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10 Great Christmas Albums to Help You Shake the Police State Blues

John W. Whitehead | Posted 02.11.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: John Lennon, Dee Snider, Christmas, Christmas Music, Jethro Tull, Sufjan Stevens, Bob Dylan, Twisted Sister, Entertainment News
John W. Whitehead

After endless months of being mired in gloom and doom, we now find ourselves just a few weeks away from Christmas, struggling to latch onto that spirit of joy, excitement, innocence, magic and hope we had as children.

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Ian Anderson and 'Plays Thick As a Brick 1 & 2'

Hank Bordowitz | Posted 12.15.2012 | Fifty
Read More: Jethro Tull, Classic Rock, Thick as a Brick, Progressive Rock, Ian Anderson, Captain Beefheart, Ryan O'donnell, Drum Solo, Gerald Bostock, Theater Review, Locomotive Breath, Fifty News
Hank Bordowitz

Ian Anderson knows his audience.

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SXSW Hangover 1: A Conversation With Perez Hilton, Plus Chatting With Ian Anderson and Wilson Phillips

Mike Ragogna | Posted 06.03.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Carl Wilson, Cris Cab, The Beach Boys, Carnie Wilson, Owen Elliot, Moon Zappa, Wilson Phillips, Mama Cass, b.o.b., Heart, Fleetwood Mac, Timbaland, Ione Skye, Jethro Tull, Cass Elliot, Perez Hilton, Emerson Lake & Palmer, Mike Love, Alanis Morissette, Genesis, Donovan Leitch, Wendy Wilson, Katy Perry, The Mamas & the Papas, Thick as a Brick, John Lennon, Ed Sheeran, Chynna Phillips, Cher Lloyd, Lady GaGa, Kendra, Sxsw, Dennis Wilson, Al Jardine, Ian Anderson, Robyn, Devin, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

"There's a great music scene in Austin, but if you really want to be seen by the right people and have the right opportunities, you need to be based in Los Angeles. Then again, because of the Internet, anything is possible from anywhere."

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The Real "War on Christmas"

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.13.2012 | Politics
Read More: Jethro Tull, Church, Maypole, Puritans, War on Christmas, Christmas, Massachusetts, Mencken, Jeff Schweitzer, Drunk Driving, Colony, Thomas Morton, Christmas Story, Chris Weigant, Miles Standish, Christian, Catholic, Merrymount, Politics News
Chris Weigant

Just because the modern "War on Christmas" may not exist does not mean such a war never existed in America. The subject of Christmas was indeed at the heart of a previous bitter political dispute, but you've got to go pretty far back to find it. All the way back to the Puritans.

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What Joy! Aleksandr Haskin's "Magic Flute" Dazzles New York City

Jim Luce | Posted 05.25.2011 | New York
Read More: Trio Sonata in C Major, Henri Dutilleux, Juilliard School, Ronda in D Major, Zoom Tube, Susan Wadsworth, Jethro Tull, The Great Train Race, Moscow Conservatory, Carol Wincenc, Classical Music, Sonatine for Flute and Piano, Aleksandr Haskin, Jazz, Young Concert Artists, Ian Clarke, Amadeus Mozart, Merkin Concert Hall, Qatar Philharmonic, J.S. Bach, New York News
Jim Luce

Simultaneously serious and playful, Aleksandr became the Pied Piper. I have never heard a flute played with such energy, such precision, such passion.

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Why America Hates Arcade Fire, and Why That's Sort of Hilarious

Phil West | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Metallica, Arcade Fire, Eminem, Kanye West, Grammys 2011, Milli Vanilli, Katy Perry, Steve Stoute Grammy, Jethro Tull, Grammys, Steve Stoute, Lady GaGa, Lady Antebellum, Grammy Awards, Arcade Fire Grammys, Arcade Fire Album of the Year, Entertainment News
Phil West

For those alienated by the Arcade Fire's win, it strangely feels like last year's public outcry about Obamacare. The whole package was met with a wariness that this was somehow too big and too Canadian.

