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PHOTOS, REVIEWS: Lollapalooza, Day Three

The Huffington Post | Joe Erbentraut | Posted 10.08.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Lollapalooza, Lollapalooza 2011, deadmau5, Music Festivals, Titus Andronicus, Lollapalooza Review, Noah and the Whale, Lollapalooza in Review, Chicago Music, Live Music, Music, The Cars, Explosions in the Sky, Lissie, Chicago Music Festivals, Arctic Monkeys, Flogging Molly, Foo Fighters, Chicago Around Town, The Cool Kids, Best Coast, Lollapalooza Photos, Chicago News

If Lollapalooza festivalgoers (myself included) thought that Saturday was a muddy, hot mess, short-term memories of a bit of mud were nothing compared...

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Lollapalooza 2011 Sells Out: 270,000 Fans Expected

The Huffington Post/AP | Posted 09.21.2011 | Chicago
Read More: Lollapalooza, Lollapalooza 2011, Eminem, Lollapalooza Lineup 2011, Lollapalooza 2011 Lineup, Lollapalooza Sells Out, Best of Chicago, Lollapalooza Sold Out, Chicago Around Town, The Cars, Lollapalooza 2011 Sold Out, Perry Farrell, Chicago News

If you're heading to Lollapalooza in Chicago this year, be ready for the usual heat and some massive crowds. The festival, which has been exclusively ...

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Return To Return To Forever: Chatting With Chick Corea and Stanley Clarke, Plus John Common and Author Dr. Tony Youn

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.09.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Scrubs, Sarah Vaughn, Return to Forever, Tina Turner, Thelonius Monk, What's Love Got to Do With It: The Tina Turner Story, James Taylor, Stan Getz, David Sedaris, Publisher's Weekly, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Jason and the Scorchers, Chaka Khan, Lenny White, Romeo Must Die, Chick Corea, Ella Fitzgerald, Joe Henderson, The Velvet Underground, Horace Cilver, Billy Connors, Billie Holiday, Kiss, John Common, Daniel Lanois, Ornette Coleman, Blue Mitchell, The Transporter, Mahavishnu Orchestra, Flora Purim, Leonard Cohen, Dr. Tony Youn, Rachel Ray, Frank Sinatra, Joe DiMaggio, The Replacements, Art Blakey, Stanley Clarke, Steve Earle, Neil Young, Joe Farrell, Airto Moreira, Miles Davis, Pee Wee?S Playhouse, The Beatles, The Clash, John Coltrane, Al Di Meola, The CBS Early Show, Charles Mingus, Rock of Ages, Boyz in the Hood, Jackie McLean, Sonny Rollins, John Singleton, Jet Li, Genesis, Bob Dylan, The Cars, Tom Waits, Jean-Luc Ponty, Chet Baker, The Doors, Bill Evans, Jackson Browne, Steve Gadd, Barry Manilow, R.E.M., Jimi Hendrix, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Chick Corea's new album, Forever, is a two-disc set, with the first disc being acoustic, and the second disc with a full band and guests. For the first disc, I asked him if it was a return to Return To Forever.

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Monday Madness: Chatting with Rob Zombie, Danny Elfman, Devo's Gerald Casale and More

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.22.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Jim Jones Revue, Back to School, Martin Scorsese, Edwards Scissorhands, Akira Kurosawa, Dimitri Tiomkin, Carlos Chaivez, Rob Zombie, Pierre Yuksek, The Drums, Marilyn Manson, Steven Spielberg, Pavement, Rush, A Clock Orange, Bernard Herrmann, Kinky, Dick Tracy, Daft Punk, Werner Herzog, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Ariel Pink, Devo, Richard Craft, Lincoln Center, Slayer, The Voyage of Sinbad, Tim Burton, Max Steiner, John Huston, Russ Meyer, Gerry Casale, Woolite, A Perfect Circle, Harlem, Kii Arens, U2, Phoenix, Comedy Central, Jell-O, Slipknot, Broadway Danny Rose, Weird Science, Forbidden Zone, The Lords of Salem, Joni Mitchell, Army of Darkness, Danny Elfman, Sebastien Teller, Stanley Kubrick, Jeffrey Miller, Jason Trucco, Beetlejuice, Paul Simon, Seb Caudron, Alice in Wonderland, Big Fish, Alfred Hitchcock, Silverchair, The Pixies, Jason & the Argonauts, Federico Fellini, Tom Papa, Ginger Fish, Gus Van Sant, Smith Westerns, Franz Waxman, Alexandre Desplat, Roman Polanski, Richard Prior, Carny, Midnight Run, Oingo Boingo, Stephen Colbert, Gary Busey, The Cars, Batman, The Static Revenger, Steve Martin, John Williams, Iron Maiden, Allison Krause, White Zombie, The Bewitched Hands, Jon Stewart, Twyla Tharpe, Soundgarden, Aaron Sorkin, Pee-Wee's Big Adventure, Nono Rota, Air, Paul Reubens, Peatport, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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Move Like This: A Conversation With The Cars' Greg Hawkes

