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Long Live Rock! A Beatle, a Stone and an Animal Salute The Who's Pete Townshend (VIDEO)

Gregory Weinkauf | Posted 04.05.2013 | Entertainment
Read More: The Rolling Stones, Tommy, Mick Jagger, Julia Fordham, Quadrophenia, John Sebastian, Paul McCartney, Amnesty International, David Pack, The Animals, NAMM Show, Eric Burdon, Secret Policeman's Ball, Pete Townshend, The Beatles, Lifehouse, The Who, TEC Awards, Laurence Juber, Les Paul Award, Ambrosia, Martin Lewis, Video, Entertainment News
Gregory Weinkauf

To know Pete Townshend a little is to love him. And to know Pete Townshend a lot (as guitarist, singer, rocker, lyricist, poet, author, producer, philanthropist and, objectively-speaking, visionary) is to love him even more.

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Leave the Artists Alone

Salil Shetty | Posted 05.04.2012 | World
Read More: Syria Artists, Artists Syria Expression, Ali Farzat, Ibrahim Qashoush, Zarganar Burma, Freedom Speech Syria, Freedom Expression Syria, Syria Satire, Ibrahim Qashoush Syria, Secret Policeman's Ball, World News
Salil Shetty

You can measure freedom in a society by the attitude its government has towards freedom of expression. And Syria's prominent artists, especially those who have publicly criticized the regime through comedy and satire, have paid a heavy price.

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Chimes of Freedom: Artists Talk Amnesty

Gregory Weinkauf | Posted 03.25.2012 | Entertainment
Read More: Pete Townshend, Human Rights, Tom Morello, Chimes of Freedom, Joe Perry, Bob Dylan, Secret Policeman's Ball, Amnesty International, Ziggy Marley, Entertainment News
Gregory Weinkauf

So I walk into the studio, and suddenly I'm in the presence of a rock god. Joe Perry is sitting on a big black leather sofa, casually strumming a sweet Guild for a blazing new cover of "Man of Peace" -- one of Bob Dylan's babies Chimes of Freedom.

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Not the Messiah: Monty Python Strikes Again!

Gregory Weinkauf | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Terry Jones, Terry Gilliam, Neil Innes, Shannon Mercer, Monty Python's Life of Brian, Secret Policeman's Ball, Christopher Purves, Carol Cleveland, John Du Prez, Eric Idle, Rosalind Plowright, Michael Palin, Royal Albert Hall, William Ferguson, Not the Messiah (He's a Very Naughty Boy), Monty Python, Entertainment News
Gregory Weinkauf

Not the Messiah is not to be missed. Our sacred fools are back, bearing sumptuous gifts for the discerning comedic and musical connoisseur.

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