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Anna Nicole Smith to Be Immmortalized in Opera

    The tastemaker who brought the world Jerry Springer: The Opera has...

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Grammy Voters Big on Plant, Krause

Here's a good summary of the Grammy Awards, for those who are interested in what the recor...

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Katy Perrry’s Strange Journey

Popular singer Katy Perry's weird upbringing helps explain the wild swings of her musical ...

music
Obama Raises the Dead!

  President-elect Barack Obama has a true miracle to his credit: raising the Dea...

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‘Frosty the Snowman’ and the Meaning of Christmas

Frosty Theology S. T. Karnick's article on the surprising theological content in the song ...

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Christmas CDs; ‘In Bruges’; ‘A Clockwork Orange’

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‘Chinese Democracy’ Interesting and Enjoyable, Though Not Groundbreaking

    Fourteen years in the making—or more likely, fourteen years ...

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New AC/DC Album to Be Sold Only at Wal-Mart and Band’s Website

   AC/DC's forthcoming album, Black Ice, won't be available as a legal musi...

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Saying Yes to Tribute Bands

British TV host and journalist Jeremy Clarkson says cover bands could be a great solution ...

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Spock’s Beard, Neal Morse Reunite on Stage

   TAC correspondent Mike D'Virgilio recounts an unexpected and exhilaratin...

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Jonas Brothers React to Brand Attack

 The Jonas Brothers band members showed the tediously vulgar English comedian Russell...

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Brand Flops Before MTV Audience, Rebuked by Jordin Sparks

Embarrassing performance by MTV Video Music Awards host exemplifies intolerance of smug se...

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Feds Grab Blogger for Posting Unreleased Guns ‘n’ Roses Songs

The FBI has arrested a man for posting copyrighted songs on his website.  (more&hel...

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The Terror of Katy Perry

The Number One musical hit "I Kissed a Girl" has raised a good deal of controver...

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Music Industry’s Current Travails Are a Very Good Thing Indeed

The recording industry is in a panic as album sales continue to drop. Is this really a pro...

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Yes, There Really Is a World Air Guitar Championship….

A new competition proves Americans aren't the only ones with too much time on our hands.&n...

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Abba Movie Musical Surprises with Box-Office Record

The movie musical Mamma Mia! finished a strong second to The Dark Knight in the weekend bo...

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Will Smith Is Most Consistently Popular Actor Today

A side note in a story about a new study of Hollywood actors' salaries shows that Will Smi...

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‘Pacific Ocean Blue’ Finally Returns

Pacific Ocean Blue, the great solo album by the former Beach Boy the late Dennis Wilson, i...

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Miley Cyrus, Unprotected Celebrity

The embarrassing Miley Cyrus Vanity Fair photo shows the value of public relations people&...

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Attacks on Mexican Emos Reflect Nation’s Fundamental Social Problems—and Political Causes Behind Them

Roving gangs of young men in Mexico are beating and terrorizing teenage boys who like &quo...

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Former Beach Boys Settle Lawsuit

You know a musical act is truly successful when its members and hangers-on start suing one...

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Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Honors Dave Clark Five

Yesterday the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame bestowed a long-overdue honor on one of the great...

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Lenny Kravitz’s Superb Call for Revolution

S. T. Karnick reviews It Is Time for a Love Revolution, by Lenny KravitzLenny Kravitz's ne...

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Super Bowl, Miley Cyrus Rule the Weekend

Everyone in America either watched the Super Bowl or went to the Miley Cyrus movie last w...

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An Ode to the Power of Music

Correspondent Mike D'Virgilio reviews the musical film Once. Or is it more than a musical?...

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Asia Reforms, Norlander on Keyboards

The rock supergroup Asia can be seen as either having brought progressive rock ideas to th...

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Physical Beauty in Opera

If "Sexing Up Opera," as a Chicago-area Daily Herald article puts it, were a gim...

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Rolling Stones Tour Grosses Half a Billion Dollars

The Rolling Stones' recently concluded two-year concert tour grossed more than half a bill...

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Glass Hammer’s “Culture of Ascent”: Brilliant Music, Powerful Emotions

The Tennessee-based progressive rock band Glass Hammer, led by songwriters and virtuoso in...

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Led Zeppelin to Reunite for Special Concert

The surviving members of the rock band Led Zeppelin will reunite to headline a concert in ...

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Defending the Indefensible, Based on Skin Color

The journalist and novelist Mark Goldblatt has frequently gone out on a limb to criticize ...

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Pavarotti’s Achievements

The celebrated Italian tenor Luciano Pavarotti died yesterday of pancreatic cancer at age ...