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.11.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Jacknife Lee, The Beatles, Greg Hawkes, Queen, David Robinson, Benjamin Orr, George Martin, Bohemian Rhapsody, Roy Thomas Baker, Ric Ocasek, The Modern Lovers, Martin Mull, The Cars, Elliot Easton, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

It's been over twenty years since The Cars' last record. Greg Hawkes spoke with me about what they've been doing in the meantime.

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PLAY > SKIP: This Week's New Music

Shawn Amos | Posted 07.10.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Warren Haynes, Raphael Saadiq, The Lonely Island, The Cars, New Music, Christina Perri, Album Reviews, Entertainment News
Shawn Amos

This week's new music is built for time travel. Feel the flashbacks and step into the future. 2011-05-11-lonelyisland.jpg

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Full Lollapalooza 2011 Lineup Revealed

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 06.26.2011 | Chicago
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(AP) Perry Farrell will celebrate the 20th anniversary of Lollapalooza with an eclectic lineup this summer in Chicago that knows no boundaries, from r...

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"Don't Touch Me There": Mood Music for Your Next TSA Pat-Down

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Peter Gabriel, Guster, Enrique Iglesias, R. Kelly, Rick Derringer, Donald Fagen, Dan Hill, Gary Allan, Stanley Turrentine, TSA Security, Freedy Johnston, Airport-Pat-Down, The Cars, Nat King Cole Trio, Foo Fighters, The Beatles, The Tubes, Pearl Jam, Buffalo Springfield, Southside Johnny & the Asbury Jukes, Gary Glitter, Pat-Down, Elton John, Alicia Keys, Tom Petty & the Heatbreakers, The Association, Grace Potter & the Nocturals, Transportation Security Administration, Brad Paisley, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News
David Wild

The TSA is apparently taking a very hands-on approach to airport security these days with their new and supposedly improved pat-downs. Here then is some loosely fitting mood music for your next airport close encounter.

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"Who's Your Daddy!": A Playlist For Today's Rock & Roll Fathers

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Adam Gorgoni, Steely Dan, Paul Simon, Queen, Wind & Fire, Loudon Wainwright III, Neil Young, Marc Cohn, The Temptations, Luther Vandross, Stevie Wonder, Elton John, Jerry Lee Lewis, Gladys Knight, Dan Fogelberg, James Brown, Earth, Madonna, Chris Cote, Rick Neigher, Kurt Cobain, Bob Dylan, Bob Seger, The Cars, Elvis Presley, Violent Femmes, The Doobie Brothers, Freddy Curci, Who's Your Daddy!, Cat Stevens, Toby Keith, Brad Paisley, Morrissey, The Rays, Waylon Jennings, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News
David Wild

Four talented dads in my neighborhood, men with distinguished credits in music, as well as film and television, have formed an acapella group that's fittingly called Who's Your Daddy!

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New Tunes On Monday: George Harrison, Rob Thomas, Among The Oak & Ash, and Survivor (Kind Of) Plays Jeremy's Wedding

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011 | Entertainment
Read More: Eric Clapton, Peter Gabriel, Fairport Convention, Lauren Agnelli, Jason Mraz, Sony Legacy, Melanie Safka, Rob Thomas, Melanie, Patty Smyth, Hall & Oates, Dave Bickler, Ravi Shankar, Josh Joplin, Krishna, Joe Hill, Garrison Starr, Nickel Creek, Peter, Among the Oak & Ash, Apple Records, Billy Preston, John Mayer, The Beatles, Leon Russell, Bruce Jay Paskow, The Washington Squares, Bruce Hornsby, Tracy Chapman, Hal David Starlight Award, Simon & Garfunkel, Survivor, George Harrison, Ian & Sylvia, The Concert for Bangladesh, Toad the Wet Sprocket, The Cars, Gin Blossoms, Jimi Jamison, John Lennon, Budweiser, Matchbox Twenty, Ringo Starr, Coldplay, Dark Horse Records, Paul & Mary, Thomas Dolby, Tom Goodkind, Biko, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

The new collection Let It Roll/Songs By George Harrison is going to thrill those waiting for an album that combines his solo Apple recordings with Beatles titles and tracks from the Dark Horse years.

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