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That’s March in Ohio for you: I walked out the door into a stiff, damp wind-slap of about 35 degrees this afternoon and it was hard to believe that this was the same planet as last night. We’ve had a pretty crazy time of it lately: the war has weighed …

Sony Music, essentially the Columbia and Epic labels, is laying off 1000: Sony Music Entertainment is making sweeping layoffs in the first reorganizational move by its new chairman and chief executive, Andrew Lack. Mr. Lack, who succeeded Thomas D. Mottola about three months ago, plans to eliminate 1,000 jobs in …

Bo Diddley still rockin his ass off to the “Bo Diddley beat” at 74 years young, has a new song out right here called “We Ain’t Scared of You”: “I, Ellas McDaniel aka BO DIDDLEY, throughout the world…would like to share these thoughts with All of You………that Someone is trying …

The horrid little French-Canadian diva twig has dug in for three years in Las Vegas: Celine Dion took the stage Tuesday night at Caesars Palace in the debut of “A New Day,” a multimillion-dollar extravaganza that will test the French-Canadian superstar’s staying power. The diva belted out 20 tunes in …

145 years ago, a guy in Philadelphia attached an eraser to a pencil. This was a very American thing to do.

After a very intense week of war and the war on TV, I feel my attention beginning to wander. I find all coverage all the time unnerves me and leaves me drained like too much sugar or caffeine. I want, no, need, to know what’s going on, but to be …

The Beach Boys' Sunflower reconsidered

Loathsome Iraqi TV was not attacked until yesterday – here’s why: in this conflict the first strikes against Iraq’s television did not occur until early Wednesday, almost one week into the war and even then forced only a temporary disruption in the government’s programming. The Bush administration’s decision not to …

As is typical with these endeavors, the war began with feelings of near-euphoria: we are moving with alarming speed into Iraq, the missile attack the first night may have “decapitated” the Iraqi leadership, we are meeting little resistance, we’ll be met with open arms and chocolates on our pillows, maybe …

There is an in between: as so many have commented regarding the Dixie Chicks (now over 300 comments), we don’t necessarily agree with what Natalie Maines had to say about the president and the war, but she had every right to say it. Freedom of speech does not mean freedom …