J Records’ Rod Stewart looks as if he’ll reign over the
Sony Pictures continued its impressive box office run with its 12th #1 debut of the year for the horror flick, The Grudge 2, which scared up an estimated $22 million this past weekend after its Friday the 13th release. Still, that was 44% less than its predecessor two years ago, which debuted at $39.1 million in the
Meanwhile, the L.A. Times weekend Calendar section ran a pair of matching front-page stories on the aesthetics of “smart dumb” comedies such as the upcoming Borat as well as Taladega Nights, Jackass: Number Two and Mike Judge’s unfairly dismissed Idiocracy here. Pop critic Richard Cromelin interviewed The Killers about their stylistic departure on Sam’s Town with a sympathetic ear here, while Geoff Boucher weighed in on Disney’s continued kiddie music phenomenon with a piece on The Cheetah Girls here.
Never mind file-sharing. The N.Y. Times reports today the latest Internet craze is bartering… trading your used CDs, DVDs, video games and books on sites like Peerflix, Lala.com, GameSwap.com and Paperbackswap.com here.
The Times’ Jon Pareles covers the final night at CBGB, which ended with a concert by Patti Smith (“Jesus died for somebody’s sins/But not for CBGB’s”) broadcast live on Sirius Satellite Radio here. Fellow scribe Ben Sisario gives his take on the historic occasion here. A slide show of pictures can be accessed here.
The Times reviews new albums by Ruben Studdard, JoJo, emo songwriter Kevin Devine and veteran Brit neo-folkie Bert Jansch here.
Wanna know the Greatest Web Site of All Time? Check the N.Y. Times’ take on the obsessively listophilic www.scaruffi.com by clicking here.
Tonight’s TV music: Sting guest stars on Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (NBC,
ON THIS DATE:
In 1966: Grace Slick performed with Jefferson Airplane for the first time at
In 1967: Joan Baez was arrested with 123 draft protesters when they blocked the entrance to the
In 1971: Isaac Hayes released the “Theme from Shaft.”
In 1972: Creedence Clearwater Revival announced they were splitting.
In 1973: Gene Krupa, the jazz superstar who invented the drum solo, died of heart problems stemming from leukemia at 64.
In 1976: Stevie Wonder released his double album Songs in the Key of Life, which featured the number-one singles “Sir Duke” and “I Wish.” It later won the Album of the Year Grammy.
In 1981: Bob Dylan kicked off his Shot of Love tour at the Milwaukee Auditorium. It was his first live outing since his controversial 1979 tour, during which he only played Christian material.
In 1982: Hall & Oates released their album H2O, which featured the hits “Maneater,” “One on One” and “Family Man.” The record peaked at #3.
In 1986: Eric Clapton and Keith Richards performed at Chuck Berry’s 60th birthday party.
In 1987: George Harrison released his single “I Got My Mind Set on You” in the
In 1992: Two weeks after tearing up a picture of Pope John Paul II on Saturday Night Live, Sinead O’Connor was booed at a Bob Dylan tribute concert at
In 2003: R&B songstress Blu Cantrell witnessed the stabbing of a promoter friend outside a
In 2003: Courtney Love appeared in court in an effort to regain custody of her daughter Francis Bean Cobain. The child was placed in the care of Kurt Cobain's mother after Love was arrested for being under the influence of drugs.
In 2003: "With or Without You" rockers U2 donated $46k to the Irish branch of One in Four, a sex abuse charity facing closure due to lack of funds.
In 2003…Simon & Garfunkel opened the first night of their Old Friends reunion tour in
SONG REVENUE: CALM BEFORE THE STORM
J. Cole has his moment; Future-Metro have another big payday. (4/19a)
WARNER CHAPPELL ROPES IN RED CLAY STRAYS
Another big get for Guy and Carianne (4/19a)
THE COUNT: COACHELLA, FROM THE COUCH
The coziest way to experience the fest (4/19a)
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THE NEW UMG
Gosh, we hope there are more press releases.
TIKTOK BANNED!
Unless the Senate manages to make this whole thing go away, that is.
THE NEW HUGE COUNTRY ACT
No, not that one.
TRUMP'S CAMPAIGN PLAYLIST
Now 100% unlicensed!
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