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Michael Jackson Was No Beethoven

Sheldon Filger | Posted 07.08.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Media Coverage of Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson Death, Michael Jackson Dead, Michael Jackson Memorial, Mozart, Frank Sinatra, Beethoven, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Entertainment News
Sheldon Filger

For the global mass media, and especially corporate media in the United States, the death of pop music icon, Michael Jackson, was an unheralded business opportunity.

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Michael Jackson, Not Guilty; You and Me, Guilty

Mark Goulston, M.D. | Posted 06.26.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Michael Jackson Dies, Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, Entertainment News
Mark Goulston, M.D.

A "used to be" famous person once told me: "When you go from somebody to anybody, it's the same as being nobody." If that's true, then imagine what it...

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Thank God It's Thursday: Miles Davis, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Charles Mingus, Tito Puente and Babatunde Olatunji

Mike Ragogna | Posted 06.25.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Babatunde Olatunji, Eugene Wright, Carlos Santana, Legacy Edition, Gil Evans, Paul Desmond, Horace Parlan, Joan Baez, Miles Davis, Michael Cuscuna, Mickey Hart, John Coltrane, Fidel Castro, Dave Brubeck, Charles Mingus, Gunther Schuller, Carnegie Hall, Dannie Richmond, Ornette Coleman, The King of Mambo, Manuel De Falla, Tito Puente, Sony, Jazz, Entertainment News, Duke Ellington, El Rey, JoaquíN Rodrigo, The Dave Brubeck Quartet, Joni Mitchell, Frank Sinatra, Joe Morello, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Mostly celebrating jazz's 1959 frontier, six classic albums have been re-imagined as Legacy Editions, expanding each of the originals by adding an extra disc.

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'Civilization' and its Disc Contents

Michael Sigman | Posted 06.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Frank Sinatra, Civilization, Bob Hilliard, Louis Prima, Fallout 3, Carl Sigman, Entertainment News
Michael Sigman

"Civilization" might be faulted for political incorrectness in today's terms, a playful attitude will reward the listener with plenty of smiles and maybe even a few belly laughs.

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So Long Dad: A Playlist for This Father's Day

David Wild | Posted 06.20.2009 | Living

Read More: Playlists, Parenting, Frank Sinatra, Father's Day, Fathers, Death, Living News
David Wild

This will be my first Father's Day since losing my dad. I woke up this morning and sensed a new and profound void. So here's the playlist I put together in order to help fill that void a little.

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Sarah Palin and her Frank Sinatra Complex

Jayne Lyn Stahl | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Wasilla, James Woolsey, Frank Sinatra, Bloomsday, David Letterman Sarah Palin, Palin, David Letterman, Politics News
Jayne Lyn Stahl

Okay, to start off with, two disclaimers: first, I'm a big Sinatra fan, always have been, and secondly, I was too young to swear that this story isn't...

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Happy Birthday to the King of Swing: Benny Goodman Turns 100

Tony Sachs | Posted 05.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Big Band Jazz, Teddy Wilson, Fletcher Henderson, Bunny Berigan, Elvis Presley, Gene Krupa, Jazz, Louis Armstrong, Harry James, Duke Ellington, Swing, Swing Music, Frank Sinatra, Lionel Hampton, Carnegie Hall, Benny Goodman, Rolling Stones, Great Depression, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

If you like jazz -- or 20th century American music, for that matter -- then you owe it to yourself to check out Benny Goodman.

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The Reality of Reality

B. Jeffrey Madoff | Posted 05.26.2009 | Media

Read More: Candid Camera, Reality TV, Twitter, Associated Press, Cable Tv, Harvard, Facebook, Star Search, Internet, Queen for a Day, Advertising, Viagra, Ted Mack's Amateur Hour, Frank Sinatra, Neilsen Media Research, American Idol, Myspace, Media News
B. Jeffrey Madoff

Twitter can certainly create the hype, but whether the talented producers behind it can actually deliver a program anyone will want to watch remains to be seen.

