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ShipRocked 2012

When did rock and roll become posh enough to have a cruise? Arent we supposed to be gritty and blue collar? Did we really want our metal with creme’ bruele?

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Having Fun. With breaking Bands

Obviously I’ve seen many, many bands very early in their career, from the Sex Pistols (before Sid Vicious), Elvis Costello (before the Attractions), X-ray Specs (with Lora Logic), Grandmaster Flash, Diana Krall, Prince, cyndi Lauper, Blur, Oasis…

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Sarah McLachlan's Highbrow Tour

There are some ‘packages’ available, none that include a free kitten but of course, we all want VIP right? Let’s put it this way, if you were really a VIP you wouldn’t be paying in the first place

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Mainstream Music Makes You Racist?

Those who listened to the rock music gave more to the white group, but split the rest equally among the other three – in other words they weren’t punitive against the others as were the listeners of the white power rock

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Annie Lennox on Rihanna

Unfortunately, in this universe, Rihanna is just your average stupid kid, taking on Twitter and Facebook (according to some gossip sites) to attack Brown’s new girlfriend and get her wife-beater back.

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Lady Gaga Twits Out

The icing on the cake is that lady gaga has just reached 20 million followers on Twitter. 20 million? Wow, if each one bought an album… or a ticket for that matter…

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BEZ! Won't Dance, Don't Ask Him

He will go on tour though- as an ‘ambassador’. What the heck?! Get into training son don’t let us down. Even just do it for a few songs, don’t sit there in a chair.. you’re making our age group look old!

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Celine Silenced

‘I tried to sing at my sound-check last week, and I had no control of my voice whatsoever,’ said Celine. ‘We thought that after a few days rest I would improve but it wasn’t getting any better.

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Beck Back At Work

Yes, an innocent minuscule tweet in the huge Twitter world, which could actually mean a lot since Meldal-Johnsen has been Beck’s bassist for quite some time, since 1997 to be exact!

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Paul Dano Musical Inspirations

‘Even if you’re playing someone in the 1700s in France, you might listen to hip-hop, if it’s an energy thing for the character. Or you can listen to what the character actually listened to. I use music like crazy. It’s like sticking a needle in your arm, like taking a drug because it’s so immediate,’

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Is There Hope For Bobbi Kristina?

‘It’s a horrible situation for everybody, they tried to save Whitney, and it didn’t work. Now with Bobbi Kristina, they fear the same thing is happening again and they won’t be able to stop it either. Bobbi Kristina is all Ms. Cissy has left of Whitney

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Nick Lowe Hits The States

After touring with Wilco, you’d think Nick Lowe would take to the easy chair. That cool cat is doing just the opposite. He is repacking and coming back to the States for a brief spring tour.

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Runaway Reunion?

“I’ve had this reoccurring dream. It started about 25 years ago and in this dream I was sitting with a woman I had spent my teenaged years with, been through a lot with.”

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Sergio Mendes Loses To Muppets At The Oscars

the Oscar for Best Original Song went to…’Man or Muppet’ from The Muppets movie. Pretty much the best news from the Oscars. If you recall we were so excited to see the film and although it was not an epic success it had just enough retro cuteness to win me over

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Ian Anderson on Rockline March 28th

As we baby-boomers look back on our own lives, we must often feel an occasional ‘what-if’ moment. Might we, like Gerald, have become instead preacher, soldier, down-and-out, shopkeeper or finance tycoon?”

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Chunk! No Captain Chunk!

I’m excited to announce that www.rocknycliveandrecorded.com will be speaking with the band this Saturday February 25, when they open for Attack! Attack! in Danbury CT. Someone should really rename this the exclamation mark tour.

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Russell Crowe In 'Les Misérables', The Movie

Crowe will be portraying Inspector Javert in the latest version of the Victor Hugo classic. Who cares, right? There has been a million adaptations of this thing- it’s as if we have all lived it already. This film has an somewhat interesting twist though- it’s music

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Crashing The After Party

“I was driving at the time and already really low on sleep,” “We were only five miles away from where we were staying and I was starting to get really drowsy, but since we were so close I wanted to just finish the drive.

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No Spice for The Jubilee

Is that legal? I mean if you’re a Brit and the Queen summons you, even if it’s a party, aren’t you supposed to go? “Too busy”? I think you can get hung or put in a dudgeon or something for things like that.

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The Kings Crown's Up For Auction

Memphis dentist, Henry J. Weiss, was dentist to the King and has amassed a plethora of dental delights from his time inside Presleys mouth. Currently the molds of Elvis’ teeth and an actual crown are encased in glass in TN

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SKRILLEX "Bangarang" Video Reviewed

The video is an epic adventure that the basic Fight Club or World of Warcraft geek is going to find ‘awesome’ and ‘amazing’ but that anyone who can get in to an R rated movie without an adult will find a bit cliche’. Been there, done that, took the Advil.

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Twisted Apprentice

This season is disturbing. It contains Dee Snider, who even with a ponytails’ scares most people out of their wits. Yet similar to rocker Gene Simmons who appeared in a previous season, Snider is showing that there is a rather competent brain inside that fuzz.

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Caleb Followill Soon To Be A Dad

Yup, that crazy King of Leon has just entered the magical third trimester with model wife Lily Alderidge. Considering this bands maniacal fans they’ll be knitting blankets from their own hair.

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Naked Adele? Songstress Suing French Publication

Now hold up. If these were flattering- I say go with it Addie! So people think you’re a bit risque’, where’s the harm if the fake Adele has a better bod? All actors use body doubles and you can actually profit on it- perhaps with songs of sexy bump and grind beats? Just a thought

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