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How Sweet The Sound: An Interview With Joan Baez

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.15.2009 | Entertainment

For most of the fifty years since she debuted at the Newport Folk Festival, Joan Baez has dedicated her life and music to fighting for equality and social justice, and for bringing about positive change in the world.

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HuffPost Reviews: Hall & Oates, Baez & Dylan, Simon & Ondrasik, and More

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.15.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Rob Thomas, Steve Earle, Paul Simon, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Hall & Oates, Edie Brickell, Joan Baez, Daryl Hall, Harper Simon, Ben Nichols, Ben Gibbard, Roger McGuinn, Lou Reed, Built to Spill, David Crosby, Henry Gross, Robert Christgau, Travis Mccoy, The Twilight Saga: New Moon, Twilight, John Ondrasik, Todd Rundgren, Jesse Jackson, Sean Lennon, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Death Cab for Cutie, Dusty Springfield, Entertainment News, John Denver, John Oates, Lucero, Har Mar Superstar, Entertainment News

Filled to the brim with radio staples like "Sara Smile," "Maneater," "Rich Girl," and about 25 other significant charters, Hall and Oates' new 74-track assembly truly is one of the best box sets ever released.

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Best Breasts Is A Booby Trap

Susan Harrow | Posted 10.06.2009 | Living

Read More: Pablo Neruda, Chest, Breast Cancer, Breasts, Susan Sarandon, Maria-Grazia-Cucinotta, Hooters, Beyonce, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Celebrity Skin, Entertainment News, Fine Wine, Best Breasts, Big-Breasts, Living News

I know flashing your flesh sells magazine covers and gets people involved in polls, but I find it discouraging at best. These pushed up, pushed out, primped up breasts would lead anyone's mind directly to one thing. I include myself so I won't blame you for being one of them.

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HuffPost Reviews: Alice In Chains, Rosanne Cash, Kiss, and more, plus a Brandi Carlile Interview, and This Week's New Albums

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Peter Gabriel, Black Orpheus, Sarah Cracknell, Linda Ronstadt, Bola Sete, Indigo Girls, Roxy Music, The Eagles, Andrew Gold, Neil Young, Sade, Stan Getz, Alice in Chains, Brandi Carlile, Miles Davis, Cal Tjader, J.D. Souther, Peanuts, Dave Brubeck, Stephen Stills, Lisa Germano, Rosanne Cash, Elton John, Dan Fogelberg, Elvis Costello, Meshell Ndegeocello, Kiss, Joan Armatrading, Jaco Pastorius, Robert Fripp, Wal-Mart, Crosby Stills & Nash, Charles Schulz, Vince Guaraldi, Wilco, Mary Travers, Jeff Tweedy, Robbie Robertson, Erroll Garner, Charlie Brown, Astrid Gilberto, Charlie Mingus, Karla Bonoff, Entertainment News, Joni Mitchell, Rufus Wainwright, Amy Ray, Sam's Club, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News

With Layne Staley's death, Alice In Chains was all but done. But fourteen years later, here we are with something that sounds a lot like what the group would have had they returned to the studio a couple years later.

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HuffPost Reviews: Madonna, Barbra Streisand, Genesis, and Chris Bell, Plus an Interview with Jason Mraz, This Week's New Albums, and More

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.28.2009 | Entertainment

Sounding warmer and the most at home with her recordings since the mid-seventies, Barbra Streisand, the 67-year-old vocalist-supreme, at last reclaims the musical territory she reigned over in the sixties.

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An Interview with Dan Zanes, Plus Pete Yorn & Scarlett Johansson, Smokey & Santana, and More

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.25.2009 | Entertainment

With the new DVD release The Fine Friends Are Here!, Dan Zanes and Friends present colorful music and images that are not just for children, but also for the big kid in all of us.

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Metro Station and Miley & The Rockits Plays Staples Center

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.22.2009 | Entertainment

Power-pop group Metro Station played the Staples Center Tuesday night and pretty much set the tone for the act that followed... Miley somebody.

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Ego Stew

David Dean Bottrell | Posted 11.21.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Susan Boyle, Kanye West, Taylor Swift, Entertainment, Show Business, David Dean Bottrell, Kanye West VMA, Entertainment News, Hollywood, Entertainment News

It's not much of a surprise when megastars like Kanye West land in some kind of trouble. Whatever their moral compass may have been, it no longer works in the upper stratosphere.