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Just When Did The Quality Of Hollywood Films Start To Drop?

John Farr | Posted 05.24.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Harrison Ford, Jim Carrey, Shia La Beouf, Richard Dreyfuss, William Holden, James Stewart, Clark Gable, Classic Film, Angelina Jolie, Jane Fonda, Diane Keaton, Peter Sellers, Spencer Tracy, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Robert Downey Jr, Cary Grant, Robin Williams, Christian Bale, Ingrid Bergman, Foreign Films, Jack Lemmon, Paul Hogan, Bette Midler, Dancing With the Stars, Cameron Diaz, Leonardo Dicaprio, Technology, Gary Cooper, Bing Crosby, Humphrey Bogart, Elizabeth Taylor, Tyrone Power, John Travolta, Lee Marvin, Paul Newman, George Clooney, Barbra Streisand, Danny Devito, John Wayne, Tom Hanks, Clint Eastwood, Woody Allen, Eddie Murphy, Tom Cruise, Mel Gibson, Warren Beatty, Reese Witherspoon, Julia Roberts, Dustin Hoffman, Myrna Loy, Will Smith, Marlon Brando, Frank Sinatra, Adam Sandler, Steve McQueen, Daniel Craig, Meg Ryan, Tom Selleck, Hollywood, The Quigley Poll, Sidney Poitier, Entertainment News
John Farr

While Hollywood continues to dominate the global film market, the most original, intelligent, and enduring movies today are being made outside this country.

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11 Years After His Death, "New" Music From Frank Sinatra

Tony Sachs | Posted 05.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Music Business, Warner Bros., Bono, Paul Anka, Reprise Records, Glen Campbell, Las Vegas, Record Stores, Don Costa, Music Retail, Concord Records, Frank Sinatra Enterprises, New Jersey, Music Downloads, Irving Berlin, Duke Ellington, Capitol/EMI, John Denver, New York Times, Capitol Records, Frank Sinatra, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Jimmy Webb, Warner Reprise, Atlantic City, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

Three new releases, Live At The Meadowlands, My Way, and Classic Sinatra II should please hardcore fans and newbies alike.

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Why Can't Women Sleep? Part II: How to Sleep Well on Sunday Night

Sharon Glassman | Posted 05.10.2009 | Living

Read More: Sleep Clinic, Workplace, New Jersey, Working Mothers, Humor, Health, Natural, Natural Health, Insomnia, Frank Sinatra, Sleeping Well, Sunday Night Insomnia, Sleep, Scn, Living News
Sharon Glassman

To counter daytime sleepiness, Dr. Ash prescribes 20 minutes of direct sunlight - a prescription one can heed during the workweek by packing a happy trail mix and eating one's lunch outdoors.

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Las Vegas' Moulin Rouge: A Reminder of How Things Have Changed

Ellen Sterling | Posted 05.08.2009 | Home

Read More: Soul Patrol Radio, Pearl Bailey, Bob Bailey, Jr., Neon Museum, Moulin Rouge Hotel and Casino, Frank Sinatra, Ruth Brown, National Register of Historic Places, Las Vegas, Sammy Davis, Nat Cole, Home News
Ellen Sterling

The history of Las Vegas is quite intriguing. Even though buildings can disappear from the skyline in the blink of an eye through the art and science...

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It Ain't What You Say - II

Jerry Weissman | Posted 03.24.2009 | Business

Read More: Andrew Weil, Lecture Series, Abraham Lincoln, Frank Sinatra, Natural Health, Public Speakers, Jeffrey Toobin, The Nine, Business News
Jerry Weissman

The first commandment in all communications is that the messenger is just as important as the message; or in the vernacular, it ain't what you say, it...

