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RIP - Elvis Presley
Today, August 16th 2006 marks the 29th anniversary of Elvis Presley’s death.
As time has passed the connection to this great artist has probably been diminished among the younger musicians out there. However, there is no doubt that Elvis helped usher in a new era of music that was and …
MTV is 25 years old
Age is something that just keeps jumping up and biting me.
I remember the first day that MTV was on the air. Holy smoke. And that was 25 years ago !
It certainly isn’t the same as it was back then. MTV revolutionized music videos back then, and now they are …
For a show after shopping or to impress your guests, read on
The next three weeks are peak theater-going time in Chicago. And it’s possible that you’ll have guests in town. So although we bring you a list of recommended shows every Friday, we thought we’d suspend our usual deep thoughts this week and try and offer some guidance for the festive season. As I always prefer to do, I’m sticking to shows I’ve seen this year: What is the best musical in town—and can I get a ticket? I like both “Jersey Boys” (ideal for adults of a certain age) and “Wicked” (
Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Than We Think
Length-1 hour, 5 minutes, 15 seconds Deborah Harper, President of Psychjourney, interviews Dr. Brian Wansink, author of Mindless Eating: Why We Eat More Then We Think, published by Bantam. Dr. Brian Wansink Brian Wansink (Ph.D. Stanford 1990) holds the John S. Dyson Endowed Chair in the Applied Economics and Management Department at Cornell University, where he is Director of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab. Previously, he was a professor at Dartmouth College, the Vrije Univer
LIVE CHAT: THE 2008 ACADEMY AWARDS
We missed our chance to do WestminsterDogShowFreak, so instead we launched OscarFreak, dedicated to the Academy Awards, which trails only the Super Bowl as an ad showcase. On Sunday, we hosted a live chat to critique the Oscar-night ads. See bios of the participants here. Here is the full transcript: 8:00 p.m. ET Barbara Lippert: reege is just slightly better on the red carpet than star jones Bob Moore: WAY CUTER. Rob Schwartz: The "dread" carpet. Bob Moore: sorry for the upper ca
In today's WOW, multimedia
In today's WOW, you will find: This story on Tony Fields. Tony Fields' "Elegant Lady": Interview with Tony Fields: This week's Top 5: Top 5 songs about live music 5. "Leader of the Band," by Dan Fogelberg 4. "Dance, Dance," by Fall Out Boy 3. "Piano Man," by Billy Joel 2. "Play That Funky Music (White Boy)," by Wild Cherry 1. "It's Only Rock 'n' Roll," by The Rolling Stones Click Here for PollSurvey Software | Polls | Email Marketing | Innovation Management View MicroPo
T-shirt start-up i/denti/fies a new fashion model
The music and fashion have long provided people with important means of self-expression. A new company called i/denti/tee, conceived and launched by non-traditional-agency-like-object Anomoly, aims to aims to monetize the space where music and fashion meet. I like their model, which sits at the intersection of three key trends -- mass customization, crowdsourcing and eco/social consciousness -- to produce a unique line of music t-shirts that are ready-made for the 'net generation. I know
Author Interview with Debbi Crane & a Raffle
Above: Debbi Crane, Pokey Bolton, and Cheryl Prater at Make It University! at International Quilt Festival/ Chicago in 2007. We have a very special guest with us today: Debbi Crane, co-author of MIXED MANIA: RECIPES FOR DELICIOUS MIXED MEDIA CREATIONS published by Interweave. Debbi, we’re so glad you could join us today! I must say, you co-authored a very chic mixed-media book! Interesting title, interesting concept. Tell me a little bit about the idea behind your book. Cheryl and I were r
Coldplay lead Grammy nominations
BRITISH talent has dominated the nominations for record of the year at the US Grammy Awards. Coldplay, who earned a total of seven nominations, will compete with fellow Britons Adele, Leona Lewis, Led Zeppelin singer Robert Plant and MIA for the major honour at the awards show next year. The British rock band, Radiohead, and Plant will also face each other in the album of the year category while Welsh singer Duffy, who shot to number one with her catchy single, Mercy, and fellow British sou
The Road Ahead?
