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All Blogcritics, regardless of political affiliation, should be proud of the job Al Barger is doing running a near-vertically uphill campaign for the U.S. Senate as the Libertarian candidate from Indiana. You don’t have to agree with a single one of his policy positions to see that he is doing …

Last week HeadCount auctioned off a Jerry Garcia print in the first of a weekly auction series to help raise money for their get-out-the-vote effort. This week’s item is an autographed version of the HeadCount limited edition print signed by all the members of Phish, The Dead and Dave Matthews …

We need to send our jazz guru LeRoy Downs out to NYC to check this out: Jazz at Lincoln Center (JALC) proudly opens the doors of its new jazz club, Dizzy’s Club Coca-Cola . The club, located in JALC’s new home at Frederick P. Rose Hall (FPRH), offers spectacular views …

November 6-7, NYC. GEMS is a pretty big conference for indie entertainment and media types for a reasonable price (about $100 in advance). Here’s what they have to say about themselves: The Entertainment Business as we once knew of it, is over. Radio is hardly playing new music. The studios …

The great, ageless roots rocker John Fogerty — singer, songwriter, lead guitarist and producer of Creedence Clearwater Revival — is back with his most iconic album since the days of Creedence, as accessible as Centerfield but much more timely and pointed. On this one Fogerty makes it clear he has …

The value of Rod Stewart’s third entry in his Great American Songbook series is purely a function of how you look at it, or, technically, listen to it. The point of a renowned, veteran singer taking on the Great American Songbook — the loose canon of 20th century standards recorded …

Not that you would know it from mainstream media coverage, but George W. Bush and John Kerry aren’t the only candidates for president in the November election. Tonight’s debate at Blogcritics will feature two of our very own contributers: “proud to be a liberal” Natalie Davis of All Facts and …

With every one of these Caribbean music festivals I announce (Jam Cruise 3 in January, Bermuda going on RGHT NOW, Turks and Caicos, Caymans) I get one step closer to signing up myself – only money, time, and young children are holding me back, that’s all. The latest to be …

We mentioned yesterday that John Lennon murderer Mark Chapman was denied parole. In more, and far more positive Lennon news, next month will see the release of a remastered and expanded version of Lennon’s 1975 Rock ‘n’ Roll album, and Acoustic, which is just that: acoustic versions of 17 of …

What’s your favorite Halloween costume? I won a large costume contest in my early-20s as a urinal – as the night proceeded and the drinking accumulated, I had to be vigilant against the easily deceived. The most intricate, colorful and serious costumed gathering I can recall was when I DJ’d …