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"The World Is Full of Crashing Bores": A Party Playlist for Tareq and Michaele Salahi

David Wild | Posted 12.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: White House, Miley Cyrus, Santana, The Today Show, The Donnas, Of Montreal, Alanis Morissette, Tareq and Michaele Salahi, Ben Harper, Leslie Gore, Radiohead, 50 Cent, Beck, Pete Townshend, Gwen Stefani, The Beatles, Warren Zevon, Lyle Lovett, Elton John, Fall Out Boy, David Bowie, Morrissey, Billy Mumy, B.B. King, Entertainment News
David Wild

Here's a playlist for America's latest fun couple to be used at the very next party they crash together.

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Old Musical Dogs Learning New Internet Tricks

Shawn Amos | Posted 10.31.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Pete Townshend, Bootlegging, David Bowie, U2, Beck, Pearl Jam, Radiohead, Bit Torrent, Entertainment News
Shawn Amos

This is the Age of the Artist. In a world where equipment, distribution, and Paypal are in the hands of everyone, only talent will matter. The days of the middleman are (almost) over. Viva la revolucion de music.

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Whodunit? Mile High Experience Leaves Roger Daltrey Breathless

Michael Bialas | Posted 10.27.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Pete Townshend, Paramount Theatre, Garth Hudson, Concert Tour, The Who, John Entwistle, Levon Helm, Roger Daltrey, Colorado, Keith Moon, Rock, Frank Simes, Denver, Mile High, Simon Townshend, Chieftains, Entertainment News
Michael Bialas

Going above and beyond the call of rock star duty, Roger Daltrey went the extra miles before a not-quite-sellout crowd at the Paramount Theatre in Denver.

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An Interview with Author David Comfort on The Rock & Roll Book of the Dead

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.01.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Eric Clapton, Jim Morrison, Jerry Garcia, Propofol, Nirvana, Kurt Cobain, The Animals, Eric Burdon, Stuart Sutcliffe, Brian Epstein, Elvis Presley, Pete Townshend, Thriller, The Beatles, Janis Joplin, John Lennon, Jesus Christ, El Cid, Mark David Chapman, The Dakota, Jimi Hendrix, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

"There's no simple answer to who John Lennon was. Sure, he was a great leader and a peacenik; on the other hand, he was an incredibly violent, narcissistic guy. That was the other side of him, and people just don't want to hear that."

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On the 40th Anniversary of Woodstock

Paul Krassner | Posted 09.14.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Pete Townshend, Lsd, Wavy Gravy, John Sinclair, Jimi Hendrix, Woodstock, Abbie Hoffman, Woodstock 40th Anniversary, Woodstock Anniversary, Entertainment News
Paul Krassner

Four decades ago, along with 499,999 others on a countercultural pilgrimage, I headed to Woodstock. This was not merely a three-day outdoor concert. This was a Martian convention.

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Les Paul: The Original Guitar Hero

Shawn Amos | Posted 09.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Guitar Hero, Pete Townshend, Mary Ford, Gibson, Guitar, Slash, Les Paul, Entertainment News
Shawn Amos

Paul dedicated his entire life to the guitar and recording technology. A jazz musician who was unhappy with the guitars available to him, Paul developed his own guitar.

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The Who vs Abbie Hoffman: Celebrating Woodstock's 40th Anniversary

Pete Fornatale | Posted 09.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Pete Townshend, The Sixties, The Who, 1960's, Country Joe McDonald, Woodstock, Entertainment News, Music, Book, Peace, Pete Fornatale, Abbie Hoffman, Entertainment News
Pete Fornatale

What happened next provided one of the true Roshomon moments of Woodstock. Actually, that's not strictly speaking true. There were only two versions of what happened next: Hoffman's and everybody else's.

