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

Dave Astor | Posted 09.09.2011

Read More: Roxy Music, The Cure, Mary Ramsey, Patti Smith, Indie Bands, Steve Gustafson, Alternative Rock, Robert Buck, 000 Maniacs, Jeff Erickson, Natalie Merchant, Dennis Drew, Jerry Augustyniak, John Lombardo, Joy Division, Maria Sebastian, 10, R.E.M., The Clash, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News
Dave Astor

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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From Heart to "Heartbreaker" and a Side of Canucks: Chatting With Loverboy's Mike Reno

Mike Ragogna | Posted 08.28.2011

Read More: Ann Wilson, Less Than Jake, Mike Reno, Jerry Bruckheimer, Clarence Clemmons, Canucks, Live Nation, Bob Rock, Cyndi Lauper, Canadian Music Hall of Fame, Heart, Steve Forbert, Mtv, John Dexter, Loverboy, Top Gun, JUNO Awards, Don Simpson, Van Halen, The Cure, The Everly Brothers, American Bandstand, Metallica, Grammy Awards, Iron Eagle 2, Paul Dean, Dick Clark, Footloose, American Music Awards, Tom Cruise, Bryan Adams, Kelly McGillis, Moxy, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

2011-06-29-Screenshot20110629at8.50.09AM.pngIt used to be everybody was "Working For The Weekend." Now, everybody is working on the weekend.

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PHOTO: Sean Penn In Full Goth Makeup

Posted 06.16.2011

Read More: Robert Smith, The Cure, Frances McDormand, Sean Penn, This Must Be the Place, Movies, Sean Penn This Must Be the Place, Sean Penn Makeup, Entertainment News

Sean Penn reached star status in the 1980's, and in his new film, he's revisiting the decade in a whole new light. The Oscar-winner stars in the Ca...

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Divorce Songs: Readers Share The Tunes That Kept Them Going Post-Split (LISTEN)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Readers Weigh In, Sting, Divorce Songs, Breakup Songs, Readers' Picks, Deborah Conway, Ani Difranko, The Cure, Breakup Tunes, Readers Picks, Divorce Music, Slidepollajax, Divorce News

We asked, you answered: Which #breakuptunes kept you going after a split? ...

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'Who's Crying Now': A Teary Playlist for House Speaker Boehner

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Beatles, John Boehner House Speaker, Van Halen, Prince, The Cure, John Boehner, Chris Isaak, Fox News, Journey, Bob Dylan, Rolling Stones, Buck Owens, John Boehner Cries, John Boehner Crying, Entertainment News
David Wild

John Boy, crank out these tunes on your best house speakers and pull yourself together, man. You've got a big country to save or screw up.

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"Let's Get Lost": A Final Playlist for an Island Full of Great Memories

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Debbie Gibson, Huey Lewis, Jack Bender, Lloyd Cole & the Commotions, The String Cheese Incident, BeBe Winans, Spongebob Squarepants, Big & Rich, J.J. Abrams, Queen, Bread, Jimmy Herring, Faith Hill, Cece Winans, The Kinks, T.I., Beck, Billy Joel, Lost Final Season, The Clash, Supertramp, Weezer, J.Geils Band, The Rubinoos, Sawyer Brown, Elton John, Lucinda Williams, Ben Folds Five, Matthew Fox, Brooks & Dunn, The Cure, Damon Lindelof, Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, Johnny Cash, Carlton Cuse, Little Big Town, Bob Seger, Tom Petty, Katy Perry, Lost Finale, Meat Puppets, Gin Blossoms, Michael Buble, Cassandra Wilson, Chet Baker, Mama Cass Elliot, Foreigner, Coldplay, Will Smith, Tears for Fears, Justin Timberlake, Lost, Al Stewart, Jay-Z, Hugo, Entertainment News
David Wild

More than any other show in recent memory, Lost required our full attention and rewarded that sort of dedicating viewing with its singular elusive excellence.

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"Let's Get Lost": A Playlist for Island-bound Lost Fans

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Cure, Chris Isaak, Little Big Town, The Kinks, Beck, Blondie, Chet Baker, Weezer, The Lonely Island, The Beatles, Coldplay, Drive Shaft, Elton John, Ben Folds, Deep Purple, Ray Charles, Lost, Bruce Springsteen, Jay-Z, Entertainment News
David Wild

I really love Lost. And as our shared excitement builds, here are some TV Island Discs to celebrate our time on the Island.

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Music for the Fall of the Berlin Wall

Tim Mohr | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: 1989, The Cure, Ultravox, 99 Red Balloons, Kate Bush, Nukes, Sisters of Mercy, Atomic War, Billy Bragg, The Smiths, Nena, Nuclear Weapons, Alphaville, U2, Tim Mohr, Atomic Bomb, Berlin Wall, Anne Clark, Bono, Berlin, Entertainment News
Tim Mohr

The awareness of mortality in 1980s nuke-pop was amplified by the inescapably bleak Cold War reality. With the fall of the Wall, much of the threat evaporated. The music, however, lives on.

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Cure? They Don't Want No Stinking Cure!

Christina Pirello | Posted 11.17.2011

Read More: Healthy Eating, Pillsbury, The Cure, National Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Cause of Breast Cancer, General Mills, Susan G. Komen, Breast Cancer, Betty Crocker, Pink Ribbons, Healthy Living News
Christina Pirello

Breast Cancer Awareness Month is about organizations and corporations who prey on women when they are at their most vulnerable, when they're sick, frightened, about to lose a symbol of their womanhood. And we fall for it.

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Metro Station and Miley & The Rockits Plays Staples Center

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Miley Cyrus, Wal-Mart, The Cure, David Cassidy, Billy Ray Cyrus, Metro Station, Joan Jett, The Flying Graysons, The Jonas Brothers, The Last Song, Mason Musso, Ruby & the Rockits, The Clash, Trace Cyrus, Patrick Cassidy, U2, The Go-Gos, Disney, Staples Center, Batman & Robin, Shaun Cassidy, Annie Leibovitz, South Park, Entertainment News, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Power-pop group Metro Station played the Staples Center Tuesday night and pretty much set the tone for the act that followed... Miley somebody.

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Paul McCartney To Headline Coachella With The Killers, Winehouse, The Cure

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Paul McCartney, Amy Winehouse, The Killers, The Cure, Coachella, Entertainment News

NEW YORK — Paul McCartney will headline the 10th annual Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival, festival promoters announced Friday. The ex-B...

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