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The Top Five Boneheaded Music Industry Moves Of 2008

Tony Sachs | Posted 01.03.2009 | Entertainment

Read More: Compact Discs, Lps, Wal-Mart, Led Zeppelin, Independent Music Stores, Radiohead, Bob Dylan, Music Retail, Best Buy, The Beatles, Record Industry, Music Business, Sony Music, Emi, Guns N' Roses, Bruce Springsteen, Music Industry, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

In a business where, for the last decade or so, every move made by a major record label or established artist is almost guaranteed to be a dumb one, it's hard to pick a mere five as the créme de la créme of stupidity.

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Not Just Kid Stuff: From Kidz Bop to The Fuzzy Stones

Mike Ragogna | Posted 12.29.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Kenny Loggins, Linda Ronstadt, Jason & the Scorchers, Gorillaz, Lisa Loeb, Janis Ian, The Fuzzy Stones, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Dan Zanes, Kelly Clarkson, James Blunt, The Music Man, John Mayer, The Wizard of Oz, The Sound of Music, Bette Midler, Mary Poppins, Hans Christian Anderson, Timbaland, How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Robert B. Sherman, Van Hunt, Tom CHapin, Peter Paul & Mary, The Jackson 5, Daughtry, Fleischer Brothers, Millie Jackson, Pbs, Teddy Pendegrass, Black Eyed Peas, Think Tree, Barney & Friends, Fergie, George Benson, Dr. John, Elmo, Pete Fitzpatrick, Gwen Stefani, Teddy Geiger, Todd Tobias, The Adventures of Ozzie & Harriet, They Might Be Giants, Al Jarreau, Tracy Bonham, Taylor Swift, Smash Mouth, Laurie Berkner, Cobra Verde, Pink, Jack Johnson, The New Zoo Review, David Seville, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, The Monkees, Justin Timerblake, Barenaked Ladies, Barney, Laurel & Hardy, Buck Howdy, Rankin & Bass, Miley Cyrus, Sesame Street, The Original P, National Geographic, The Wiggles, Britney Spears, Clem Snide, The Blue Man Group, Brad Robinson, Harry Chapin, Judy Garland, Billy Joel, The Beatles, Douglas "Truth" Smith, Lou Rawls, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Robert Pollard, Peanuts, Carly Simon, Public Broadcasting System, Ohio, Plain White T’s, Nikka Costa, Count Zero, Naftule's Dream, Cleveland Scene, Jim Henson, Bing Crosby, The Partridge Family, Rhianna, Dr. Suess, Green Day, Beyoncé, Texas, Looney Tunes, Fat Albert, Justin Roberts, Kidz Bop, Marlo Thomas, Kate Taylor, The Sippycups, Farmer Jason, Josie & the Pussycats, Guided by Voices, Gang of Four, The Chipmunks, The Doobie Brothers, Nelly, Alicia Keys, The Simon Sisters, Richard M. Sherman, Eric Paul, James Taylor, The Archies, Bruce Springsteen, Putumayo, How I Met Your Mother, Sony Wonder, Neil Patrick Harris, Fall Out Boy, Raffi, Baby Einstein, Robert Louis Stevenson, William Blake, Robert Burns, Edward Lear, Lewis Carroll, Veggie Tales, Red Skelton, The Red Skelton Show, Jackie Gleason, Lawrence Welk, The Jackie Gleason Show, The Lawrence Welk Show, Itunes, Fraggle Rock, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

When did children's music get so awful? It wasn't always as painful to listen to. Some historic recordings, though not exactly classified as "children's," have been cherished forever.

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Paul McCartney: I'm The Political Beatle

AP | Posted 12.14.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Paul McCartney, John Lennon, The Beatles, Entertainment News

LONDON — Paul McCartney claims that he was the real politicized figure in The Beatles, not John Lennon, according to an interview published Sund...

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Progressives Angry Over Reports That Karl Rove Likes Things

Lee Stranahan | Posted 12.02.2008 | Politics

Read More: President-Elect Barack Obama, The Wire, Dexter, True Blood, The Beatles, Karl Rove, Barack Obama, Daily Kos, Politics News
Lee Stranahan

Anger, outrage and confusion spread through the progressive political community as sources close to Karl Rove began leaking a list of things that Rove...

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Why Guns N' Roses' Chinese Democracy Marks The End Of An Era

Tony Sachs | Posted 11.25.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Michael Jackson, Bill Haley, Walt Disney Co, Wal-Mart, Ipod, Nirvana, Billboard Magazine, High School Musical, Lil Wayne, Rock Around the Clock, Chinese Democracy, Elvis Presley, Best Buy, The Beatles, Thriller, Music Industry, AC/DC Black Ice, Heartbreak Hotel, Sgt. Pepper, Guns N' Roses, Marvin Gaye, Nevermind, Soundscan, Entertainment News
Tony Sachs

Would the Sixties be the sixties without the Beatles? Would teen culture as we know it exist without Elvis? And can any record, no matter how brilliant, have a similar impact today? Somehow, I don't think so.