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Thank God It's Thursday: Oklahoma's College of Rock with Scott Booker, Raphael Saadiq's New Video, Rhino's Digital 45s, More Woodstock, The Bee Gees, and Kimya Dawson

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.16.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Joe Cocker, Arlo Guthrie, Johnny Winter, Country Joe McDonald, Third Eye Blind, Melanie, Martin Scorsese, John Sebastian, Mountain, Paul Kingsbury, Ravi Shankar, Chip Monck, Joan Baez, The Butterfield Blues Band, Bee Gees, Rober Altman, Sha Na Na, Pete Townshend, The Flaming Lips, Andy Zax, The Who, Abbie Hopffman, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Sly & the Family Stone, Oklahoma, Woodstock, Kimya Dawson, Michael Lang, Incredible String Band, Bruce Pollock, Oklahoma Central University, John Morris, Jerry Garcia, Max Yasgur, Crosby Stills & Nash, Scott Booker, Andy Gibb, Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Canned Heat, Michael Wadleigh, Jeffrey Shurtleff, Yasgur's Farm, Tim Hardin, Country Joe & the Fish, Grace Slick, Holly George-Warren, Education, The Grateful Dead, Mike Evans, Entertainment News, Rolling Stone, Blood Sweat & Tears, Itunes, Richie Havens, Jimi Hendrix, Jefferson Airplane, The Academy of Contemporary Music, Quill, Sweetwater, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Built on the whole School of Rock phenomenon, the University of Central Oklahoma has a new music division that teaches all aspects of popular music such as performance, production and business affairs.

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And Now For Something Completely Different: The Secret Policeman's Film Festival

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.13.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Terry Jones, Sting, Peter Gabriel, Donovan, The Who, Neil Innes, John Cleese, Bob Geldof, Bill Graham, The Secret Policeman's Ball, Bono, Pete Townshend, Jack Healey, Monty Python, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

With the steady stream of elaborately produced, consciousness-raising concerts, The Secret Policeman's Ball is a symbol that anything is possible when you're trying to do the right thing for the planet.

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Leave that Smashing Pumpkin Alone, Bitches: In Defense of Billy Corgan

David Wild | Posted 04.22.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Pete Townshend, Smashing Pumpkins, Rock Star, Billy Corgan, Entertainment News
David Wild

In an age of premature nostalgia, Corgan clearly wants his music to matter in the present tense.

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She's Not Quayle; She's Thomas

Robert S. McElvaine | Posted 09.30.2008 | Politics

Read More: Phyllis Schlafly, Clarence Thomas, Pete Townshend, Margaret Thatcher, George H. W. Bush, Hillary Clinton, John McCain, Ray Charles, Jesus Thieves, Mccain-Palin, Sarah Palin Reaction, Sr, Politics News
Robert S. McElvaine

A second X-chromosome is no more a sufficient qualification for being women's choice for the vice presidency than dark pigmentation was for being African-Americans' choice for a seat on the Supreme Court.

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The Punk And The Godmother -- A Timely Parable

Martin Lewis | Posted 09.20.2008 | Politics

Read More: Obama's Vice President, Simon & Garfunkel, Punky's Dilemma, Democratic Presidential Candidate, The Punk and the Godfather, Pete Townshend, The Who, Hillary Clinton Vice President, Running Mate, Democratic Ticket, Quadrophenia, Obama VP, Politics News
Martin Lewis

The Punk had suddenly broken big and he was now the most popular artist at his label. His fans loved him. But there was a problem looming.

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Who the F*ck Are You Not to Love the Who

David Wild | Posted 07.24.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Flaming Lips, Roger Daltrey, Pearl Jam, Pete Townshend, Foo Fighters, The Who, Music, Rock, Rock and Roll, Entertainment News
David Wild

Working as co-producer and co-writer on the VH1 Rock Honors tribute to the Who that premieres Thursday night, and being around the Who reminded me why rock actually deserves to live still.

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Stella McCartney And Yoko Ono Embrace At Funeral For "Fifth Beatle"

This is London | Posted 04.16.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Pete Townshend, Ringo Star, Barbara Bach, Neil Aspinall Funeral, Stella McCartney, Yoko Ono, Paul McCartney, Neil Aspinall, Entertainment News

The Beatles he loved couldn't be there to say goodbye. It was left to the women to pay the band's final respects to Neil Aspinall, the man who ran th...

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