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I’m really sad to hear about original MTV VJ J.J. Jackson dying. I can’t believe J.J. Jackson was 62! That means he was almost 40 when he was a VJ. So anyway, I’m sad – what a voice that guy had: Jackson, a longtime radio station disc jockey, died of …

We have about 50 reviews and stories now on Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ. Just when it seems like it’s going away as a major story, something like this happens: A couple who got into a dispute over a theological point after watching “The Passion of the Christ” …

Led by excellent and entertaining ongoing reviews by Scott Pepper and the Raging Critic, we are accumulating a very thorough look at American Idol – Season 3, whose popularity appears to be slowing not a whit: Wither American Idol? For three seasons, American Idol has been Fox’s top rated show, …

The U.S. Census Bureau offers a tribute to the 50th anniversary of color TV: It was described as “the wonderful world of color” in the title of an early television program. On March 25, 1954, the Radio Corporation of America began to manufacture color television sets at its Bloomington, Ind., …

The question of how to deal with terror is extremely complex and thorny. Do we do all we can to not arouse the “hornet’s nest,” consciously avoid taking actions that might provoke terror? Did Spain’s military participation in Iraq “cause” last week’s train bombings? Christopher Hitchens provides some perspective worth …

I was deeply gratified to see Traffic inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame this week. Among the most listenable rock-based groups to ever record, Traffic – with a core of uber-talented singer/songwriter/keyboardist/guitarist Steve Winwood, singer/lyricist/drummer Jim Capaldi, singer/songwriter/guitarist Dave Mason and Chris Wood on tasty woodwinds – …

The Dells were just indicted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. The archetypal R&B vocal harmony group began recording doo-wop in 1953 and carry on to this very day with one lineup change in 51 years. Led by the appealingly gruff lead of Marvin Junior and the sweet …

The Rock Hall Induction Ceremonies were Monday night. Read Johanna Hoadley’s webcast of the event here. Bios of the inductees are here. Billboard was backstage at the event talking to the honorees: Well-known for his liberal political beliefs, Jackson Browne was asked what it would take to unseat President Bush …

This is preposterous: to the best of my knowledge, no Iraqi has EVER wished death upon Jews, lusted after Japanese schoolgirls, shunned regular bathing, or been intimate with a quadruped. What were they thinking? an official for the Clear Channel Communications station, KFI-AM, said she would read an apology on …

What is and what is not appropriate regarding teen dance styles has been an issue as long as there have been teens and dancing – that’s why some societies forbid dancing with the opposite sex. What has changed, at least to a certain extent, is the overt reproduction of various …