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Levon Helm dies at 71; drummer and singer with the Band
Levon Helm is most widely known for the songs he sang that found their way onto the pop charts during his long tenure as drummer and singer for the Band: "Up On Cripple Creek," "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down" and "Don't Do It," earthy and infectious...
Tags: Joni Mitchell, Cream (music group), Bob Dylan, Led Zeppelin (music group), Bill Monroe
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Guitar maker Fender files for initial public offering
Fender Musical Instruments Corp., the iconic company that has been making guitars in California since its inception in 1946, is seeking to raise $200 million in an initial public stock offering.
In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission...Tags: The Beach Boys, Companies and Corporations, Music Theater, Mario Batali , Entertainment Events
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Show respect for national anthem in Indiana -- or maybe face fine
Nation NowRoseanne Barr might want to stay out of Indiana – if a state lawmaker succeeds in passing legislation to require performance standards for playing or singing of the national anthem.... -
For politically aware songs, the '00s were all for naught
The '60s gave us "Blowin' in the Wind," folk-poet Bob Dylan's challenge to the brutal status quo. The '70s served up Neil Young's "Ohio," an anthem of generational rage against the military-industrial machine. The '80s laid down "The Message," Grandmaster...Tags: Rick Perry, Lil Wayne, Bob Dylan, Death Cab for Cutie (music group), Wars and Interventions
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Simms Taback dies at 79; children's author and illustrator
Simms Taback, an award-winning children's book author and illustrator best known for his version of "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" and "Joseph Had a Little Overcoat," his Caldecott Medal-winning adaptation of a Yiddish folk song, has died. He...Tags: Syracuse, Career and Workplace, Entertainment Events, Awards and Prizes, Pancreatic Cancer
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Barry Feinstein dies at 80; rock music photographer
Barry Feinstein, a photographer who gained renown as one of the premier chroniclers of the 1960s and '70s music scene, including shooting iconic album covers for Bob Dylan, Janis Joplin and George Harrison, has died. He was 80.
Feinstein, a longtime...Tags: Mary Travers, Photography, Bob Dylan, Arts, Artists
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The Reading Life: Ellen Willis, rocking the rock music boat
![I've long considered Ellen Willis something of a hero. I hope I live longer than she did (Willis died in 2006, at 64), but otherwise, it's an exemplary life. She was the first pop music critic of the New Yorker, writing 56 pieces for the magazine from 1968 to 1975 that trace her relationship with "music that boldly and aggressively laid out what the singer wanted, loved, hated ... [and] challenged me to do the same."](http://www.latimes.com/media/thumbnails/story/2011-07/63579526-28135836.jpg)
Los Angeles Times Book CriticI've long considered Ellen Willis something of a hero. I hope I live longer than she did (Willis died in 2006, at 64), but otherwise, it's an exemplary life. She was the first pop music critic of the New Yorker, writing 56 pieces for the magazine from...Tags: Culture, Reviews, Celebrities and Bad Behavior, Bob Dylan, Rock and Roll (genre)
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Fashion Diary: Tribal influences for fall
Los Angeles Times Fashion CriticMuch of what's out there for fall looks like it could have been ripped from the pages of Cowboys and Indians magazine: arrow print maxi-skirts, blanket-stripe ponchos, suede jackets with swinging fringe, cowboy booties and T-shirts with more Navajo...Tags: Social Media, Native Americans, IKEA, Macy's, Inc., Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival
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New Outkast record rumored; Andre 3000 still may portray Jimi Hendrix
Pop & HissSay what you want about Dr. Dre. "Detox" has been as mythological as Lemuria since I was in high school and he's probably recorded enough music over the last decade to make Neil Young's vaults look like Al Capone's. But...... -
The Reading Life: Ellen Willis' vinyl deeps
Jacket CopyLA Times book credit David L. Ulin looks at a new collection of work from Ellen Willis, the New Yorker's first pop music critic.... -
'Star Trek 365' is a special stardate for Starfleet faithful
The Hero ComplexREVIEW Linda Whitmore, the in-house "Star Trek" specialist here at Hero Complex, checks in with a review of a new bookshelf voyage into the Starfleet universe. Any Trekkie worth his or her salt can tell a Romulan from a Vulcan,...... -
Mods & Rockers Film Festival 2010 salutes filmmaker Murray Lerner
Pop & HissIn addition to offering vintage performance footage of such classic artists as Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, the Who, Leonard Cohen, the Doors, Jethro Tull, Emerson Lake & Palmer and the Moody Blues, the 2010 Mods & Rockers Film Festival will......
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