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Big media conference yesterday – the panel included News Corp. president Peter Chernin, Viacom chairman/CEO Sumner Redstone, Sony Pictures chairman/CEO Michael Lynton and Activision chairman/CEO Robert Kotick, on Wednesday at the Milken Institute 2004 Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton. Chernin defended the network TV business, saying that despite audience …

Interesting new collection out from Motown consisting of #1 singles: they sure thinned out after the ’70s, with only Diana Ross and Lionel Richie’s “Endless Love,” DeBarge’s “Rhythm of the Night” and Boyz ll Men’s “I’ll Make Love to You” coming after ’78. Check out the Amazon link below for …

The Cure, one of the most important and popular modern rock bands (with over 28 million records sold), will be inducted into Hollywood’s Rockwalk (7425 Sunset Blvd) tomorrow, April 30 at 8pm, joining Jimi Hendrix, Lou Reed, Johnny Cash, Aerosmith, B.B. King, Sonic Youth, James Brown, George Martin, Brian Wilson, …

Max Allan Collins & Terry Beatty's psychotronic hard-boiled graphic novel. . .

Took me a couple of weeks to cozy up to Franz Ferdinand’s eponymous debut (Domino Recording Co. Ltd.), but it’s presently stuck on my daily rotation. I initially resisted the Scottish guitar band’s sound largely because of the Strokesy way Alex Kapranos’ lead vocals were mixed. But there was plenty …

If you have ever picked up a guitar, this is the weekend of a lifetime: ERIC CLAPTON ANNOUNCES CROSSROADS GUITAR FESTIVAL CONCERT LINE-UP Performances to Take Place Throughout Three-Day Weekend Event Dallas, Texas – Eric Clapton has announced the event schedule and concert line-up for the Crossroads Guitar Festival, to …

Hah! They fool me not with their sensitivity and emotional vulnerability: they are in it for the tang. My MSNBC.com article: Following a spirited launch by Sheryl Crow last week, the “Today” show post-dawn concert series continues this Friday with John Mayer, the triply talented, hugely popular jazzy pop-rock singer, …

Peripatetic (Austin, New Orleans, Vancouver, San Francisco) co-founder of the Be Good Tanyas, Jolie Holland’s literally timeless second album Escondida just came out on Epitaph’s roots music subsidiary Anti. Holland, an unholy but appealing blend of Norah Jones and the Squirrel Nut Zippers’ Katharine Whalen, similarly combines the sound and …

Our Mac Diva just signed up with Rock the Vote via Ben and Jerry’s, pledged to vote on November 2 and to encourage five friends to do the same, which she has now done via blog post. Another organization, HeadCount, which sounds like a group of highly motivateed dopers (an …

Sorry, couldn’t resist. Actor Jim Caviezel goes from portraying Jesus in The Passion to golf great Bobby Jones: Before Tiger Woods…before Jack Nicklaus, before professional sports became the behemoth industry it is today, shined one of the most gifted natural athletes the world has ever known. A man whose extraordinary …