krauss, George Harrison, Sue Davies, The Bulls, Michael Jordan, Alan Parsons, Bo Diddley, Bill Wennington, Supertramp, The Glass-Steagall Act, Dennis DeYoung, Roger Hodgson, Dave Krieg, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Tommy Shaw, Danny Woodhead, Jack Johnson, Rush, Pink Floyd, Roger Davies, Journey, Adam Sandler, Styx, Jimi Hendrix, Gym Class Heroes, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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Moline Loves Paul Simon, Plus Chatting With Bill Wyman, American Idol's James Durbin and Mastodon's Brann Dailor

Mike Ragogna | Posted 01.17.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Dr. Dre, Eurythmics, Mick Jagger, Eminem, Nick Payn, Dr. Hook, 50 Cent, Terry Tyler, Willie & the Poor Boys, Alan Parsons, Beverley Skeete, J.J. Cale, Thirty Seconds to Mars, James Michael, Today's the Day, Dennis Locorriere, Mick Mars, Hardcore Superstar, Dio, Ronnie Lane, The Sopranos, Mick Taylor, The Faces, Led Zeppelin, Guy Fawkes, Keith Richards, Tony Soprano, Steve Perry, Roger Waters, Brann Dailor, Jamiroquai, DJ Ashba, Charlie Watts, James Durbin, Bill Keliher, Ray Charles, Peter Frampton, American Idol, Chris Jericho, Ethel Waters, Eric Clapton, Mike Elizondo, Don Was, Procol Harum, Queen, Geraint Watkins, Frank Mead, Gary Brooker, Bill Wyman, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Judas Priest, Elton John, Billy Bob Thornton, Dancing With the Stars, Georgie Fame, Marti Frederiksen, Frank Zappa, The Rolling Stones, My Chemical Romance, Barbarella, Bob Dylan, Stephane Grappelli, Mark Knopfler, Mötley Crüe, Iron Maiden, Ben Moody, Annie Lennox, Albert Lee, Fats Waller, Roald Dahl, Crash Diet, Mastedon, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Although it seems that Paul Simon has been on the road frequently over the last few years, his latest tour seems much more date-packed as he heralds his latest and one of the best albums of his career, So Beautiful Or So What.

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What's It All About: Chatting with Pat Metheny, Jonathan Elias, and Viva Voce

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.16.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Masters Apprentices, A View to a Kill, Sting, Nusrat Fateh, Global Zero, Gary Burton, Sinead O'Connor, Doug Martsch, Geoff Emmerick, Alan Parsons, Queen Noor, Nike, Chick Corea, Yes, Jonathan Elias, Simon Le Bon, Chaplin, Keith Jarrett, Alan Freed, Desmund Tutu, Steve Swallow, Daniel Lanois, Thelonious Monk, Ornette Coleman, 9 1/2 Weeks, Bach, Mahler, Sonic Youth, Pat Metheny, The Police, Andy Warhol, Michael Jordan, Robert Downey Jr., Herbie Hancock, Keith Haring, Duke Ellington, Alien, Jimmy Carter, Jack DeJohnette, Joni Mitchell, John Taylor, Stravinsky, Linda Manzer, Children of the Corn, Paul Simon, David GIlmour, Lady GaGa, Bud Powell, Nels Cline, Grace Jones, Miles Davis, The Beatles, John Barry, Yahoo, Lyle Mays, Charlie Chaplin, Carly Simon, Yo La Tengo, Ralph Bakshi, Duran Duran, Debussey, Salif Keita, Mtv, Mick Ronson, Prayer Cycle, Jon Anderson, Brian Blade, The Doors, Randy Newman, Alanis Morrisette, Ali Khan, Stephen Malkmus, Wes Montgomery, Gorbachov, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Pat Metheny's new album is titled What's It All About, which is based off a line from the song "Alfie." Since this is an unusual approach for Pat Metheny, he tracked him down to talk about it.

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The Art of an Alan Parsons Project

Joseph Vella | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Alan Parsons Project, Pink Floyd, Alan Parsons, The Hollies, Dark Side of the Moon, The Beatles, boomitude.com, Boomer Music, Abbey Road, Arts News
Joseph Vella

2010-10-01-alanparsonscopy.jpgAs the engineer of one of the most sonic-centric and best selling recordings of all time, Pink Floyd's  Dark Side of the Moon, Parsons helped shaped the art of listening for an entire generation. 

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The Art of an Album

Joseph Vella | Posted 05.25.2011 | Arts
Read More: Alan Parsons, The Year of the Cat, boomitude.com, Al Stewart, Peter White, Joseph Vella, Sands in Your Shoes, On the Border, Arts News
Joseph Vella

On a recent flea market stop, I came across a near perfect copy of Al Stewart's 1976 classic The Year of the Cat. It's not a record I ever owned but something about it caught my attention.

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From Pink Floyd and Abbey Road to The Project and Austin Powers: A Conversation with Alan Parsons

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: P Diddy, Joe Satriani, George Martin, Grammy, The Beatles, Alan Parsons, mp3, Allan Clarke, Eric Wolfson, Abbey Road Studios, Andrew Powell, Elliot Scheiner, John Miles, Michael McDonald, Wnew, Tony Clarke, Abbey Road, The Foo Fighters, Julian Colbeck, Naras, Peter Vincent, David Pack, The Alan Parsons Project, Thomas Edison, Led Zeppelin, The Dark Side of the Moon, Ladyhawke, Pink Floyd, Emi, The Hollies, Ken Scott, Geoff Emerick, Itunes, Jimi Hendrix, Terra Firma, Austin Powers, Taylor Hawkins, Billy Bob Thornton, Ambrosia, Simon & Garfunkel, Simon Phillips, Richard Donner, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Sound designer Alan Parsons has long had a passion for the latest technologies. Alan took a moment to talk with me about his illustrious past that included his days at Abbey Road Studios through his latest technology-focused endeavor.

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Sing Any Good Books Lately?

Laurence Hughes | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
Read More: The Odyssey, Jack Kerouac, Frankenstein, Books, Bram Stoker, Sting, David Gray, Music, Kate Bush, The Beatles, Edgar Allen Poe, Classics Rock, Wuthering Heights, Ulysses, Jackson Browne, Harold Robbins, Alan Parsons, Elliott Murphy, Books News
Laurence Hughes

The mission of my blog is to highlight popular songs that are based on, inspired by, or allude to books and authors -- "Books Shelved in Songs," as I say on the site.

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