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Gang of Four reconnects with 'intensity and aggression' that defined 1979 masterpiece
Turn It UpIf Gang of Four had a dollar for every band that it influenced, the members wouldn’t necessarily be rich, but they’d probably be able to make a hefty down payment on a new house. In the last few years, bands...... -
Sleep where the legends slept in grand old California hotels
!["Oh sleep! It is a gentle thing, beloved from pole to pole," British poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." And, I might add, place to place. There's something special about bedding down where Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe and Thomas Edison slept or catching 40 winks where the pillows once cradled the noggins of presidents and peacemakers.](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2010-12/57991006-03153059.jpg ""Oh sleep! It is a gentle thing, beloved from pole to pole,\" British poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote in \"The Rime of the Ancient Mariner.\" And, I might add, place to place. There's something special about bedding down where Albert Einstein, Marilyn Monroe and Thomas Edison slept or catching 40 winks where the pillows once cradled the noggins of presidents and peacemakers.")
Special to the Los Angeles Times"Oh sleep! It is a gentle thing, beloved from pole to pole," British poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge wrote in "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner." And, I might add, place to place. There's something special about bedding down where Albert Einstein, Marilyn...Tags: Bill Clinton, Television, Hotels and Accommodations, Albert Einstein, Woodrow Wilson
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Don Van Vliet dies at 69; avant-garde rock musician known as Captain Beefheart
Don Van Vliet, a maverick musician who emerged from the Southern California desert with the name Captain Beefheart and a singular and influential form of avant-garde rock in the 1960s, died Friday. He was 69.
Van Vliet, who retreated to a reclusive...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Los Angeles, Homes, Trout, Multiple Sclerosis
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Is it time to close down the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
The Big PictureI was a rock critic in a past life, so every year around this time, I still get a ballot allowing me to vote for my favorite nominees in the annual election at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame....... -
ABBA, the Stooges -- but not KISS -- make the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Pop & HissThe Rock and Roll Hall of Fame is opening its arms to welcome in ABBA, Genesis, the Hollies, the Stooges and Jimmy Cliff, but has given the KISS-off, for this year at least, to hard rock’s most celebrated tongue-wagging, makeup-loving...... -
Live review: Ron Asheton tribute at the Roxy
Pop & HissThe Roxy was still mostly empty Wednesday afternoon when Leanna Asheton picked up her cell, a little nervous about the night's tribute to her uncle, the late Stooges guitarist Ron Asheton. Many players hadn't yet arrived, including her father, Stooges....... -
BAHRAIN: First all-girl rock band fights taboos, dreams to jam in public
Babylon & BeyondIt's their biggest dream to perform live in concert but they doubt Bahrain is ready for two girls jamming and playing rock and heavy metal on stage. So at night, 30-year-old "Emz" and 23-year-old "Dyaz", who make up the duo...... -
Brendan Mullen dies at 60; founder of influential Masque punk rock club
Brendan Mullen, founder of the Masque punk rock club in Hollywood that helped launch the vibrantly anarchic music scene on the West Coast in the late 1970s, died Monday after suffering a massive stroke over the weekend. He was 60.
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L.A. Story
Rock stars, Jazzers, Pachucos...they may have grown up somewhere else quaint, like Sandusky, Ohio, or Canada, but they made their mark here—lived, created and died here. Music is as much a part of the L.A. legacy as film and television. From the bebop...Tags: Television, Hotels and Accommodations, Hospitals and Clinics, Tucson, Janis Joplin
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Church Group Protests Election of Gay Prom Queen
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES -- The election of an openly gay teen as the prom queen at Fairfax High School has not sat well with members of Kansas-based Westboro Baptist Church. They gathered at Fairfax High Friday to protest the choice of Sergio Garcia, 18, as the...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, Hollywood (Los Angeles, California), Baptist, Christianity, Minority Groups
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High School Elects Male Student Prom Queen
KTLA NewsLOS ANGELES -- An openly gay teen is the new prom queen at Fairfax High School. Sergio Garcia, 18, was crowned queen Saturday night at the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. "I feel invincible," Garcia said wearing his rhinestone studded tiara. A few days...Tags: Gays and Lesbians, High Schools, Elections, Eyewear, KTLA
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Canyon Jam
Witching hour is upon us, and we’re winding our way up Laurel Canyon Boulevard, surrounded by a sea of dark slopes and twinkling homes. Parking at the foot of one small hill, we make our way up a steep, candlelit walkway that leads to a wooden cottage...Tags: Wilco (music group), Neil Young, North Carolina, Georgia, Book
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