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From No Chocolate Cake to a Reckoning: Conversations with Gin Blossoms, Luke Doucet, and Tony Lunn

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: No Chocolate Cake: Conversations With Gin Blossoms, Robert Crumb, High School Reunion, A&M Records, Sarah McLachlan, And Tony Lunn Tony Lunn, Sarah Palin, South by Southwest, Hot Hot Heat, Marc Cohn, Big Brother & the Holding Company, Sloan, Judy Collins, Crowded House, The Odds, Marshall Crenshaw, McCabe's Guitar Shop, Capitol Records, Hurricane Katrina, Cheap Trick, President Clinton, Rick Parker, All We Are Saying, Cubbie Bear, Switchfoot, Columbia Records, Pat Pattison, Eddie Money, David Anderle, Tom Petty, Rosanna Arquette, Tom DeSavia, Merle Travis, Christine O'donnell, Darrell Scott, Grammy Award, The Rembrandts, Styx, Peter Case, Scott Johnson, Benny & Joon, Paul Simon, David Collier, Danny Wilde, John Hiatt, Janis Joplin, Andrew Scott, Gas Giants, Luke Doucet, Kelly Ryan, Chris Murphy, Chet Atkins, Control, Ian Curtis, Joy Division, Steve Seskin, Bill Leen, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Elektra Records, Jethro Tull, Harvey Pekar, Simon & Garfunkel, Robin Wilson, The Shoes, Arif Mardin, Geffen Records, Kruu-Fm, The Jerk, Train, Craig Northey, Virgin Records, Gin Blossoms, Anton Corbijn, Badfinger, Jess Valenzuela, Shubas, Anberlin, Grammy Awards, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll, Too Young to Die Ruin Social Security

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 05.25.2011 | Business
Read More: Americaspeaks, Strengthen Social Security, Social Security, Jethro Tull, Generation X, Baby Boom, Deficit Commission, Campaign for America's Future, Duncan Black, Eagles, Boomer Retirement, Harry C. Ballantyne, Unemployment, Economic Policy Institute, Alan Greenspan, Lawrence Mishel, Boomers, Jimi Hendrix, Atrios, Business News
Richard (RJ) Eskow

Don't Fear the Boomers. Despite the scaremongers' attempts to incite generational war, people born between 1946 and 1964 are not going to destroy Social Security. But don't just take my word for it. Ask an actuary.

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"Everybody Wants To Rule The World": A Winning Playlist For World Cup 2010

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011 | Sports
Read More: World Class Heroes, World Cup 2010, E, Wind & Fire, Daryl Hall & John Oates, Julian Cope, The Beach Boys, Team America, Lady Antebellum, Bee Gees, Daryl Hall, Billy Bragg, John Mayer, Tears for Fears, Shakira, Sounds of Blackness, Nelly Furtado, Kinky, Elton John, Curt Smith, Five for Fighting, Earth, Jethro Tull, Bob Marley, Enrique Iglesias, Del Amitri, Ricky Martin, Soccer, Ringo Starr, New Order, Jakob Dylan, Cat Stevens, Rolling Stones, Everclear, Sports News
David Wild

The World Cup 2010 has finally grabbed my partial attention, and made me upgrade soccer to a position just below American basketball, baseball, football and tennis, but just slightly above curling and ping pong.

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Assumption Presumption: Predicting the Financial Future

Michael Sigman | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
Read More: Jethro Tull, Dan Rather, John Hammond, Assumptions, Music Business, Economy, Record World, Bruce Springsteen, Economic Crisis, Healthy Living News
Michael Sigman

If "Dow, 30,000 by 2008: Why It's Different This Time" wasn't optimistic enough, there was David Elias' "Dow 40,000: Strategies for Profiting from the Greatest Bull Market in History."

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