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How Companies Pay Artists to Include Brands in Lyrics

September 21, 2008

Yes, you read that right: things have gotten so weird in the music business that high-profile acts are inserting ads into their song lyrics. The next time you hear a brand mentioned in a song, it could be due to a paid product placement. And unlike magazines, songs are not required to point out which words ...

Attorney General Pulls Immunity Trigger Denies 'Dragnet' Surveillance

September 21, 2008

U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey on Saturday denied that the Bush administration -- in conjunction with the nation's telecommunication companies -- devised a “dragnet" electronic surveillance program that funneled Americans' communications to the National Security Agency without court warrants. But the attorney general also insisted that defending his claim in court would harm national security. Specific ...

The Webster-Kirkwood Times Presents the Old Webster Jazz & Blues Festival

September 20, 2008

All eyes have been focused on New Orleans since Hurricane Katrina belted the Big Easy a few years ago. In the St. Louis region, all ears will be tuned to the soulful sounds of multi-faceted musicians at the eighth annual Old Webster Jazz and Blues Festival Saturday, Sept. 20, from noon to 10 p.m. Sponsored by ...

From Galway's Flute Flows Magic, Uptown or Down

September 20, 2008

There he was at the New York Philharmonic's season-opening concert, performing Jacques Ibert's challenging Flute Concerto at Lincoln Center in a nationally televised concert on PBS. Dressed in a gold lame formal jacket and gold tie before a gala audience and national TV audience, Galway made a difficult work seem effortless. Two nights earlier, the man ...

Will Bernard Brings Wily Jazz, and a Whole Lot More

September 20, 2008

With grooves as thick and rich as mousse, a stream of murmuring organ notes and precise syncopations, the Will Bernard Trio sounds like it should be up on the main stage at the Telluride Jazz Celebration. But, hey, it’s September, the festival season has gone to bed, and besides, it’s getting cold out there. Instead, the ...

Vacaville Jazzes Up Weekend

September 20, 2008

When it comes to pulling off the ninth annual Vacaville Jazz Fest, bigger was not necessarily better, as event founder Keith Stout quickly realized. The free event that runs today through Sunday relies heavily on sponsors, and Stout found out the big boys sometimes have trouble remembering to call him back. “We bring much-needed sales traffic ...

Blink-182 Drummer and DJ AM Critically Burned in Jet Crash That Kills 4

September 20, 2008

Mayor: 'It's Absolutely Terrible And Tragic' COLUMBIA, S.C. -- Former Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker and celebrity DJ AM were critically injured in a fiery Learjet crash in South Carolina that killed four people, authorities said Saturday. Federal Aviation Administration spokeswoman Kathleen Bergen said the plane carrying six people was departing shortly before midnight Friday when air ...

Comcast Discloses Throttling Practices -- Bittorrent Targeted

September 20, 2008

Comcast came clean with the Federal Communications Commission late Friday, detailing how it throttled and targeted peer-to-peer traffic -- maneuvers it has repeatedly denied. The cable concern said (.pdf) it indeed hit “particular protocols that were generating disproportionate amounts of traffic." The peer-to-peer protocols, Comcast said, include Ares, BitTorrent, eDonkey, FastTrack and Gnutella -- vehicles used ...

The Dirty Dozen Brass Band at Irving Plaza

September 20, 2008

New Age Piano Music Meets the Internet

September 19, 2008

If youre at all into the New Age Music scene, then the names George Winston and David Lanz are already well known. But now theres a new name on the horizon Edward Weiss. Hailing from beautiful San Diego in sunny California, this teacher, composer and published author does the seemingly impossible: Teaching anyone (and Edward stresses ...