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Why don't you get a job?
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterIT TAKES a certain sort of idiot bravery (brave idiocy?) to board a small plane with a music star. There's just too much grim history to keep you on the tarmac. But what sort of lunatic would get into a plane with a rock star as the pilot? Your captain...Tags: Employees, Beach Vacations, Building Material, Popular Music, MySpace
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Amy Winehouse, Kanye West Top Grammys
She was a continent away, but that didn't stop troubled British soul-singer Amy Winehouse from being the main attraction at last night's Grammy Awards as she took home five awards, including best new artist. But the erratic singer -- who once took...Tags: Joni Mitchell, Grammy Awards, Television, Little Richard, American Idol (tv program)
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Timberlake to induct Madonna into Hall of Fame
Justin Timberlake will induct Madonna into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
The "Sexyback" singer has been working with the Material Mom on her upcoming album, expected to be released this year.
Madonna will be among those honored March 10 at the...Tags: Leonard Cohen, Astoria, Billy Joel, Manhattan (New York City), Popular Music
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What does BTO tune say about the crop of presidential hopefuls?
Tribune staff reporterThere are few things Joe Biden, Hillary Clinton and Mitt Romney agree on, but they all believe "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet." Attend any of these candidates' countless campaign stops here, and you'll most likely hear that Bachman-Turner Overdrive...Tags: Mitt Romney, California, Rock and Roll, Music, Elections
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The soul of Ike & Tina Turner
Special to The TimesThe pop world has focused for so long on the remarkably sensual energy and excitement of Ike & Tina Turner's old live show that it is often easy to forget the duo also made some dynamic records. But even if you have wanted to go back and check up on the...Tags: James Brown, Phil Spector, Popular Music, Janis Joplin, Rock and Roll
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Stagecoach Festival takes the stage
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterONE OF those golden moments you hope for at gargantuan music gatherings like the weekend Stagecoach Festival in Indio came Saturday night, when the Judds, Naomi and daughter Wynonna, resuscitated their monstrously successful '80s act in what was billed as...Tags: Theater, Country Music, James Brown, Music Theater, Television
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'Revival' signals Fogerty is no longer running away
McClatchy/Tribune newspapersHow telling is it that John Fogerty has named his splendid new album "Revival" and is reworking some of his trademarked swampadelic licks in fresh yet familiar ways? The most obvious tip of the hat to yesteryear comes with "Creedence Song," which...Tags: Country Music, Television, Consumer Electronics Industry, California, Film Festivals
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L.A. theater's effect an open question
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWith tickets sold out and limousines at the ready, the Nokia Theatre threw open its doors Thursday night with performances by the Eagles and the Dixie Chicks. But it's the performance of the theater itself that has planners and city leaders holding their...Tags: Theater, Emmy Awards, West Hollywood, Santa Monica, Television
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Homefront not at the forefront
STAFF WRITEROn Feb. 1, 2004, the day that Staff Sgt. Roger C. Turner Jr., a 37-year-old mechanic and father of two from Parkersburg, W. Va., was hit in his sleep by an Iraqi rocket -- the same day that a suicide bombing in the northern Iraqi city of Irbil killed 56...Tags: Theater, Christianity, CBS Corp., Rock and Roll, Sales
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Whole Wheat Bread: Punk rock with a twist
Orlando CityBeat WriterJacksonville punk group Whole Wheat Bread wasn't always on the path to being a successful band. Guitarist/singer Aaron Abraham grew up on the streets of Miami and, according to the band's bio, he didn't have an easy time of it. "We were broke and we lived...Tags: Music, Snoop Dogg, Folk Music, Vehicles, Rock and Roll
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Reasons musicians might hold their fire
Times Staff WriterHere, in 2006, the rhythm of politics and music is making for a complicated composition. Take John Mellencamp, who for weeks sat at his kitchen table in Bloomington, Ind., and channeled his rage and heartache into a few dozen songs about war and...Tags: Country Music, Barbra Streisand, Rock and Roll, Music, Folk Music
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George Thorogood
Special to MergeIf you're too young to be friendly with Jim Beam, Jack Daniels or Johnny Walker, you still know George Thorogood. Even beyond the realm of classic rock radio, he remains a master of modern blues-rock riffs that Jack White never could be. But is the bar-...Tags: Elvis Presley, Woody Allen, California, Hank Williams, Rock and Roll
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