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Campaign music: Politicians are playing their song
Pop & HissBarack Obama channel's Al Green's 'Let's Stay Together.' Mitt Romney leans on K'naan's 'Wavin' Flag.' If there's a politician, there's a song ready to blare. Like less charismatic hip-hop artists, politicians routinely repurpose other people's songs.... -
Obama covers Al Green -- for one line of 'Let's Stay Together'
Pop & HissPresident Obama let loose a line from Al Green's "Let's Stay Together" during a fundraiser at the Apollo Theater in New York City. Obama sang while the legend himself, the Rev. Al Green, was in the crowd.... -
Obama sings for his donors
Opinion L.A.Fundraising on Thursday in New York, President Obama decided his audience of 1,400 at the Apollo Theater in Harlem needed to hear just a little bit more than the usual campaign rhetoric. So he broke into the first line of...... -
This week: GOP debates in Florida; State of the Union; ‘Chuck’ ends; ‘American Idol’ ratings
The TV Guy - Orlando SentinelThe ratings for "American Idol" will be closely studied this week after the singing contest suffered big drops when starting its 11th season last week. Perhaps a special "Idol" after the NFC Championship on Fox will help; the show should start about 10... -
Grammy 2012: Bruno Mars lights it up at rehearsals
Pop & HissIt was like the Apollo Theatre of Figueroa Street on Friday when the rehearsal stage for the 54th Annual Grammy Awards was given over to a wall of flickering ligh tbulbs and a giant marquee that read: "Live on Stage Bruno Mars."... -
Musical moments with U.S. presidents
Pop & HissPresident Obama sang the blues on Tuesday with B.B. King, Mick Jagger and Buddy Guy for a White House blues concert. The President is one of many chief executives who have shown their musical talents in office.... -
Hits, they got hits
The Theater LoopMore shows have extended their runs, including "Bug" at Redtwist Theatre (now through July 31), "The Detective's Wife" at Writers' Theatre in Glencoe (now through Aug. 7) and, inevitably, "Million Dollar Quartet" at the Apollo Theatre; those boys now are.... -
Filmmakers behind George Plimpton documentary seek final funds in Kickstarter campaign
Jacket CopyA documentary about writer/editor George Plimpton, founder of the Paris Review and first-generation immersive journalist, is raising funds on Kickstarter.... -
'Million Dollar Quartet' to move off-Broadway
The Theater Loop"Million Dollar Quartet" announced Tuesday that it will close its Broadway production June 12 and move to New World Stages, an Off-Broadway venue. It will have played for a little more than a year at the Nederlander Theatre. In essence,...... -
The Ponderosa Stomp: A treasure trove of sound, and stories [Updated]
Pop & Hiss"It's a small town story, and probably a typical American story," said Ian Dunlop, telling the writer Holly George-Warren how he came to play bass in the International Submarine Band with the late Gram Parsons in the mid-1960s. Dunlop was...... -
Levi Kreis in a million-dollar concert at the Apollo
The Theater LoopLevi Kreis, the singer-songwriter who so rousingly portrayed Jerry Lee Lewis here in Chicago in "Million Dollar Quartet," and continues in the role in the Tony-winning production on Broadway, put on a solo concert Monday night at the Apollo Theater....... -
Photo essay: Obamafication
Opinion L.A.Frank Tires #1, Detroit, 2009 Gratiot Avenue, Detroit, 2010 In inner-city murals, Barack Obama almost always wears a tie. He smiles a lot, or else he has the up-tilted face and earnest demeanor of the famous “Hope” campaign poster, a......
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