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Shakira Humanitari​ana

The songstress is the founder of both Latin America in Solidarity Action and the Pies Descalzos / Barefoot Foundation. ALAS is a coalition of artists and business leaders seeking to promote integrated early childhood public policies.

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Beiber Writes Song With Taylor Swift For New Album

he has handled worldwide fame with smarts to spare. Has there been a misstep si far? I haven’t noticed it. Not only did he string his first album along for years and years, he also copped a hotter than hell rock star girlfriend. But now he gets to put all his swagger to use before The Wanted eat his lunch.

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MFT – 4 – 18 – 12

Soundtrack to the classic sequence (recently parodied by the Simpsons) like a stone skipping through the cement pond of summer. In definably Los Angeles. Except, the weather is blisterring hot in the sequence, the song is definably nyc, Paul Simon who wrote it is obviously thinking local, and Dustin Hoffman looks like half my friends here

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Toby Keith, "I Love This Bar" Video Review

On that high def screen that was twice the size of my car was Country Music Television- it was music video time! I do not live in the country. I do not like the country or country music so what went down for the next 45 minutes was a terror trial that I am proud to say I survived.

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Mayday Parade "When You See My Friends (Acoustic)" Reviewed

I have seen them live numerous times and at one point they opened or headlined like five shows in a row- I see them more than I see my brother. The best part is I don’t mind. I have enjoyed their act each time, and each time there has been a slightly different vibe. Time for these kids to catch a break.

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Macca's Best Solo Album? Maybe "Run Devil Run"

“Try not To Cry” -a re-write of Lennon’s “I Found Out”, which is as bare faced an expression of loss, it wears its sorrow right in your face: “I try not to cry over you”? McCartney would claim it was just a little blues number, in reality it was a cry from the heart.

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Not With The Band: Do We Own Words?

Red Hot Chili Peppers suing Showtime Networks over the TV show called ‘Californication’, the same name used by the band for their Grammy-nominated 1999 album, is different because the RHCP made up that word, so they kind of owned it…. but even in this case, when the word is out there, and caught up by others, is it still yours?

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"A Dangerous Method" Reviewed (More Or Less)

dangerous Method” is the story of Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung’s friendship in the early 1900s and their subsequent rift as Jung went on to delve into into the archetypes of mankind and Freud kept obsessing about sex. The Kiera Knighlly character, a sexually hysterical patient whose earliest experience was being spanked by Daddy

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Prinzhorn Dance School Are Damned Damned Damned

I can hear what people like about Clay Class, but it is a downer in extremis. The single release “I Want You” has the worst song name in history, couldn’t they think of anything better? And the song is all handpicled guitar notes and harmonies. Definably an acquired taste.

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Deer Tick Rockin The Vote

Campaign yard signs can be purchased here and the full list of tour dates is below. Should constituents choose to post pictures of their yard signs to the band’s Facebook page, they will be rewarded with an unreleased MP3 from the campaign committee. Become a delegate and support Deer Tick’s policies NOW! They Want YOU!”

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Sneak Peaks: Week Of April 16th, 2012

Plus a ton of singles, including the new Maroon 5, Timbaland and Best Coast. The White is a real sneak peak, it is playing on ITunes and I was gonna mention that there is an AMEX presale today at 12p for White at Webster Hall on the 27th

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MFT 4-17-12

Sounds like Steely Dan in blues-jazz mode, and while it is a specific subject, it feels like a wider net. With lines like “never had to worry about the cost of living”, the fall of the characters she is listing may have something to do with the economy. Or even the blues itself. Grade: B

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"I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning", Revisted

I think it was just my naivety, but I was unaware that the tunes were direct allusions to Oberst’s drugging. I knew that “Lua” was definitely about self-medicating, but now with that fact in mind, and listening to the record, you can tell what he means when he mentions “these bars are filled with things that kill; by now you probably should’ve known”.

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Audio Tree Presents William Beckett

Watching made me remember how charismatic Becketts voice was. A handsome kid who got tangled up in the same ol ‘Fueled For Ramen” scene of Fall Out Boy and just missed the mark. What a beautiful sound when the girls aren’t screaming along.

