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Still a Wizard, a True Star: A Conversation With Todd Rundgren, Plus Tonight Alive's "Starlight" (Exclusive)

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Eric Clapton, Al Gore, Meat Loaf, Miami Vice, John Ford Coley, MC Hammer, Pee Wee's Playhouse, Jim Steinman, Hall & Oates, Keith Olbermann, Dylan Ratigan, The Coasters, Mike Post, Robert Palmer, Crime Story, Bill Bradley, Daryl Hall, Roy Bitten, Xtc, The Tubes, The Nazz, Utopia, Bat Out of Hell, Craig Boogie Coinman, England Dan, The Zombies, Timothy B. Schmit, Grand Funk Railroad, Rick Derringer, Rod Stewart, Jonathan Wolfson, The Buggles, The Platters, Todd Rundgren, Jeff Beck, Wendy Carlos, Tonight Alive, Patti Smith, Newt Gingrich, Robert Johnson, Dumb & Dumber, Colin Blunstone, Rachel Maddow, The Rocky Horror Picture Show, Ringo Starr, Jimmy Smith, Joill Sobule, Ellen Foley, Walter Carlos, John Oates, Jan Hammer, Joe Walsh, Moogy Klingman, Max Weinberg, Bruce Springsteen, Tomita, Patronet, Video, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

"I wrote a song about my high school girlfriend who broke my heart and have been milking it ever since. The irony of it is, it's the very first song I ever wrote and it's the song that's pinned on my back, kind of like 'kick me.'"

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From "Don't Mean Nothing" to "Dance With My Father": A Conversation With Richard Marx

Mike Ragogna | Posted 03.30.2012

Read More: Kenny Rogers, Earth, Bruce Lundvall, The Commodores, Madonna, Outkast, Robert Conrad, Dick Marx, Chicago, Daniel Lanois, Keith Urban, Tina Turner, Wind & Fire, Justin Beiber, Lionel Richie, Jennifer O'neill, Fee Waybill, Richard Carpenter, Billy Joel, Celine Dion, The Tubes, Luther Vandross, Vixen, Richard Marx, The Civil Wars, Michael Hausman, Robert Lamm, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

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

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

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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"TV Is the Thing This Year": My Playlist for the Emmy Awards

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers, The Good Wife, Loudon Wainwright III, The Stylistics, Billy Joel, Conan O'Brien, Lost, Arcade Fire, The Tubes, Television, Joe Jackson, ZZ Top, Marshall Crenshaw, Cheap Trick, Taj Mahal, Dinah Washington, Ben Folds Five, A-Ha, Tv on the Radio, John Fogerty, Green Day, Wilie Colon, Bob Hope, The Stooges, Wilco, George Clooney, Bob Dylan, Dr. John, Emmy Awards, Tift Merrit, Dianne Reeves, Michael Penn, Mad Men, Talking Heads, Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers, Men of a Certain Age, Dire Straits, Randy Newman, Ben Lee, Jimmy Fallon, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News
David Wild

Far be it for me to ever correct the Boss, but as it turns out Bruce Springsteen was not a true televisionary; there are not "57 Channels And Nothing On" these days. Please tune in Sunday night, and see for yourself.

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"Night Shift": A Late Night Playlist For Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien

David Wild | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: The Rolling Stones, Steve Winwood, The Commodores, Wilson Pickett, Neil Young, Sam Cooke, Smashing Pumpkins, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Conan O'Brien, Sheryl Crow, Spinal Tap, The Tubes, Taylor Swift, The Strangeloves, Talking Heads, Jay Leno, David Bowie, Ben Folds, All American Rejects, Ray Charles, Peter Frampton, The Raspberries, Daft Punk, Media News
David Wild

Jay and Conan have both brought us so much music over the years. Here's my playlist for two nice and funny guys in one awkward TV situation.

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HuffPost Reviews: U2 No Line On The Horizon / Chris Cornell Scream

Mike Ragogna | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Michael Jackson, Adam Clayton, Gnarls Barkley, Ginsu Knives, Daryll Hall, The Thompson Twins, The Edge, Queen, Paul Simon, Bono, Hall & Oates, Lebanon, Nancy Sinatra, Matthew Sweet, Demacio "Demo" Castellon, John Mayer, Beatles, The Tubes, Steve Lillywhite, Bad Company, Demacio Castellon, Jim Beanz, Nelly Furtado, Mars Lazar, Chris Cornell, Don Henley, Yes, Jerome Harmon, Timbaland, Dark Side of the Moon, Elvis Costello, Terence Trent D'Arby, Rick Rubin, A Night at the Opera, Daniel Lanois, Polaroid, David Coverdale, Temple of the Dog, Hammond B-3, Alan Furguson, Maren Jensen, Rick Wakeman, White Album, Larry Mullen Jr., U2, Entertainment News, Brian Eno, Soundgarden, Pink Floyd, Justin Timberlake, John Oates, Jimi Hendrix, Rupert Holmes, Marvin Gaye, Jefferson Airplane, Bruce Springsteen, Studer, Audioslave, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

If you were expecting another All That You Can't Leave Behind or How To Dismantle An Atomic Bomb - Part II, forget it. U2 is back to experimenting.

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