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Rocking and rolling on a weekend for the kids
Tribune staff reporterOur first stops on this Magical Midwestern Tour have essentially been destinations for grownups that young people might, or might not, enjoy. This time, we're blatantly and unapologetically pandering to children. Adults can come along if it's OK with the...Tags: Sports, Amusement and Theme Parks, Jimi Hendrix, Les Paul, Arts and Culture
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Mario Can't Survive 100th Episode of 'Dancing With the Stars'
Zap2It.comIt's a festival of sweet and sour on tonight's 100th episode of "Dancing with the Stars." Amidst all the glitter and celebration, someone still got sent packing. As part of the celebration, there was an hour-long special counting down the Judges'...Tags: Sports, Television, Rascal Flatts (music group), Joey Fatone, Cristian de la Fuente
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'Sunday Night Football' Thinks Pink
Zap2It.comNBC and ESPN have been bantering back and forth over whether "Sunday Night Football" or "Monday Night Football" is the marquee NFL game of the week. Now they can argue over which game has the better theme song. "Monday Night Football," of course, has...Tags: ESPN (tv network), Sports, Television, Football, Joan Jett
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Amy Winehouse, Kanye West Top Grammys
She was a continent away, but that didn't stop troubled British soul-singer Amy Winehouse from being the main attraction at last night's Grammy Awards as she took home five awards, including best new artist. But the erratic singer -- who once took...Tags: Joni Mitchell, Aretha Franklin, Prince (music artist), Alicia Keys, Arts and Culture
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Resourceful traveler
Ancestral Links: A Golf Obsession Spanning Generations New American Library, $24.95 Sunday is always golf day somewhere in the world. Actually, it's probably more accurate to say that somewhere in the world on any given day, someone is playing golf....Tags: Minority Groups, Sports, Hotels and Accommodations, Arts and Culture, Trips and Vacations
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TV Gal Goes "Hmmm ..."
Zap2It.comYou know there are some weeks when TV makes you go hmmmm ... and last week was definitely one of those weeks. Let's take a look back at the week that was. "Celebrity Duets": I sat down to watch this show on TiVo and thought, "Well, I will just watch...Tags: Television, Lee Ann Womack, Carrie Ann Inaba, Charisma Carpenter, Television Industry
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'Duets' Puts Celeb Crooners to the Test
Zap2It.comThe first episode of "Celebrity Duets" will not feature an "American Idol"-style montage of famous people singing horrendously and generally making a spectacle of themselves. But it's not for a lack of material, according to "Duets" creator (and "Idol"...Tags: Television, Lea Thompson, Randy Travis, Simon Cowell, Smokey Robinson
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Finally, a lot of Hooker in one place
Special to The TimesAs one of the most respected figures in the history of the blues, John Lee Hooker should have been an early giant of rock 'n' roll, right? His "Boogie Chillen' " was a smash R&B single in 1949 — just about the time Elvis Presley and the other rock...Tags: Howlin' Wolf, Teen-agers, Folk (genre), Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Bill Monroe
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A new Dees dawn
Times Staff WriterRick Dees was asked about his proper place in the history of Los Angeles radio. Leaning into the studio's microphone, he answered with his familiar rounded-edge drawl: "Every great artist has to go out on the stage and say, 'I'm going to be the best ever....Tags: Academy Awards, Black Eyed Peas (music group), Ryan Seacrest, Entertainment, Jack Nicholson
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Oink at the moon
Wolfmother singer/guitarist Andrew Stockdale hasn't been a rock star long, but already the rigors of touring and interviewing are starting to wear on him. It takes the frontman a moment to remember where he is when we call (Tempe, Arizona), and he tells...Tags: SXSW Music and Media Conference & Festival, Rock and Roll (genre)
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Facing the music
Song Man: A Melodic Adventure, or, My Single-Minded Approach to Songwriting
By Will Hodgkinson
Da Capo, 290 pages, $16.95 paper
'Stay uncommercial. There's a lot of money in it," said Jerome Kern, who did OK by himself when he added "Ol' Man River,"...Tags: Ray Davies, Hal David, Jimi Hendrix, PJ Harvey, Dionne Warwick
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The Poisonares
Sun StaffHometown: Baltimore Current Members: Patrick Griffin, upright bass and vocals; Aran Keating, saxophone; Andy Cole, guitar; Nairobi Collins, lead vocals; Josh Cohen, drums. Founded in: 2000 Style: 1950s-style rockabilly and R&B Influenced by: Little...Tags: Bo Diddley, Rock and Roll (genre)
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