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HuffPost Reviews: Pearl Jam, Monsters of Folk and More, Plus an Interview with David Gray, and This Week's New Albums

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Conor Oberst, Monsters of Folk, Aimee Mann, Los Lobos, Son Volt, Brendan O'Brien, David Gray, Uncle Tupelo, Matthew Sweet, Ally McBeal, Orba Squara, Don McLean, Best Buy, The Avett Brothers, The Beatles, Wedding Daze, Grateful Dead, Eddie Vedder, Pearl Jam, George Thorogood, Johnm Lennon, Entertainment News, Billy Squire, Annie Lennox, Iphone, The Thorns, My Morning Jacket, Cat Stevens, Harry Connick Jr., The Band, Pete Droge, Wilcon, Entertainment News

So this is what Pearl Jam would sound like after hanging with George Thorogood. It's great to hear the guys trying on old school rock 'n' roll and putting their moniker on it.

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Oh No, Not Another Film About Climate Change

Franny Armstrong | Posted 11.16.2009 | Green

If you have a burning idea you need to communicate -- uncensored -- with maximum possible emotional punch and a potential audience of tens of millions, a doc's the way to go.

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Harry Potter Theme Park to Open Spring 2010: Video & Photo Virtual Tour

Kim Mance | Posted 11.16.2009 | Living

Read More: Daniel Radcliffe, Universal, Warner Bros, Rupert Grint, Travel, Florida, Harry Potter, Harry Potter Theme Park, Emma Watson, Living News, Entertainment, Traveling, Vacation, Entertainment News, Breaking Living News, Living News

Universal Orlando Resort, and Warner Bros. today revealed first-ever details about the incredible scope of The Wizarding World of Harry Potter.

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HuffPost Exclusives: R.E.M. and Cory Chisel, Plus Bruce Hornsby Interview, Big Star Box, Paolo Nutini Live, This Week's New Albums, and more...

Mike Ragogna | Posted 11.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Renee Fleming, Kid Cudi, Sony Legacy, The Pointer Sisters, Kanye West, Brendan Benson, Scarlett Johansson, Ying Yang Twins, Rob Blackledge, Bruce Hornsby and the Noisemaekrs, Trick Daddy, Bruce Hornsby and the Range, Bobby Read, One Tree Hill, Joe Wilson, Yes, John Christian Adams, Bruce Hornsby, Vern Gosdin, Manic Street Preachers, Wbcn, John Fogerty, Muse, Goalie, Bill Medley, Columbia Records, Toad the Wet Sprocket, Robbie Robertson, William and Mary, Men at Work, Williamsburg, VIncent Moon, Flo Rida, Shudder to Think, Soccer, Donnie McClurkin, Disney, Cab Calloway, Jack DeJohnette, Medicaid, American Idol, Outloud!, 429 Records, Colin Hay, Verve Forecast, Social Security, Elliott Smith, BBC Radio, The Lovemakers, Peter Yorn, The Raconteurs, RCA Records, Ne-Yo, Something to Burn, Shadows Fall, The Band of Heathens, Uncle Kracker, Matthew Sweet, Gary Go, Dappled Cities, Grey's Anatomy, Atlantic Records, Cy Coleman, Alex Chilton, Adriel Harris, Matt Chamberlain, Ahmet Ertegun, Q-Tip, Mason Jennings, The Black Dahlia Murders, Living Colour, Michael Raphael, Stax, Beyonce, J.T. Taylor, John Mayall, Mark Knopfler, Patrick Warren, Ricky Scaggs, Boston College, The Grateful Dead, Jody Stephens, Bill Evans, Tom Russell, Golden Smog, Clive David, Jupiter One, Randy Newman, Robert Hunter, Power Pop, The Band, Bruce Springsteen, Infected Mushroom, Eurythmics, Andy Hummel, Jon Auer, Levon Helm, Christian McBride, John Sebastian, Tina Sinatra, Aiden Brown, Phish, Sony Music, Royal Bangs, John King, Grace Potter, Peter Buck, Graham Albert, My Morning Jacket, The Peace Corps, Jeremiah, Santana, G.I. Bill, Steve Winwood, Big Pun, Rob Kemp, David Sylvain, Chris Knight, Doug Derryberry, That Noise, Lyfe Jennings, Honor Society, Sonny Emory, Entertainment News, Gordon Gano, Blake Mills, Jack Lawrence, Chris Bell, Frank Sinatra, E Street Band, Jefferson Airplane, Trey Songz, Eric Clapton, The Righteous Brothers, Chip deMatteo, Thomas Newman, Jer Coons, Arnold Schoenberg, Bill Lloyd, Barry White, Keith Sykes, Nancy Sinatra, Cory Chisel and the Wandering Sons, Orange, Paolo Nutini, The Beatles, Big Star, Anvil, Nashville, Air Supply, Frank Sinatra Jr., Chad Smith, Wwf, Dada Life, Porcupine Tree, Peter Bernhard, Ace Frehley, The Grates, Revolutionary War, Butterfly Boucher, The Elms, The Shawshank Redemption, Medicare, Kurt Carr, Bobby Labonte, Marie Digby, Stars of Track and Filed, Afghan Whigs, Simian Mobile Disco, Americana, The Rifles, Mary J. Blige, The 69 Eyes, Al Albert, Memphis, Savoy Brown, Dreamworks, Every Time I Die, George Jones, Nina Simone, Big Scoop, Lady GaGa, Ardent Studios, Cain's Offering, R.E.M., Moneen, Kroq, Rubik, Kittie, Cornwallis, Dodos, All-4-One, Megadeth, Sonos, Entertainment News