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Paul McCartney: iTunes Negotiations For Beatles Music Stall

AP | Posted 11.25.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, John Lennon, George Harrison, The Beatles, Music, Itunes, Entertainment News

LONDON — Paul McCartney says negotiations on a long-awaited deal to make the Beatles' catalog available on the online music service iTunes have ...

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Vatican Forgives John Lennon For Infamous "We're More Popular Than Jesus" Remark

Daily Telegraph | Nick Squires | Posted 11.21.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Vatican, John Lennon, Vatican Forgives Beatles, The Beatles, Entertainment News

Saturday's edition of the Vatican's official newspaper absolves John Lennon of his notorious remark, saying that "after so many years it sounds merely...

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Chinese Demockery: The New Record Not By Guns N' Roses

Sal Nunziato | Posted 11.17.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: The Beatles, Chicago, Pete Best, Axl Rose, Ray Davies, Guns N Roses, Thin Lizzy, The Kinks, Molly Hatchet, Entertainment News
Sal Nunziato

Next week, we all finally get to hear Chinese Democracy. You know the new Guns N' Roses CD. But I want to know why anyone cares.

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Paul McCartney Hopes To Release 14-Minute Beatles Track

AP | Posted 11.16.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Paul McCartney, The Beatles, Music, Carnival of Light, New Beatles Song, Entertainment News

LONDON — Paul McCartney says it's time an experimental Beatles track saw the light of day. McCartney says he wants to release "Carnival of Ligh...

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DVDs: Hello "Fraggle Rock!"

Michael Giltz | Posted 11.11.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: TV Shows, Sports, Football, The Beatles, Westerns, Fraggle Rock, Jim Henson, Planet of the Apes, Dvds, Movies, Randolph Scott, Rod Serling, Entertainment News
Michael Giltz

We're in a golden age for documentaries. More of them are shown in theaters and on TV than ever before and more people now have access to video cameras so they can make their own.

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Obama Hits Primetime, Daily Show: MediaBytes with Shelly Palmer October 30, 2008

Shelly Palmer | Posted 10.30.2008 | Media

Read More: Google, Tivo, Daily Show, Microsoft, Paul McCartney, Ad, Mediabytes, Jonh Lennon, Openid, Television, Commercial, Watch Instantly, Shelly Palmer, Barack Obama, Primetime, Dvr, Infomercial, The Beatles, Media News, Rock Band, Netflix, Media News
Shelly Palmer

Barack Obama spent roughly $4 million dollars on 30 minutes of primetime ad space last night. The commercial, which aired on CBS, NBC, MSNBC, Fox an...

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Beatles Video Game To Hit Market, Not Part Of "Rock Band" Franchise

AP | Posted 10.30.2008 | Media

Read More: The Beatles, Electronic Arts, Mtv, Rock Band, Beatles Rock Band, Media News

NEW YORK — The Beatles are coming to a game console near you. For the first time, the legendary group's music will be featured in the lucrative...

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Ringo Starr Tells Fans No More Mail, He Will Burn It

AP | GREGORY KATZ | Posted 10.14.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Ringo Starr, Music, Ringo Fan Mail, The Beatles, Video, Entertainment News

LONDON — Ringo Starr doesn't want to hear from you. If you do write, your letter will end up in the trash. After 45 years of stardom, he doesn't...

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John Lennon A Cruel, Jealous Fiend, Says New Biography

NY Post | Posted 10.12.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: The Beatles, Phillip Norman, John Lennon, Yoko Ono, Music, John Lennon:the Life, Books, Entertainment News

John Lennon didn't give peace a chance at home - where he callously abused and routinely tormented the women closest to him. The music legend was pro...

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40 Years Of Creedence Clearwater Revival

Mike Ragogna | Posted 10.02.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Levon Helm, Son Volt, Cast Your Fate to the Wind, Twilight Zone--the Flying Burrito Brothers, Garth Hudson, Doug Clifford, Tom Fogerty, Max Weiss, The Byrds, Rick Danko, Fantasy Records, Chris Hillman, John Fogerty, Wilco, Sol Weiss, Anatomy of a Hit, El Cerrito, Uncle Tupelo, Robbie Robertson, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Ronnie Hawkins, Twilight Zone, The Golliwogs, The Jayhawks, Vince Guraldi, The Blue Velvets, Richard Manuels, Gram Parsons, The Boys Club, The Band, Stu Cook, Americana, Apple Records, Roots-Rock, "Screamin" Jay Hawkins, The Beatles, The Filmore, Booker T. & the MGs, Halloween, Bob Dylan, Ccr, Supernatural, Country-Rock, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Decades before Uncle Tupelo, Wilco, Son Volt and The Jayhawks re-introduced and expanded the parameters of roots-rock, there was a scrappy little group, originally hailing from El Cerrito, California.

