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"Add It Up": A Playlist From If 6 Was 9 by David Klein

David Wild | Posted 05.07.2012

Read More: Charlie Pride, Bob Marley, The Temptations, The Wallflowers, The Beatles, Playlist, Playlists, The Clash, Chris Isaak, Elvis Costello, Entertainment News

Just to be safe, I will only pick some of my favorite number songs from the book up to #9 -- since when we get to double digits, that old math anxiety begins to kick back in.

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PHOTOS: Hollywood Briefly Comes To The Factory Valleys

Randy Fox | Posted 05.05.2012

Today, Hollywood is alive again in the cities and valleys of Western PA and its surrounding areas.

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Movie Review: Janie Jones

Marshall Fine | Posted 01.01.2012

Read More: Movie Reviews, Marshall Fine, The Clash, Jeff Bridges, Taylor Swift, Janie Jones Movie Review, Frank Whaley, Little Miss Sunshine, Abigail Breslin, Alessandro Nivola, Oscar, Crazy Heart, Marshall Fine Movie Review, Janie Jones, Movies, Entertainment News

The name of the title character of Janie Jones is meant to resonate with a certain generation: "Oh, like the Clash song," someone says early on in the...

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21 Reasons Why 80s Nostalgia Is Dumb

Dumb As A Blog | David Moye | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Shoulder Pads, The Clash, Live Aid, Ronald Reagan, Fingerless Gloves, Thundercats, Small Wonder, E.T. Video Game, Big Hair, Mcdlt, USA for Africa, Atari, Video, Weird News News

The modern pop culture machine chewed up and crapped out the 60s and 70s long ago, leaving 1980-89. Which would be fine, except that decade was du...

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The Blackbird Diaries: Chatting with Dave Stewart, Plus Nightmare and the Cat's Sam & Django Stewart

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.21.2011

Read More: Eurythmics, A.r. Rahman, Jon Bon Jovi, Mick Jagger, Sam Stewart, Big Kenny, Dave Stewart, The Belle Brigade, Colbie Caillat, Daryl Hall, The Clash, Dan Bern, Carina Round, Glen Ballard, Joss Stone, Django Stewart, Diane Birch, Arcade Fire, Stevie Nicks, The Secret Sisters, Claire Acey, Sinead O?Connor, T-Rex, Iggy Pop, Bob Dylan, Gwen Stefani, Gary Baseman, Teh Tarveling Wilburys, Bowie, Ringo Starr, The Sex Pistols, Blackbird Studios, Annie Lennox, Martina McBride, Reese Witherspoon, Nightmare and the Cat, Nina Simone, Jeff Buckley, Big and Rich, Jimi Hendrix, Damien Marley, Superheavy, Blondelle, Entertainment News

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Everything, Everytime, Everywhere, Mayhem and Beyond: Chatting with Imelda May, Trevor Hall and Motopony

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.18.2011

Read More: Peter Asher, Buddy Holly, Blue Fish, Imelda May, Nigel Ledgerwood, Two Fish, Colbie Caillat, Conan O'Brien, The Beatles, Patsy Cline, The Clash, Darrel Higham, Fleet Foxes, Nicole Kidman, Craig Ferguson, Mtv, Subway Fresh Buzz, Swami Vivekananda, Les Paul, Matisyahu, One Fish, Billie Holiday, Dr. Suess, Mary J. Blige, Jeff Beck, Alice Cooper, The Jonas Brothers, Dr. John, Red Fish, Ryan Peterson, Jimmy Cliff, Shareen Anderson, Jay Leno, Gene Vincent, Michael Franti, Pink, Quentin Tarantino, Eddie Cochran, Jimi Hendrix, Motopony, Bumbershoot, Entertainment News

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England's Ashes -- America's Future?

Richard (RJ) Eskow | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: British Riots, Tom Friedman, London Fires, Austerity Economics, The Clash, Andrew Roberts, The Ruts, Sean Hannity, Anne Appelbaum, David Cameron, Politics News

London's fires are cooling into ashes, and with any luck they won't be rekindled. But even though the British economy is still a tinderbox, nothing that's happened has dampened some people's enthusiasm for doing the same thing over here.

