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Summer has officially arrived! The summer solstice was June 21, the longest day of the year, the calendar beginning of summer. With summer comes summer music – I wrote about some of my favorites for MSNBC.com: Summer’s here and the time is right – for music From ‘Margaritaville’ to ‘Kokomo’, …

I wonder if the electronic music community will have the same backlash against assumptions of their common left-leanings as the punks did. Anyway, a contingent of electronic music artists is seeking to “ReDefeat” Bush: Los Angeles – Members of the electronic music community are coming together and coming out to …

Bowing to the inevitable – I wonder how long this idea has been on the table – the Marley boys are taking to the road to celebrate dad’s legacy and do a few tunes of their own as well: Ziggy, Stephen, Julian, Damian and Ky-Mani Marley – five sons of …

“Spots” in radio lingo means commercials, and commercial radio (at least they got the name right) is so full of them now that even the advertisers are complaining: The strategy of stuffing commercial radio full of ads has backfired, as a handful of investment banks predicted slower growth, downgrading six …

Whoa, this changes plans for a lot of people – and a lot of bands – for the summer: LOLLAPALOOZA, 2004 CANCELS ALL DATES Los Angeles, CA – June 22, 2004 — Even with what has been touted as the best line-up since its inception in 1991, with such eclectic …

And more importantly, my reactions.

Late last year Genesis Breyer P- Orridge announced the reactivation of the legendary Psychic TV. More good news: they have regained their master recordings and are reissuing same, and are playing live dates in just over a week: Sat. 6/26 – Washington, DC 9:30 Club Sun. 6/27 – Pittsburgh, PA …

The Pixies have lots going on – they rocked Coachella, are playing in Europe now, a couple of Lollapalooza shows later this summer, then head out on a North American tour in September. And now they have brand new song – their first new one in 13 years – out …

“Ms. Tek, you’re on in five minutes.” Tattoo artist Paul Booth to star in a new reality show: A new art form is about to hit reality television. World renowned tattoo artist Paul Booth will open his New York-based studio to a global viewing audience with his new one-hour reality …

There are those who talk about politics – as most of us do here – and then there are those who demonstrate a level of commitment far beyond rhetoric, take the leap and actually participate in the bruising scrum that is the American political system. Our own Al Barger is …