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Alan Livingston Gave Us the Beatles and Sinatra -- Now Let's Give Him His Due

Tony Sachs | Posted 03.18.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Nelson Riddle, Steve Miller, Bonanza, The Beach Boys, Mel Blanc, Alan Livingston, Bozo the Clown, Beatles Butcher Cover, The Beatles, Tommy Mottola, Tweety Bird, Capitol Records, Frank Sinatra, Clive Davis, The Band, Nbc, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

You may not know Alan Livingston, who died on Friday at age 91, by name. But if you know anything about 20th century popular culture, you know his work.

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Two Franks on Form and Content

Jerry Weissman | Posted 03.03.2009 | Politics

Read More: Timothy Geithner, Frank Sinatra, Frank Rich, Bobby Jinal, Public Speaking, Bobby Jindal Speech, Political Columnists, Politics News
Jerry Weissman

Bobby Jindal did sound like Kenneth the Page and that exposed and exacerbated the flaws in his message. While what you say is important, how you say it every bit as important.

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Exclusive Interview with Maya Angelou

Marianne Schnall | Posted 02.17.2009 | Living

Read More: Maya Angelou, The Inner Life, Oprah Winfrey, Barack Obama, Happiness, Courage, President Obama, DAR, Wangari Maathai, Writing, Duke Ellington, Mary J. Blige, Volunteer Stories Obama, Frank Sinatra, Living News
Marianne Schnall

I have enough of life in me to make somebody jealous enough to want to knock me down. I have so much courage in me that I have the effrontery, the incredible gall to stand up. That's it.

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Why Brando Matters - An Audio Book Review

Tom Alderman | Posted 02.11.2009 | Media

Read More: Lawrence of Arabia, Streetcar Named Desire, The Wild One, James Dean, Mutiny on the Bounty, Stefan Kanfer, Tahiti, Paul Newman, Julius Caesar, Nightcomer, Guys and Dolls, Viva Zapata, Actors, Blackstone Audio, Stanislavski, Elvis, Armando Duran, The Godfather, Actors Studio, Frank Sinatra, Marlon Brando, Apocalypse Now, Michael Winner, On the Waterfront, Media News
Tom Alderman

TITLE Somebody: The Reckless Life and Remarkable Career of Marlon Brando AUTHOR Stefan Kanfer Former Time Magazine writer and editor, author of ...

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The House I Live In -- America 2009

Marcia G. Yerman | Posted 01.31.2009 | Living

Read More: Islam, Rush Limbaugh, Abraham Joshua Heschel, Abel Meeropol, Barack Obama, Dr. Akbar Ahmed, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg, Patti Labelle, Hindu, Washington National Cathedral, Christianity, Martin Luther King Day, Frank Sinatra, Interfaith Dialogue, Paul Robeson, Judaism, Bull Connor, The House I Live In, Living News
Marcia G. Yerman

It will be easy to fall back into the rancor and divisiveness of the previous decade, without a concerted effort to stay connected to our better selves and a larger image of a united America.

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Frank Sinatra: Dyslexic Self-Help Guru

Karen Salmansohn | Posted 01.30.2009 | Living

Read More: Self Help, Frank Sinatra, Karen Salmansohn, Happiness, Happiness Tips, Living News
Karen Salmansohn

You know how Frank Sinatra sang DO BE DO BE DO? He was a great crooner - but a dyslexic self help guru. To achieve all you want in your life, it's imp...

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Never Mind The Downloads, Here's A New Frank Sinatra CD

Tony Sachs | Posted 01.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Sinatra Estate, Compact Discs, My Way, mp3s, Strangers in the Night, Nancy Sinatra, Reprise Records, Rhino Handmade, Record Stores, Music Retail, Lucky Strike, Rhino Records, Music Downloads, Music Industry, Frank Sinatra, Itunes, Warner Reprise, New York, New York, Great American Songbook, Music, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

Die-hard Frankie fanatics may have much of this material, which circulated on bootlegs back in the '90s, but to most fans it'll be a welcome discovery.