The Road Ahead? Screw the Old Folks and Their Gimpy Pals If you’re wondering what’s up with the social services scene in these United States you can read this sobering article from the right wing Wall Street Journal which doesn’t usually bother with the Dickensian people—prefering all largesse go straight to the bankers, the CEO class, etc. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122714130153442755.html The road ahead is to put the elderly and the home bound disabled into the street
Hort Week's Matthew Appleby's garden awards
It seems as though Matthew Appleby's new found fame as Trade Journalist of the Year has gone straight to his head with his early morning rant sorry, fun (2.30am no less) titled: An insider's view of the world of horticulture. I guess I ought to be proud to have even been mentioned at all but sad that Matthew should stoop so low, considering his status as a high ranking horticulture journalist (amongst themselves anyway). I thought I would use this opportunity to give Matt (it's OK to call you
Ruining the Internet
Saturday night during Rock & Roll Bookclub Max was trying to tell us something about the Flugoo fish. “Just Google Flugoo fish,” he said, leaning onto the arm of the La-Z-Grrl. Because I am a kind host and an accommodating aunt, I set to Googling. “Oh,” I said, when I spied the results. “What?” Max asked. “I’m first,” I said. “Of course you are,” Sister #2 said from the couch. “What did you say about the Flugoos?” Max asked. “You can’t read I Will Dare,” I said. “She comes up all th
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Californication Renewed for Third Season December 3, 2008 9:56 pm
Posted by Rosario T. Calabria in Californication, News, Renewals, Showtime, Television. trackback Showtime has renewed the Golden Globe Award-winning comedy series Californication for a third season of 12 episodes. “It wouldn’t be SHOWTIME without a yearly dose of CALIFORNICATION,” said Showtime President of Entertainment, Robert Greenblatt. “This unapologetic show, about a group of characters led by the inimitable David Duchovny, has quickly established itself as one of our signature comed
Latest UK Rock Feud Pits Noel Gallagher Of Oasis Against Status Quo’s Francis Rossi
The ever-quotable Noel Gallagher of Oasis (pictured above, top) doesn’t like it when other musicians slag off Oasis, even though Gallagher has filled many columns of print with his caustic rip jobs on other bands. Gallagher’s latest target is Francis Rossi (pictured above, bottom) of the veteran UK band Status Quo. The brouhaha kicked off when Rossi spoke recently about his feelings on Oasis to the UK newspaper The Sun. Rossi stated: “Oasis call themselves a rock band and they stand there lookin
Sundance Watch: Line-Up Announced
Todd McCarthy talks to Sundance Film fest director Geoff Gilmore about the Sundance 2009 competition feature, documentary and world cinema line-ups. One can only hope that given the current economic climate, last year reps the attendance peak of a fest that desperately needs to scale back anyway; if a lot of companies and folks can't make it this year, I'm going to be greedy and selfish and say, "all the more for us!" Even during the frantic party swag-hog years, it was always possible to tun
Neil Diamond is MusiCares' 2009 Person of the Year
Because he's freakin' awesome. From the MusiCares Press Release: GRAMMY®-winning recording artist Neil Diamond , Feb. 6, 2009, two days prior to the 51st Annual GRAMMY Awards — will provide essential support for MusiCares, which ensures that music people have a place to turn to in times of financial, medical and personal need. will be honored as the 2009 MusiCares The legendary singer, songwriter and performer is being honored as the MusiCares Person of the Year in recognition of his
Sundace Line-up Announced
The “old” year isn’t closed yet but we’re about to jump into a new cycle of film viewing and Sundance has announced their 2009 line-up of films, a handful of which we’ll get to see in the new year with a peppering of a few more that will likely end up on some shelf somewhere. My first thought checking out the list is that there’s nothing all that outstanding in the dramatic competitions though there are some great sounding documentaries. A few that did catch my attention: John Hindman’s Arl
‘Twilight’s Kristen Stewart to star as Joan Jett
Hollywood (ChattahBox) — “Twilight,” star Kristen Stewart is set to dye her hair black and get her best sneer on! Striking while the Hollywood iron is hot Stewart is set to portray of Joan Jett in “The Runaways,” a rock ‘n’ roll biopic of the 1970s all-girl band, according to The Hollywood Reporter. As the first successful all-girl hard rock band, The Runaways were hugely influential. Band members included guitarists Jett and Lita Ford, drummer Sandy West, singer-keyboardist Cherie Currie and
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex Gala
My friend (and colleague) Ernie Garcia scored an invite to the opening gala at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex in Soho last night, lucky duck! Here’s his account of the event and the new spot, which I can’t wait to get out to! Last night’s opening gala at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Annex in Soho featured circus food, rockin’ hair makeovers and music stars’ paraphernalia enshrined behind glass. The party was the official launch for the Cleveland-based museum’s new outlet at 76 Mercer St.
‘Twilight’s Kristen Stewart to star as Joan Jett
“Twilight,” star Kristen Stewart is set to dye her hair black and get her best sneer on! Striking while the Hollywood iron is hot Stewart is set to portray of Joan Jett in “The Runaways,” a rock ‘n’ roll biopic of the 1970s all-girl band, according to The Hollywood Reporter. As the first successful all-girl hard rock band, The Runaways were hugely influential. Band members included guitarists Jett and Lita Ford, drummer Sandy West, singer-keyboardist Cherie Currie and bassist Jackie Fox. T
Joan Jett, meet Kristen Stewart
Joan Jett, meet Kristen Stewart Fresh from the success of "Twilight," Kristen Stewart is set to portray Joan Jett in "The Runaways," the rock 'n' roll biopic of the 1970s all-girl band. The Runaways were hugely influential as the first successful all-girl... Health 0
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