R.E.M. will be releasing Live At The Olympia, a 39-song, two CD set containing "working rehearsals" from 2007. I was lent a track that captures the band's energy and insightful views.

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The Age of Stupid Gives a Coin-Flip Chance of Avoiding Climate Catastrophe

Franny Armstrong | Posted 11.10.2009 | Green

We are the most intelligent creature ever to evolve and yet we are about to make the stupidest mistake in all of geological time

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Transforming Stories and Saving Kids from War-Zones: EarSay's Art Project

Anthony Papa | Posted 11.10.2009 | New York

Read More: Iraq War, Immigration Reform, Immigration, Entertainment News, Afghanistan War, New York News

Almost 13 years ago I met Judith Sloan, a performance artist and oral historian. I was fresh out of prison and had an art exhibit at Solo Arts in NYC...

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Beatles For Sale, John Leckie Interview on The Stone Roses, This Week's New Albums, plus Scott Weiland, Jason Mraz, and Glee

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Robin Trower, Kanye West, Comic-Con, Janis Ian, Lea Michele, Salt-N-Pepa, Kevin McHale, The Posies, Phish, Xtc, Circulatory System, Matthew Morrison, My Morning Jacket, Journey, Burt Bacharach, The Byrds, Bethany Dylan, Rick Danko, Neil Diamond, Spencer Day, The Gears, Sweetwater, Rodrigo Y Gabriela, Gary Mounfield, Vivian Girls, John Squire, Mark Sailing, Prefab Sprout, The Police, Sondre Lerche, Public Image Ltd., USA Today, They Might Be Giants, Julian Lennon, Gladys Knight & the Pips, Jenna Ushkowitz, Stephen Kellogg and the Sixers, The Beatles Rock Band, Diana Agron, Entertainment News, Os Mutantes, Cinema Bizarre, Danko Jones, Andrew Dugan, Chic, Jay-Z, Scott Weiland, N.E.D., Be Bop Deluxe, Jason Mraz, Myspace, Sonny Boy Williamson, Howie Day, Queen, Gaither Vocal Band, A Fine Frenzy, Jayma Mays, John Leckie, Mayer Hawthorne, The Fall, The Beatles, Cory Monteith, Gene Loves Jezebel, Wild Beasts, The Feelies, Yo La Tengo, Jack Bruce, The Cribs, Mia Farrow, Eric Carmen, Simple Minds, Jimmy Clanton, Dalai Lama, Buckcherry, Brooks & Dunn, Robert Fripp, Magazine, Jane Lynch, Amber Riley, The Stone Roses, Chris Colfer, Ian Brown, Stone Temple Pilots, John Mayall, Mike & the Ravens, Jessalyn Gilsig, Rihanna, Alan Wren, Frank Turner, Boys Like Girls, The Verve, True Blood, Thousand Foot Krutch, Itunes, Robyn Hitchcock, Peter White, Geffen, Silvertone, Saosin, Raekwon, Candiria, Cruxshadows, Slipknot, Barlowgirl, Commodores, Erasure, Entertainment News

With the release of stereo and mono box sets, individual album reissues, and their own edition of Rock Band, The Beatles finally have stepped into the 21st century in a major way.

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Telluride Report: Nic Cage Gets Wack with Crack in Bad Lieutenant; Viggo Hits The Road; Clooney's Comically Existential Up in the Air

Chris Willman | Posted 10.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: George Clooney, Entertainment News, Viggo Mortensen, Nicolas Cage, Movies, Entertainment News

Before we decamp from the Colorado mountains, here's a brief look at some of the 36th annual confab's more notable or notorious entries.

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Stephen Colbert to Play The Riddler? The Momentum Builds!