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Put 10,000 Maniacs in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Dave Astor | Posted 09.09.2011

As I write this post, I'm sitting in The Wishing Chair. That's the name of a 10,000 Maniacs album from 1985, and also reflects my wish that the band be inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. It would be a much-deserved honor.

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Shepard Faireyâ„¢: On Street Art And Street Cred

Jaime Rojo & Steven Harrington | Posted 09.02.2011

Read More: Risd, MOCA Los Angeles, Ronald Reagan, Brooklyn Street Art, MOCA LA, Russion Constructivism, BrooklynStreetArt.Com, Los Angeles, Street Art, New York, Jaime Rojo, D*Face, The Clash, Word to Mother, Steven P. Harrington, Supply and Demand, Martha Cooper, Rhode Island School of Design, Art in the Streets, Rhode Island, Shepard Fairey, Andre the Giant, Cope2, Tmz, Circle Jerks, Barry McGhee, Invader, Blek Le Rat, The Cult, Lou Reed, Billy Idol, Sid Vicious, The Stooges, Iggy Pop, Public Enemy, Craig R. Stecyk III, The Police, Banksy, Faile, Kraftwerk, Keith Haring, Huey Newton, Arts News

Shepard Fairey has grown up before the eyes of fans, peers and would be competitors. Undaunted by criticism he gets from both sides of his chosen voca...

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The Clash -- 30 Years Since Bond's on Broadway

Salvatore Bono | Posted 08.20.2011

Read More: CBGB's, The Clash, Punk, Broadway, Topper Headon, Mick Jones, Joe Strummer, Paul Simonon, Sandinista, Bond's, New York News

Between May 28 and June 13, 1981, The Clash, in their only American appearance that year invaded New York City and changed the way concerts were sold ...

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Mixed Tape of the Nightingale Mom

Tamsin Smith | Posted 08.10.2011

Read More: Francis Ford Coppola, Joseph Conrad, The Clash, John Keats, Parenting, Tiger Mother, Video Games, Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, Children, Education News

Uncomfortable as it may be to explain adult topics to kids, I believe it's important to respect their intellectual capacity to seek and hold information they may only partially understand.

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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

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

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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Coachella 2011

Morris Ruskin | Posted 06.20.2011

Read More: Arcade Fire, Mumford & Sons, U2, The Killers, Coachella, Duran Duran, Music, Cage the Elephant, The Police, The Clash, Entertainment News

Today's rock star is not on a pedestal but rather one of us. Although sixty thousand people were cheering and singing along the feeling was more like they were playing for us around a campfire at the beach.

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Neville Staple: The Original Rude Boy

Salvatore Bono | Posted 06.18.2011

Read More: England, The Clash, Punk, Original Rude Boy, Interview, Brit Pop, Ska, Neville Staple, Two Tone, Tony McMahon, The Specials, Mick Jones, Joe Strummer, Fun Boy Three, Entertainment News

In 1977, inspired by the attitude and message of punk, a band with distant island sound formed and changed the musical landscape forever. That band was The Specials.

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Hell-Raising Artist Rallies Support For Protests Against UK Tuition Hikes

ARTINFO | Posted 05.27.2011

For months, the United Kingdom has been roiled by student protests standing up to the coalition government's attempt to sharply raise annual tuition a...

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Dom Mariani: Garage Rock's Wizard of Oz

Holly Cara Price | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Darryl Mather, Lime Spiders, Rock Club, One Time Two Times Three Red Light, Richard Lane, Maxwells, Australian Garage Rock, Joe Strummer, Rock and Roll Show, Marz Frisina, Dom Mariani, Rob Younger, Nick Shepherd, The Stems, Radio Birdman, Mitch Easter, Howard Shawcross, The Clash, Garage Rock, Austin, Majestic Kelp, Sxsw, Garage Punk, Perth, Power Pop, Spain, Cortinas, Someloves, Goldmine, Insomniacs, Chevelles, dm3, South by Southwest, Entertainment News

In 1983, Dom Mariani and Richard Lane formed the Stems, one of the most tuneful and tasty garage rock bands of the era. Avid fans of pop, R&B, and 60'...

