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Coachella dances to the tune of a headliner, Kraftwerk
Special to The TimesCrowds were a major issue throughout the sold-out first day at Coachella, and the dance tents were not immune. A steady stream of fans made their way into the expansive Sahara Tent, the primary venue for dance music, but the strong allure of big-name...Tags: North Africa, Disc Jockeys, Radiohead (music group), Dance, Perry Farrell
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Scrappy label thrashes the big boys
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterMaybe the pop world is finally ready to believe what Calendar predicted nearly four years ago: that by concentrating on cutting-edge rock and rap music, upstart Interscope Records would become the envy of the music industry. The Westwood-based company,...Tags: Counting Crows (music group), Natalie Merchant, Dr. Dre (music artist), Whitney Houston, Marketing
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A year that left 'em spinning
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterAmong the rules established in 1994 in the music industry: The Eagles can still sell a lot of records and concert seats, monks with good voices can break into the Top 10, and it's important to differentiate whether rap refers to rap music or a rap sheet....Tags: Dr. Dre (music artist), Walt Disney, Henry Fonda, Time Warner Inc., Sony Corp.
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Who are pop's hottest properties?
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterWho's the hottest property in the record business? That's not an easy question, but with conglomerates betting zillions of dollars on it, Calendar set out to conduct some independent research. The first thing we did was to declare everyone--from Michael...Tags: Kurt Cobain, Voting, Nirvana (music group), Whitney Houston, Mary J. Blige
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Kurt Cobain (1992): Cobain to Fans: Just Say No
Los Angeles Times Staff Writer"I don't want my daughter to grow up and someday be hassled by kids at school . . . I don't want people telling her that her parents were junkies." Kurt Cobain, the 25-year-old leader of the acclaimed and hugely successful rock group Nirvana, is...Tags: Kurt Cobain, Nirvana (music group), Infants, Drug Use, Lifestyle and Leisure
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The saga of Snoop Doggy Dogg
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterSitting in a West Los Angeles recording studio, just around the corner from the police station where he was booked as an accomplice to murder, gangsta rapper Snoop Doggy Dogg has two important dates on his mind. On Nov. 23, Interscope Records will...Tags: Dr. Dre (music artist), Prisons, Gaming, Television, Gang Activity
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93-5 'KHY Rock Report
Headlines for Friday, May 24, 2013
SLAYER: Metallica, System Members Speak at Hanneman Memorial
Metallica's Robert Trujillo and System of a Down's Shavo Odadjian joined Slayer's Kerry King as speakers at Thursday's memorial service for...Tags: Wells Fargo Center, Speedway, Teachers, Wrestling, Personal Service
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'The Place Beyond the Pines' review: Cooper 1, Gosling 0
** (out of four) First, let’s acknowledge something nice: Bradley Cooper is very good in “The Place Beyond the Pines,” even better than the Oscar-nominated actor was in “Silver Linings Playbook.” Unfortunately, director/co-...
Tags: Eva Mendes, Bradley Cooper, Ryan Gosling, Ben Mendelsohn, Silver Linings Playbook (movie)
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Tift Merritt's 'Night' music
Tift Merritt is the restless sort. You can read it in her lyrics, yearning, deep-rooted narratives about moving around and moving on, often alone. You can hear it in her music, which rests comfortably within many genres without settling for any. And you...
Tags: Music, Trips and Vacations, Fort Lauderdale, Broward Center for the Performing Arts, Elvis Costello
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Juanes talks about new memoir and the perils of stardom
When international rock star and humanitarian Juanes began putting together his new memoir, “Chasing the Sun,” he started with pictures. The handsome book, nearly 300 pages, is filled with the kind of candid shots that fans will eat up, from...
Tags: Coral Gables, Music, Medellin (Colombia), Slayer (music group), Cuba
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UPDATE: Morgan Harrington's family amends its lawsuit against arena security company
Morgan Harrington’s family has amended its lawsuit against a company that provided security at a Charlottesville concert where she disappeared in October 2009. Harrington, who was from Roanoke County and attended Virginia Tech, was found dead in...
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Laws, Justice System, Roanoke (Roanoke, Virginia), Roanoke County
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Local Q&A: The Orwells
Try as he might, Mario Cuomo, singer for rising garage-rock quintet the Orwells, can't seem to avoid trouble. His high school years essentially were a string of missed classes and misdeeds, including a lengthy suspension for launching a water bottle at a...
Tags: Drug Trafficking, The Jackson Five (music group), Music, The Stooges (music group), Smith Westerns (music group)
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