Music

Sing Any Good Books Lately?

Laurence Hughes | Posted 11.09.2009 | 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, Elliot Murphy, Harold Robbins, Alan Parsons, 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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Steven Tyler QUITS Aerosmith: Joe Perry

Las Vegas Sun | Jerry Fink (Contact) | Posted 11.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Steven Tyler Quits Aerosmith, Steven-Tyler-Stage-Fall, Joe Perry, Music, Steven Tyler, Aerosmith, Entertainment News

However, Perry told the Las Vegas Sun today that he believes Tyler is history. "Steven quit as far as I can tell," Perry said from his Boston home....

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Fans Storm Out Of Britney Spears Lip-Syncing Concert

people.com | Melenie Ambrose | Posted 11.09.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Britney Spears, Music, Britney Spears Lip Synching, Entertainment News

On Friday, about 100 angry fans reportedly stormed out of Britney's concert at the Burswood Dome in the Western Australia city of Perth, saying they w...

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Crowdsourced Band Release "I've Got Nothing" Single

Scott Campbell | Posted 11.10.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Teenager, Charlie McDonnell, Social Networking, Crowdsourcing, Twitter, Youtube, BBC Switch, Music, Online Communities, Chartjackers, Entertainment News
Scott Campbell

A band composed of four teenage YouTubers has released an entirely-crowdsourced single.

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Dog Ears Music: Volume Ninety-Seven

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 11.06.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: mp3s, Kurt Vile, Keite Young, Delta Spirit, Phil Ramone, Junior Wells, Danielle Evin, Music, Jim Reeves, Dog Ears, Rachel Portman, Entertainment News
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

This week, Rachel Portman, Kurt Vile, Jim Reeves, Keite Young, Delta Spirit, and Junior Wells.

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Bassnectar On Change: "I Want To Make A Social Impact"

Causecast | Brandon Deroche and Nicholas Chung | Posted 11.05.2009 | Impact

Read More: Electronic Music, Bassnectar, Youth, Social Change, Music, Activism, Social Activism, Political Activism, Impact News

The following interview originally appeared on Causecast.org Bassnectar is Lorin Ashton's multi-faceted electronic music and social experimentation p...

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U2's Free Berlin Wall Concert Sparks Outrage

AP | KIRSTEN GRIESHABER | Posted 11.05.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: U2 Berlin Wall, U2, Music, Entertainment News

BERLIN — Irish rockers U2 returned to Berlin for a free mini-concert Thursday in front of the Brandenburg Gate, playing its classic singles and ...

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Otis Redding's Widow Speaks About Respect

Tamara Conniff | Posted 11.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Macon Georgia, Otis Redding, Respect, Atlanta, Music, Stax Records, Soul Music, Nascar, Entertainment News
Tamara Conniff

Zelma Redding is fierce. Think twice before sampling any of Otis' music illegally. No one messes with Otis' music. No one messes with Zelma.

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Elton John Recovering From Flu, E-Coli

AP | Posted 11.02.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Elton John, Music, Entertainment News

LONDON — Elton John has been hospitalized after suffering from a case of E. coli bacterial infection and the flu, his spokesman said Monday. Ga...

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UK Study: Illegal Music Downloaders Also Spend The Most On Music

The Independent | Rachel Shields | Posted 10.31.2009 | Technology

Read More: Music Piracy, Internet, Itunes, Piracy, Riaa, Illegal Downloads, Online Music Piracy, Digital Economy Bill, Music, British Phonographic Industry, Bpi, Technology News

People who illegally download music from the internet also spend more money on music than anyone else, according to a new study....

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How Lame Is the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

Nelson Montana | Posted 10.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Art, Youth, Baseball, Corporate America, Awards, Music, Artists, Generation Y, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Grand-Funk-Railroad, Entertainment News
Nelson Montana

How is it that a bunch of label executives have become the arbiters of who's worthy of honor and who isn't? It's the very antithesis of Rock and Roll!

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Dog Ears Music: Volume Ninety-Six

Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin | Posted 11.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: mp3s, Yacht, The Books, Phil Ramone, Buddy Guy, Buddy & Julie Miller, Danielle Evin, Laurie Anderson, Music, Mayer Hawthorne, Dog Ears, Entertainment News
Phil Ramone and Danielle Evin

This week's column features music by Buddy & Julie Miller, The Books, Laurie Anderson, Mayer Hawthorne, Yacht and Buddy Guy.

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Stephen Colbert Signs Campaign Letter to Close Guantanamo Now (Video)

Tom Andrews | Posted 10.30.2009 | Politics

Read More: Metallica, Stephen Colbert, Trent Reznor, Nine Inch Nails, Guantanamo Detainees, Rosanne Cash, Guantanamo, Guantanamo Bay, Music, Close Gitmo Now, Barack Obama, Torture, Politics News
Tom Andrews

Rosanne Cash appeared on the Colbert Report last night on the use of music to torture at Guantanamo, and she made it clear: using music as torture is wrong and there's no gray area.