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HuffPost Exclusives: Less Than Jake's "Johnny Quest" and "Metalheads," Plus a Conversation with The Submarines, and Converse Meets SXSW

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Less Than Jake, John O'Mahoney, John Dragonetti, Johnny Quest, Gary Numan, Peter Sollet, Spoon, Nick & Nora's Infinite Playlist, Matthew Sweet, The Beatles, The Clash, Michael Cera, Grey's Anatomy, Myron Kerstein, Revolver, Blake Hazard, Pink Floyd, Iphone, Jim Eno, Metric, Joni Mitchell, b.o.b., The Submarines, Gossip Girl, Converse, Kat Denning, Metalheads, Krafterk, Entertainment News

Recently, Less Than Jake remastered and reissued their classic albums Losing Streak and Hello Rockview with updated packaging plus a second bonus disc. Listen to it here.

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"Go Now": A Parting Playlist For Mubarak's "Day Of Departure"

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Clash, Florence and the Machine, U2, Egypt Protests, Egypt, Day of Departure, Moody Blues, Green Days, Hosni Mubarak, Bob Dylan, Cee Lo Green, Brad Paisley, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News

I'm not quite sure how you say this in Egyptian Arabic, but in my particular stretch of the desert, we often go with something relatively polite like, "Here's your hat, Hosni, what's your hurry?"

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"Walk Like An Egyptian": A Playlist For "A Moment of Promise"

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Egypt Protests, Egypt, Bob Marley, The Clash, Sly & the Family Stone, Stevie Wonder, Obama, Hosni Mubarak, Bob Dylan, The Bangles, Entertainment News

Here are some promising songs for a very volatile moment in world history. And here's hoping everyone in Egypt can read The Huffington Post -- or anything else they want to read -- very soon.

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Jimi Hendrix, Otis Redding, Janis Joplin

The Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Slidepollajax, Jim Morison, Bob Marley, Rock Star Memoir, Books, John Lennon, The Clash, Keith Richards, Dead Rock Stars, Janis Joplin, Celebrity Memoirs, Inxs, Patti Smith, Rock Star, Hank Williams, Books by Rock Stars, Books News

In the wake of punk rock legend Patti Smith winning a National Book Award for her memoir "Just Kids," and the boom associated with the publication of ...

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"No Matter Who You Vote For The Government Always Get In": A Playlist For Election Day

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

My Fellow Americans, I simply wanted to take just a musical moment to encourage each and every one of you to vote this election day. Here are some tunes of encouragement.

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The Yankees and the Curse of Empire

Larry Abrams | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Steinbrenner, New York Yankees, Texas Rangers, Joe Strummer, Cliff Lee, San Francisco Giants, Philadelphia Phillies, World Series, Giants, National League, The Clash, Sports News

The Yankees multi million dollar free agent signings of pitchers almost always turn out badly.

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Gorillaz Stomp the Garden

Salvatore Bono | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: De La Soul, Jamie Hewlitt, Gorillaz, Mos Def, Bobby Womack, Chibo Matto, Msg, Damon Albarn, The Clash, Susan Boyle, Live Review, Mick Jones, Animation, Paul Simonon, Madison Square Garden, Plastic Beach, Lou Reed, Pharcyde, Music, New York News

This combination of visuals, musical style and talent, raw energy and power, it was just a two hour experience of wonderment for the audience.

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'Season of the Witch': A Crafty Playlist for Christine O'Donnell

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Four Tops, The Carter Family, Louis Prima, The Eagles, Jellyfish, Chris Isaak, Rivers Cuomo, Christine O'donnell, Donovan, B.o.B, Cream, The Clash, The Who, Cyndi Lauper, Delaware, My Morning Jacket, Traveling Wilburys, John Legend, Kiss, Neil Diamond, Luscious Jackson, Madonna, Gary U.S. Bonds, Nirvana, The Divinyls, Devo, Todd Rundgren, The Roots, Chris Coons, Alice Cooper, Tom Waits, Katy Perry, Keely Smith, Rihanna, Frank Sinatra, Ray Charles, Majek Faskek, Entertainment News

Here's a playlist for a Jersey girl with big dreams, at least some of them not involving "Witchcraft" or "That Old Black Magic."

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A Tribute to Joe Strummer: Use Your Voice

Heidiminx | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Built on Respect, Diy, Joe Strummer, The Clash, Impact News

In honor of Joe Strummer's 59th birthday, I'd like to encourage his fans everywhere to stand up, do something, fight for something -- change something.

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