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Taylor Hicks has been dropped from his recording contract with J Records, according to this article in the Hollywood Insider. Is this a sweet release for Hicks? Too soon to tell, too soon to even know if the report is accurate.
But you can’t open a music publication these days without seeing something on the state [...]

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Don’t know what the movie will be like, but the soundtrack ought to kill: Sony BMG is doing a feature film on the guys behind Chess Records, with Matt Dillon set to play Leonard Chess. This label launched people like Muddy Waters, Howlin’ Wolf and Chuck Berry, to name [...]

Can an artist tell his fans what’s really on his mind? Apparently so.

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…and why it matters:

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When this story, Sex, Drugs and Your Blog, by Clive Thompson, was pointed out to me by faithful reader, Curious Joe, I thought at first it was in commiseration with the pressure of finding some lame thing or other to post about every day, because it starts out talking about this poor dude who has [...]

Do you like good music? There’s nothing like getting out to hear it live, but if you’re reading this blog, my guess is you’ve downloaded a pretty healthy collection of live recordings, too. It’s an interesting hunger. With an artist like Taylor Hicks, we know the fix is out there, but the supply line is [...]

The world is in shock. It’s been reported that Paris Whitney Hilton looks better without a shitload of makeup. News cameras caught her leaving the Lynwood cage at midnight late last night in rare form: Makeupless. Much to the surprise of the media, they actually think she is better looking without the contacts, the [...]

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Is he roaring from his throat or his diaphragm? I think I know the answer to that. And why is growling so…so…so intense? I think I know the answer to that too. These are the things I wonder if you wonder. Probably [...]