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Jagger Named Most Stylish
Mick Jagger has been named the most stylish rock star of all time by lifestyle website Complex. He leads their top 50 list ahead of Prince, David Bowie, Kurt Cobain, Sid Vicious and Keith Richards. Complex say of Jagger: “Hands-down one of the best-...
Tags: Freddie Mercury, Jimi Hendrix, David Bowie, Keith Richards, John Lydon
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Young Was Rocked By Cobain Suicide
Currently out promoting his recently released memoir Waging Heavy Peace, Neil Young, who many sight as the godfather of grunge, says hearing of the suicide note left by Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain “f***ed with me.” Cobain, who shot himself in...
Tags: Neil Young, Grunge (genre), Suicide, Nirvana (music group)
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Foo Fighters Done? Band Plays "Last Show for a Long Time"
Twenty years after Nirvana's last show in England, the Foo Fighters closed out the Reading Festival in Leeds last night—and, according to Grohl, it was the Grammy-winning rockers' final concert for the forseeable future. "Well, well, well, the f--...
Tags: Foo Fighters (music group), Nirvana (music group)
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Burger review: Leadbelly
Burger review: Leadbelly 5739 W. Irving Park Road 773-283-7880 Rating: !!!! (out of 4) As I look back on all of my burger-eating adventures, one sentiment has continued to hold true: A good burger is worth the journey. So when I heard the delightfully...
Tags: Lifestyle and Leisure, Shortbread, Bill Clinton, Ketchup, Whipping Cream
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A gem of an interview with Jewel: Singer talks about Greatest Hits, career, future
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGSinger songwriter Jewel says that as early as 1999, when she had released just two albums, she wanted to do a greatest hits album. And she easily could have. Her 1996 debut album, “Pieces of You,” had produced three Top...... -
Singer Jewel, playing The Sands on Friday, talks about 'going country' -- or not, really
Lehigh Valley Music presents FESTBLOGSinger Jewel, who sold 16 million copies of her first two albums in the late 1990s with hits such as “Who Will Save Your Soul,” “You Were Meant for Me,” “Foolish Games” and “Hands,” has gotten attention in... -
SXSW 2013 keynote: Dave Grohl and the importance of 'voice'
AUSTIN, Texas -- Dave Grohl, looking more professorial than usual (it must have been the dark-rimmed glasses he donned for the occasion), might have a future scripting reality shows if this music thing doesn't work out. During his keynote speech Thursday...
Tags: Naked Raygun (music group), Jack Black, SXSW Music and Media Conference & Festival, David Grohl, Music
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SXSW 2013: Kathleen Hanna reemerges in 'The Punk Singer'
AUSTIN, Texas -- In her bands Bikini Kill and Le Tigre, Kathleen Hanna has brought a fiercely feminist perspective to her lyrics and music, inspiring multiple generations of young women. The new documentary “The Punk Singer,” which is having...
Tags: Lyme Disease, Ken Burns, Feminism, Thurston Moore, Music
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Paris Fashion Week fall 2013: Saint Laurent review
Los Angeles Times Fashion CriticPARIS -- California ladies of the canyon was the vibe of Hedi Slimane's first women's Saint Laurent ready-to-wear runway collection shown in October. And this time, it was California grunge. With Jessica Chastain, Kirsten Dunst, Garrett Hedlund,...Tags: Courtney Love, Kirsten Dunst, Pierre Bergé, Paris Fashion Week, Fashion Shows
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Oscar-nominated documentaries capture moments in history
LOS ANGELES -- The Oscar-nominated features "5 Broken Cameras" and "How to Survive a Plague" represent documentaries in the truest, purest form of the word: They capture a spark, a moment in history, and they make us feel as if we were there, too. Both...Tags: Arts, How to Survive a Plague (movie), YouTube, Television Networks, Arts and Culture
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Cohen-Buckley harmony highlighted in new book
My first Leonard Cohen experience was the soundtrack on Oliver Stone's "Natural Born Killers," where Cohen declared, among other things, "Everybody knows." What I soon knew was that Leonard Cohen was a writer of weight. I started listening to...
Tags: Shrek (fictional character), Oliver Stone, Leonard Cohen, John Cale, Music Industry
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In Theory: Do the media glamorize suicide?
French sociologist Emile Durkheim wrote, "No fact is more readily transmissible by contagion than suicide." According to writer Giles Fraser, the media play a part in this transmission. In an article in the British newspaper The Guardian, Fraser argues...
Tags: Religion and Belief, Human Interest, Ethics, Values, Personal Weapon Control
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