I am trying to view the world in a positive light – I have lived the cynical, jaded life in the past and it is ugly, empty and sour. With that in mind, I am trying to think of all the good that a “delegation of peace workers, musicians, artists …

Natalie Davis will be very happy about this: KATHLEEN MARSHALL – “Best Choreographer” DONNA MURPHY – “Best Female Dancer” HUGH JACKMAN – “Best Male Dancer” June 1, 2004, New York, New York — The awardees of the 2004 TDF/ASTAIRE AWARDS, which are presented annually for the “Best Dance on Broadway” …

But she has to sing her songs live and wear “appropriate” clothing – okay she doesn’t really have to sing her songs: Britney Spears’ first China tour has been approved by the Culture Ministry, but they want to know what she’s wearing before she hits the stage, the official China …

This is an interesting concept – that writing songs and computer programming have a lot in common – but really the writer’s (CD Baby founder Derek Sivers) vision is far too narrow – he’s just comparing the creative operations he happens to be familiar with – the real issue here …

The long, slow rise of Maroon 5 shows that the music industry still knows how to break a band if it wants to (it just doens’t seem to want to very often anymore, or more accurately, it doesn’t seem to have the patience to very often anymore). We have three …

The annual festival is set for June 25-27 at Worthy Farm in Somerset, England and it’s sold out: Morrissey, PJ Harvey and Basement Jaxx will perform at this year’s Glastonbury Festival, alongside Sir Paul McCartney, Oasis and the English National Opera. ….Surprise additions this year include 1970s disco act Sister …

Speaking of self-lasceration, this guy has been writing about it for 15 years, and it couldn’t have been much more explicit than in “Hurt”: I wear my crown of shit On my liar’s chair Full of broken thoughts I cannot repair Beneath the stain of time The feeling disappears You …

I have made a conscious decision to view casualties of war as impersonally as I can because once you make the decision to go to war you have to think tactically and strategically in an effort to win the war in the most efficient and decisive manner possible. And unfortunately, …

Do you have what it takes to inflame the blood-thirsty masses at Ozzfest? Do your guitars snarl and buzz threateningly? Do your vocals bristle and bray atavistically? Have you ever bitten the head off of anything living? This may be your chance: OZZfest 2004 Is Looking For Raw Talent; Auditions …

Willie Nelson has successful surgery to relieve carpal tunnel syndrome: Attempts at rest, splinting and medication to relieve symptoms of carpal tunnel earlier this month were not as effective as hoped, and last week Willie Nelson had an endoscopic carpal tunnel release operation to his left wrist. Norman P. Zemel, …