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Pet Sounds or Sgt. Pepper? I Say, Neither.

Sal Nunziato | Posted 09.18.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Brian Wilson, The Beatles, The Hollies, Beach Boys, Crosby Stills Nash and Young, Charlie Parker, The Rolling Stones, Roxy Music, Pet Sounds, Rubber Soul, Musical Taste, Revolver, Jazz, Sgt. Pepper, Paul Mauriat, Today, Boots Randolph, Moot the Hoople, Graham Nash, Entertainment News
Sal Nunziato

I'd like to say that I think The Hollies' Butterfly is a better record than The Beatles' Sgt. Pepper.

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The Promise of On-Demand Viewing: From "What's Out" to "What's Great"

John Farr | Posted 09.08.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Hannah and Her Sisters, Renoir, Annie Hall, Picasso, Woody Allen, Hollywood, Movies, Dvds, The Beatles, On-Demand Movies, Great Films, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Foreign Films, Ella Fitzgerald, Pay TV, Robert Altman, Entertainment News
John Farr

With on-demand in full flower, consumers will confront a vastly larger universe of choice, representing the entire breadth of this century-old medium, not just the most recent theatrical releases.

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Reports: Paul McCartney To Play Israel In September, 40 Years After Beatles Ban

AP | Posted 08.24.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Paul McCartney, The Beatles, Israel, Tel Aviv, Entertainment News

JERUSALEM — Sir Paul McCartney is set to perform in Israel, 40 years after his legendary band, the Beatles, were banned from playing in the Holy...

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Talkin' Peace and John With Yoko Ono

Marissa Moss | Posted 08.21.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Writers' Strike, The Beatles, Imagine Peace, John Lennon, Give Peace a Chance, Yoko Ono, Happiness, Entertainment News
Marissa Moss

Ono: I really wanted to [re-release the track, Give Peace a Chance], it was my statement because right now the world is in turmoil and we really need to talk about world peace.

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New Documentary Looks on the Bright Side of Neil Innes

Donald Liebenson | Posted 08.19.2008 | Chicago

Read More: Neil Innes, The Beatles, The Rutles, Eric Idle, Fest for Beatles Fans, The Bonzos, Monty Python, Chicago News
Donald Liebenson

Neil Innes, who has been hailed as a "partially discovered genius," is the first to admit that he is an unlikely subject for a documentary. But Innes, 63, looms large in music and comedy circles for his scant degree of separation from both the Beatles and Monty Python's Flying Circus.

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The Revolution That Changed Us Forever

John W. Whitehead | Posted 08.19.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: The Beatles, 1968, Democratic National Convention, Revolution, Entertainment News
John W. Whitehead

The Beatles converged with their era -- the sixties generation -- in an almost unprecedented way. At no other time in history, or since, has a generation been so connected.

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John Lennon's Rare Art Going On Display

AP | CARRIE ANTLFINGER | Posted 08.13.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: John Lennon, The Beatles, Yoko Ono, John Lennon's Art, Waukesha County Historical Society Museum, Entertainment News

WAUKESHA, Wis. — John Lennon's widow Yoko Ono and his admirers are so protective of his legacy they don't want any of his original drawings phot...

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The Smithereens "11": A Perfect 10

Sal Nunziato | Posted 07.21.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: The Turtles, The Beatles, The Walker Brothers, The Smithereens, Phil Spector, The Go-Gos., Pa DiNizio, Mtv, The Left Banke, Entertainment News
Sal Nunziato

Feeling a bit melancholy, I took the album off the shelf, and a little over 30 minutes later I realized, this is a perfect record.

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Hear Today, Gone Tomorrow

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.17.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: John Mellencamp, Sergio Mendes, Carole King, Paul McCartney, Starbucks Coffee, Cocnord Records, Coca Cola, Music News, Miles Davis, Gwen Stefani, Charlie Brown, The Beatles, Vince Guraldi, Starbucks Closing, John Coltrane, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Carly Simon, Banana Republic, Coldplay, Business News, Capitol Records, Joni Mitchell, Toby Keith, Zero Mostel, Hear Music, Starbucks, Sheila Weller, James Taylor, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

When it was announced that 600 Starbucks outlets were closing, the music business shared the hit: less stores, less counter and display space, less product, less revenue.

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A 40th Bite of the Apple

Mike Ragogna | Posted 07.08.2008 | Entertainment

Read More: Jackie Lomax, Doris Troy, Ronnie Spector, Yoko Ono, George Harrison, Paul McCartney, Ravi Shankar, Joe Garagiola, Business, Brian Epstein, Billy Preston, Apple Records, The Beatles, John Lennon, Entertainment, Carly Simon, Ringo Starr, Mary Hopkin, Elephant's Memory, Neil Aspinall, James Taylor, Twiggy, Badfinger, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

With the exception of Motown and Atlantic, there is no other catalog with as high a profile or cultural and historical significance as The Beatles' label, Apple Corps.

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