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Paul McCartney Releases Three Videos For His Song 'My Valentine' And Even Johnny Depp Looks Bored

Orlando Bloom, Jordana Brewster, Julie Delpy, Zooey Deschanel, Jane Fonda, Dave Grohl and Nate Mendel of Foo Fighters, Woody Harrelson, Joan Jett, Quincy Jones, Miranda Kerr, Jason Lewis, Lykke Li, Chris Martin, Jayma Mays, Gwyneth Paltrow, Richard Perry, James Ransone, Amy Smart, Gwen Stefani and Tony Kanal of No Doubt, Kristen Stewart, Rumer Willis, Reese Witherspoon and more…

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Singles Going Steady: Album Reviews For Week of April 6th, 2012

All too often you find yourself reviewing Adam Duritz’s hair when you should be reviewing his band. And that’s not fair. because his hair is awful. So I listened to the album, and there is maybe two songs that don’t make me want to string him up by his wig. I might even claim that if you have never heard the original “Return Of The Grievous Angel” before, this plodding cover is alright. But the “Ooh La La” is a witless abomination, all the humor distilled from Ronnie Lane’s creation. And any way… why not review his hair? Grade: D+

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Television Lite: April 16th – April 22nd, 2012

, Video didn’t kill the radio star, video made radio stars. I mean seriously, would there be as many boy bands with limo’s if there weren’t videos? Ok, some may debate that there were boy bands before music video and of course there was, but that actually required talent- now all ya need is a good haircut.

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UK Top 10 Albums, 2012

Adele is back at number one, Bruce and Madonna are missing in action, Jessie J, Lana, Emii, Ed and David have been hanging around all year, Alabama Shakes is a surprise and Nicki Minaj isn’t.

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MFT 4-16-12

Ooh La La – The Faces – Ronnie Lane took lead vocals and laughed at his Granddad’s lessons about women’s ways. Ronnie doesn’t listen and, like all of us, pays the price. grade: A+

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Iman and Hel Do SNL: Gotye

There are two million remixes of his song ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’, there is milking a cow and there is animal cruelty. When you have a hit, let it be a hit, lets not have the disco, reggae, hardcore, symphonic and salsa version of that same dumbass song.

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Memories Of LCD Soundsystem: James Murphy, Author

James Murphy is the master of ceremonies of all hip puppets. I have to stop and note that ‘hip puppets’ was a typo, I was to write ‘his puppets’ talk about your Freudian slips. His fans wont go away, they wont even acknowledge the band is gone and really there is no reason too.

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Ooh La La

My friends thought between drug addiction and dead babies and loneliness, “Ooh La La” was completely miserable. But I didn’t see that at all. I felt it was only there to expand upon a theory: that life is happenstance matter interlocking in time and space.

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Lil Wayne's Songs of Love

Who knows more about love than Weezy? And where better to love and be loved than prison? Well that is where the words of love came together. The follow up release to last years double platinum LP ‘Carter IV’ will be called ‘Devol”

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MFT 4-15-12

Don’t let the Tangerine Dream band name fool ya, this is Ry’s son Joachim Cooder’s project for guest vocalists. The song features Inara George and it simply can’t be much better, a gorgeous synthy soundscape that doesn’t lose a deep connection to the song. Grade: A-

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Joe Strummer of Love

Strummer was an activist and remains a powerful and inspirational force whose art, convictions and energy spans the decades and inspires all. Proceeds from the festival will go towards Joes passions.

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One Direction vs One Direction

C’mon now they should be happy. Without the Brit boys they would never have gotten as much press, and their ITunes wouldn’t be a buzz with buyers. If youre still doing Battle of the Bands three years later you take what you can to get your name in the papers.

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Tom DeLonges Schlong

Take autographs: “When I was younger I would sign girls’ butts and boobs. I’ve never signed anyone’s penis, but I’d love to!” he quipped in an interview with Kerrang! magazine.

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