2morrowknight | Posted 10.19.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Colbert Fans, Daylife, The Colbert Report, Warner Bros, Twitter, Stephen Colbert, Batman, Movies, DC Comics, Comics, Comic Villains, Films, The-Riddler, Comic Books, Entertainment News, Gotham City, Catwoman, The Internet Movie Database, Colbert Nation, Showhype, Mahalo, Whorepresents, Newsrunner, Acting, Shakespear, Batman Sequel, Batman Movie, Entertainment News

Deep in your heart, you know Colbert's got the complete package of comic timing, creativity, audacity, and that indefinable "it" to pull off a portrayal of such a multi-layered villain.

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Mew At The Troubadour, John Mellencamp's No Better Than This, and Stephen Schwartz Gets Five For Fighting

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Five for Fighting, Conor Oberst, Wicked, David Roe, John Mellencamp, Bob Dylan, Elvis Presley, Don McLean, Entertainment News, Bo Madsen, The Troubadour, David Lynch, Willie Nelson, Bright Eyes, Entertainment News

John Mellencamp says his next album was made in part at Sun Studios. "Everything was set up exactly as Cash and Elvis Presley recorded."

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Will DJ AM Quote About PTSD Get People To Finally Listen?

Michelle Renee | Posted 10.17.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jaycee Dugard, Michelle Renee], Kidnapping, Jaycee Lee Dugard, Violent Crime, Violence, Hostage Survivor, Entertainment News, DJ AM, Ptsd, Held Hostage, Living, Entertainment News

Getting people to take notice of PTSD as it relates to youth and adults who have survived violence, abuse and trauma -- outside of those returning from combat -- has been an uphill climb.

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An Interview With Janis Ian Plus This Week's New Albums

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.23.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Inner Circle, The O'Jays, Imogen Heap, The Adventures, Janis Ian, Cate Bros., Rubicon, Daryl Hall & John Oates, The Beach Boys, Woody Guthrie, Eric Burdon, REO Speedwagon, Otis Redding, Now That's What I Call Country, Matt Hires, Mark Schultz, Jack Ingram, Smile Empty Soul, Roy Hargrove, Billy Ocean, Cheap Trick, Rory Gallagher, David Guetta, Stefon Harris & Blackout, Michael Bolton, Queen Latifah, Matisyahu, Robert Glasper, The Roy Hargrove Big Band, Cass Elliot, Neil Diamond, The Casualties, Roberta Gambarini, Patton Oswalt, George Benson, Elvis Presley, Phil Stacey, Tim Buckley, Delores O'Rioran, Carmen Appice, The Mamas & the Papas, Al Jarreau, The Old Grey Whistle Test, Entertainment News, Stevie Ray Vaughan & Double Trouble, The Dukes, Paul Revere & the Raiders, 16 Horsepower, Collective Soul, Fun., Alan O'Day, Pilot, Now That's What I Call Music, Kitty Daisy & Lewis, Roy Orbison, The Bloody Beetroots, Felix Da Housecat, Teddy Pendergrass, The Subdudes, James Carter, Adam Ant, Colbie Caillat, Arctic Monkeys, Jeff Golub, Jackie DeShannon, Island Records, Fame, Woodstock, Sounds of Blackness, Yo Gabba Gabba!, Smokie Norful, Irma Thomas, Mew, Tanya Stephens, Brian Bromberg, Willie Nelson, Jack Wagner, The New City Ramblers, Mott the Hoople, Love and Theft, New Releases, Deryl Dodd, Cross Country, Radiohead, Bob Dylan, Nat King Cole, Kenny G, Jet, Niti Sawhney, Vander Graaf Generator, Sally Shapiro, John Denver, Jason Aldeean, Smokey Robinson, Taking Woodstock, Vandaveer, Najee, Selah, Needtobreathe, Latoya, Strawbs, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, The Advocate, Lgbt, Sony Legacy, Verve Records, Roberta Flack, Leonard Bernstein, Grammy, Ang Lee, Atlantic Records, Jerry Wexler, Gramma Awards, Saturday Night Live, Wbai, Wnew, Miami Vice, Dar Williams, Birthers, Fox News, Cher, Teabaggers, Joan Baez, Glen Campbell, Mel Torme, Death Panel, Nina Simone, Entertainment News

Janis Ian is one of the Woodstock era's unsung musical heroes who, just two years prior to the Bethel Bash, shocked our nation with her controversial single "Society's Child."

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All Hail the Felonious Ex-Con -- Michael Vick

Paul Mecurio | Posted 09.22.2009 | Comedy

Vick has paid his debt to society. Yes, he practiced killing and torture and violated the code of conduct he was sworn to uphold. That doesn't make him a monster. That makes him Dick Cheney.

