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Cigar box guitar revolution: 'It's like folk music turned inside out'
Pop & HissA quarter-century ago, when cigar-box guitar enthusiast Pat MacDonald was half of the Austin, Texas, alternative pop-rock duo Timbuk3, the singer, songwriter and instrumentalist’s moment in the pop spotlight came with the group’s breezy,... -
Phoebe Snow dies at 60; singer of 1974 hit 'Poetry Man'
Phoebe Snow, a singer and songwriter who gained fame with her 1974 self-titled album that featured the hit single "Poetry Man," has died. She was 60.
Snow died Tuesday in Edison, N.J., said Rick Miramontez, her longtime friend and public relations...Tags: Music, Entertainment, Human Body, Saturday Night Live (tv program), Music Industry
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Robert Hilburn's memoir: John Lennon remaking himself, then gone
Hilburn, former pop music critic for the Los Angeles Times, is author of "Corn Flakes With John Lennon (and Other Tales From a Rock 'n' Roll Life)." An excerpt in Sunday Calendar recalled his relationship with Lennon after the Beatles' breakup. In today's...Tags: Bruce Springsteen, John Lennon, Radio Industry, Family, Jim Morrison
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Music to My Eyes
It wasnt seeing Jimi Hendrix set his guitar on fire at the Monterey Pop Festival that made him do it (though that was a factor). It was moments later, as producer Lou Adler strutted around with one of the hottest women ever. That was the moment Jeff...Tags: Arts, Ernest Hemingway, Fiona Apple, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Arts and Culture
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Book calendar: Author events for the week of September 12, 2010
Words & Ideas Compiled by Grace Krilanovich. SUNDAY William Gibson: The author will read and sign his new novel, "Zero History." Book Soup 8818 W. Sunset Blvd., West Hollywood. Noon. Free. (310) 659-3110. William Gibson: The author will read and...Tags: Entertainment, Awards and Prizes, The Secret Life of Bees (movie), Simon Reynolds, Christianity
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Letter from the Editor
Its not that I wanted a month off. I love writing to all of you. But this stellar issue was created and curated by our very own music editor, Nic Harcourt, so I thought it fitting that he tell you who he is, where he came from and what makes music the...Tags: Entertainment, Buzzcocks (music group), Retirement, Career and Workplace, Joni Mitchell
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Leonard Nimoy's farewell: 'Live long and prosper my friends'
The Hero ComplexHERO COMPLEX FILM FESTIVAL We're still basking in the glow of the Hero Complex Film Festival this weekend -- we had sold-out crowds all three nights and amazing energy in the room with special guests Leonard Nimoy, Ridley Scott and...... -
New York Fashion Week: Spurr is all saddled, ready to gallop
All The Rage- Simon Spurr is the sort of understated fellow who tends to get lost in the shuffle of New York Fashion Week. For the last few seasons he's shown his menswear collection here, usually just lining the models up against...... -
Adam Lambert: The ultimate interview, Part Two
Idol TrackerIn Part Two of this four-part interview with Adam Lambert, the "Idol" runner-up discusses his early experiences in show business and the experience of hanging out with Val Kilmer when they appeared in "The Ten Commandments" together. Part One of the... -
Health and Entrance Band: Reaffirming the idea of the rock band
Pop & HissIt???s a golden age for ???projects??? in pop music. Stars are frequently ciphers for the skills of equally famous producers. Rappers as singular as Jay-Z turn over huge swaths of albums to guests. Mainstream rock acts can be just as...... -
Great and memorable 'fros, past and present
All The RageLeave it to provocateur Marc Jacobs to roll out one of the most culturally significant hairdos of the last century -- then exaggerate it. As reported by fashion critic Booth Moore, the designer's spring 2010 Louis Vuitton show saw models...... -
J.W. Marriott and Ritz-Carlton liven downtown L.A.
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMaybe the recession is really and truly over now. After all, a thousand and one hotel rooms have just bloomed in downtown Los Angeles amid the Kings and conventioneers. I'm talking about the once-desolate territory just north of interstate 10 and east of...Tags: University of Southern California, Entertainment, Family, Adults, Television
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