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Heath Ledger-Directed Video Hits The Internet (VIDEO)

Posted 10.30.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Heath Ledger Video, Music, Heath Ledger, Rap, Heath Ledger Death, N'fa Forster-Jones, Video, Entertainment News

**AP text, scroll down for video** SYDNEY - An Australian rapper who was a boyhood friend of Heath Ledger has released a music video the star directe...

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The Future of Music

Gail Zappa | Posted 10.29.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Frank Zappa, Music, Entertainment News
Gail Zappa

With the advent the Internet and new technology, it's now possible for more experimentation at a less expensive rate to hear what it is the guy with the checkbook thinks you are doing.

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Google Music Search Launches (VIDEO)

googleblog.blogspot.com | Posted 10.29.2009 | Technology

Read More: Search, Search Engines, Myspace, Google Music, Entertainment, Lala, Google Onebox, Google Music Search Video, Onebox, Music, Google Music Search, Google Music Search Review, Music Search, MySpace Music, Google, Technology News

Google has announced in a blog post that Google Music Search is officially "rolling out." This new feature will allow users to hear song previews and ...

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Obtaining the Playlist from Guantanamo

Lawrence Iser | Posted 10.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Copyright Infringement, Guantanamo, Jackson Browne, John McCain, Music, Copyright, Rage Against the Machine, Sarah Palin, Entertainment News
Lawrence Iser

Once a prison guard purchases a copy of his favorite Nine Inch Nails CD, he is free to play it on his boombox. He is free to put a particular song on "repeat" and to play it as loud as he wants to.

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Soupy Sales, Rod Serling -- Prophets Who Raised a Generation

Bradley Burston | Posted 10.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Jews, Television, Soupy Sales, Haaretz, Entertainment, The Twilight Zone, Music, Comedy, Rod Serling, Minorities, Entertainment News
Bradley Burston

This was an era when the original Mad Men ruled the collective unconscious, when a gleaming pastel future, and, by extension, a lavishly sterile present, were held up as ideals and goals.

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Shakira's Body: 'Asking To Reproduce'

Posted 10.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Rolling Stone, Shakira, Music, Entertainment News

An open-shirted Shakira covers Rolling Stone's new issue. Inside, the 32-year-old singer, whose longtime boyfriend is investment banker Antonio de la ...

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U2 To Play Free Show To Mark Fall Of Berlin Wall

AP | Posted 10.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Berlin Wall, U2, Music, Entertainment News

BERLIN — Achtung, baby: U2 will play a free concert in Berlin to help the city celebrate 20 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall. Music netw...

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Morgan Dana Harrington STILL Missing: Metallica Pitches In To Find Fan

AP | Posted 10.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Metallica, Morgan Dana Harrington, Missing Metallica Fan, Music, Metallica and Reward and Missing Fan, Morgan Harrington, Entertainment News

CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. — The parents of a Virginia Tech student who disappeared outside a Metallica concert said Tuesday they fear she is the vict...

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Eric Clapton Sick: Singer Pulls Out Of Rock Hall Concert

AP | Posted 10.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Eric Clapton, Eric Clapton Surgery, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Music, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — Eric Clapton has pulled out of this week's Rock and Roll Hall of Fame concert in New York after undergoing gallstone surgery. Kriste...

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Bruce Springsteen Cancels Show After Cousin/Roadie Lenny Sullivan's Death

AP | Posted 10.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Music, Lenny Sullivan, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Bruce Springsteen canceled a performance in Kansas City after his cousin and road crew member died. The death of 36-year-old...

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Katy Hall

Jay-Z Works Out To Fergie, Talks Yankees And DJ Hero

HuffingtonPost.com | Katy Hall | Posted 10.28.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: New York Yankees, Sports, Dj Hero, Empire State of Mind, Beyonce, Jay-Z, Fergie, Video Games, DJ AM, Music, Entertainment News

Jay-Z will be singing 'Empire State of Mind' at the Yankees' World Series kickoff tonight, but that's not the song that gets him pumped up for his own workouts. It's Fergie.

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Look Who's Not Talking, Bono!

Virginia M. Moncrieff | Posted 10.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Politics, Greil Marcus, Concerts, Animal Rights, Trent Reznor, Nine Inch Nails, Courtney Love, U2, Rage Against the Machine, Iggy Pop, Music, Bono, Hole, Entertainment News
Virginia M. Moncrieff

Mo longer are we content to hear the tin pot half-baked undergraduate political ramblings of some bloke who just happens to have the mic. What in the hell would he know?

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