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Fan-Funding With Jonah Smith, Plus Chris Bell, Stephen Stills, and Manassas Updates

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.20.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Malcolm Burn, Bonnie Raitt, Nash, Sonya Kitchell, Paypal, George Martin, Keith Sykes, Sam Cooke, John Prine, John Hiatt, Otis Redding, The Beatles, Big Star, Sam Nelson, Rufus Thomas, Rick Nelson, Malcolm Holcombe, Buffalo Springfield, Ellis Paul, Little Feat, Stephen Stills, Stevie Wonder, Donny Hathaway, Irma Thomas, Nancy Bryan, John Freese, Stax Records, The Byrds, Jill Sobule, R&b, David Crosby, Chris Hillman, Crosby Stills & Nash, Carrie Rodriquez, Stax, Erin McKeown, Throwing Muses, Kristin Hersh, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Jonah Smith, H Is Orange, Ann Peebles, Singer-Songwriter, Entertainment News, Graham, Ricky Nelson, Lowell George, Youtube, Chris Bell, Geoff Emerick, Relix Records, Marvin Gaye, Icewater, Alex Chilton, Relix, Ken Woodley, Manassas, Richard Rosebrough, Bob Hillman, Suzanne Vega, Entertainment News

While most of his contemporaries have the fantasy of signing the bottom line of a label contract, Jonah Smith has rejected a record company's offer instead.

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An Interview with Raphael Saadiq Plus This Week's New Albums

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: New Orleans, Albert King, The Four Tops, Duffy, Raphael Saadiq, Earth Wind & Fire, Motown Records, Whitney Houston, Second Line, Stevie Wonder, Nba, Joss Stone, Funk, Brian Grant, Katrina, Reggae, Dark Side of the Moon, Stax Records, CJ Hilton, Motown, Anthony Hayes, John Legend, Tony! Toni! Toné!, Bob Marley, Louisiana, Stax, Erykah Badu, Mary J. Blige, The Roots, Gospel, Lionel Richie, Amy Winehouse, The Funk Brothers, The Bee Gees, D'Angelo, Jimmy Cliff, Macy Gray, Paul Riser, Young Spodie, Entertainment News, Jack Ashford, Youtube, Pink Floyd, Shia LeBeouf, Snoop Dogg, Smokey Robinson, Seal, Marvin Gaye, Q-Tip, Babyface, Ludacric, Third Eye Blind, Entertainment News

Though his latest album The Way I See It was released last year, Saadiq still is touring pretty much non-stop. He took a quick break from his schedule for this interview.

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An Interview With Buffy Sainte-Marie, Plus Train and Digital 45 Updates

Mike Ragogna | Posted 09.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Chaka Khan, Columbia Records, Afrika Bambaataa & the Soul Sonic Force, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Scorr Underwood, The Doobie Brothers, Rickie Lee Jones, Seals & Crofts, Air America, Vanguard Records, Commander John Herrington, The Charlatans, Cash for Clunkers, Sesame Street, Woodstock, Vietnam War, The Cradleboard Teaching Project, Chumbawamba, Van Morrison, Phil Ochs, Third Eye Blind, Jimmy Stafford, Georgia Satellites, Eric Anderson, Rhino Entertainment, Quicksilver Messenger Service, Digital 45, Donovan, Marc Cohn, Judy Collins, Folk, First Nations, Frankie Valli & the Four Seasons, Train, Neil Diamond, Martin Terefe, Kellogg Foundation, Elvis Presley, Npr, Itunes, Rhino Records, David Lee Roth, Mr. Big, Pat Monahan, Nasa, Alannah Myles, Anita Baker, The Marcels, President Obama, The Highwaymen, Grateful Dead, Native Americans, Genesis, Keith Olbermann, Fred Neil, Glen Campbell, Harry Chapin, Joan Baez, Tom Rush, Joe Cocker, Foghat, Ford Foundation, Pacifica, Gordon Lightfoot, Entertainment News, Jennifer Warnes, Morrissey, Bobby Bare, Tommy James and the Shondells, Randy Travis, Jon Stewart, Entertainment News

This being Woodstock Week, it seemed a perfect time to catch-up with this artist whose music influenced many of those who appeared at the culture-changing event.

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Miami Social: Smoke and Two Way Mirrors

Michael Cohen | Posted 09.12.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: St Barts, Puma, Gansevoort Hotel, Marc Jacobs, Hooters, Bmw, Entertainment News, Christian Dior, Forever 21, Miami, New York City, Miami Social, Entertainment News

Last night as I watched Miami Social I wanted to lift my fancy LED off the wall, throw it off my 30th floor balcony and then contemplate using its shattered glass to slit my wrists.

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