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It Ain't What You Say, It's How You Say It

Jerry Weissman | Posted 01.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Inaugural, Bono, Abraham Lincoln, New York Times, The New Yorker, Frank Sinatra, U2, Jill Lepore, William Seward, Entertainment News
Jerry Weissman

The past weekend brought us two excellent examples of the art of interpretation by two grand masters of interpretation; one a virtuoso of words and th...

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Bono: Notes From The Chairman

Nytimes.com | Bono | Posted 01.11.2009 | World

Read More: Dublin, Frank Sinatra, Bono New York Times, Bono Times, Arthur Guinness, Bono Oped, Miles Davis, Bono, World News

Once upon a couple of weeks ago ... I'm in a crush in a Dublin pub around New Year's. Glasses clinking clicking, clashing crashing in Gaelic revelr...

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Frank Sinatra is a singer we should check out, says Bono in the New York Times. Thanks Bono

Andy Pemberton | Posted 01.10.2009 | Home

Read More: Bono, New York Times, Musictoob, Frank Sinatra, Home News
Andy Pemberton

In the op-ed section of tomorrow's New York Times, U2's Bono writes with urgency about a musical titan that sums up today's difficult times. A collosa...

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Dog Ears Music: Holiday Playlist

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 12.24.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Amos Milburn, D.J. Santa & the Dance Squad, Dave Matthews, Run-Dmc, The Beach Boys, Joe Sample, Neil Sedaka, Snow Patrol, Dolly Parton, Otis Redding, Casey Shea, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Horace Andy, Pedro the Lion, The Who, Dave Brubeck, The Klezmonauts, The Shootist, Jack Benny, Dinah Washington, Amalia De Granada, Laura Nyro, Matisyahu, Kurtis Blow, Chris Brown, St. Petersburg & Valery Gergiev, Ron Sexsmith, Ella Fitzgerald & Louis Jordan & His Tympany Five, Itzhak Perlman, Kodo & Tan Dun, Keith Richards, Elvis Presley, Maria McKee, Mandy Patinkin, Macy Gray, mp3s, Leonard Cohen, The Trammps, Joan Osborne, Christmas Symphonic Players, Jack Johnson, Phil Ramone, Justin Timberlake, Frank Sinatra, Remy Zero, Eddy Arnold, Danny Elfman, Mickey Katz, Orchestra of the Kirov Opera, The Ramones, Steve Earle, Neil Young, Music, Iain Archer, Aretha Franklin, Spike Jones, Jane Siberry, The Long Winters, Tony Bennett, The New 2 Live Crew, 2 Live Jews, Yo-Yo Ma, Bob Marley, Mahalia Jackson, Louis Armstrong & the Commanders, Mary J. Blige, Barbra Streisand, Tim Finn, Danielle Evin, José Feliciano, Bob Dylan, Tom Waits, Richard Swift, Harry James, The Raveonettes, Yoshida Brothers, The Brian Setzer Orchestra, Alison Krauss & Natalie MacMaster, Astrud Gilberto, Adam Sandler, Snoop Dogg, Woody Herman, Dog Ears, Marvin Gaye, Holiday Season Commentary, Entertainment News
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

A comprehensive set of holiday music recommendations from Dog Ears Music, including Otis Redding, Spike Jones, The Klezmonauts, Keith Richards, Run-DMC, Dolly Parton, The Beach Boys, and many more.

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Frank Sinatra on CD: Nothing But Nothing But The Best

Tony Sachs | Posted 12.09.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Ol' Blue Eyes, New York New York, Compact Discs, My Way, Music Business, Strangers in the Night, Warner Bros., Frank Sinatra, Nancy Sinatra, Reprise Records, Itunes, Warner Reprise, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

No less than nine new Sinatra CDs have been issued in the last twelve months. The only problem is, seven of them are the the compilation Nothing But The Best.

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