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News: Obituary

Herb Cohen Label Operator Introduced Mothers of Invention, Tom Waits

March 18, 2010

Herb Cohen, the tough, litigious manager and label operator who introduced such notables as the Mothers of Invention and Tom Waits during the '60s and '70s, died Tuesday of unknown causes in Napa, Calif. He was 77. After beginning his professional career as an L.A. club booker and operator, Cohen branched into management in the mid-'60s. ...

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Fess Parker, Who Played Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone Dies

March 18, 2010

Fess Parker, whose star-making portrayal of frontiersman Davy Crockett on television in the mid-1950s made him a hero to millions of young baby boomers and spurred a nationwide run on coonskin caps, died Thursday. He was 85. Parker, who played another pioneer American hero on television's “Daniel Boone" in the 1960s before retiring from acting a ...

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News: Award / Grant

Why the Internet Should Win the Nobel Peace Prize

March 18, 2010

This year, a Chinese dissident and a Russian human rights advocate recent nominees for the 2010 Nobel Peace Prize are joined by an unlikely, nonhuman contender: the internet. From the Fields is a periodic Wired Science op-ed series presenting leading scientists reflections on their work, society and culture. Jamil Zaki is finishing his PhD in psychology ...

News: Obituary

World Music DJ Charlie Gillett Dies

March 18, 2010

Pioneering DJ Charlie Gillett has died aged 68 after battling a long illness, it emerged today. Best known as the discoverer of rockers Dire Straits and as a champion of world music, the broadcaster died in a London hospital yesterday, his family said. He contracted a disease of the autoimmune system, and suffered a heart attack ...

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News: Performance / Tour

Tomorrow Night! The Ambrose Akinmusire & Yaron Herman Project

March 18, 2010

The National Jazz Museum in Harlem @ The Rubin Museum of Art 150 West 17th Street, New York City All tickets $18 in advance / $20 day of; $7 student standby Fridays at 7:00 p.m. Box Office: 212.620.5000 ext. 344 Online tickets: rmanyc.org/calendar Ambrose Akinmusire & ...

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News: Performance / Tour

SXSW: Jakob Dylan, Neko Case Give the Music Fest an Unofficial Opening

March 18, 2010

The music portion of the South by Southwest industry conference and festival officially begins on Wednesday, although that starting date has become blurred in recent years. The most-in-demand-act (sorry, Motorhead) performing on SXSW Music Eve was Jakob Dylan, as the singer/songwriter debuted his new band with Neko Case and Kelly Hogan, the Three Legs. The seven-piece ...

News: Technology

Canon First in Line for Its Own Top-Level Domain, .Canon

March 18, 2010

Canon announced Wednesday it intends to be the first company to say goodbye to .com and buy its own top-level domain, taking advantage of ICANNs decision to broadly widen the number of top-level names. If or rather when this starts happening, web address conventions may never be the same. If successful, the global electronics giant, perhaps ...

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News: TV / Film

New Michael Jackson Documentary Comming Soon

March 18, 2010

The author behind “Unmasked: The Final Years of Michael Jackson" is tackling the King of Pop's last days for the bigscreen. Author/filmmaker Ian Halperin is behind “Gone Too Soon," an 88-minute documentary about Jackson that is culled from 300 hours of footage shot inside the singer's camp. Shine International, which holds international distribution rights to the ...

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News: Obituary

Alex Chilton Big Nashville Star Dies

March 18, 2010

Alex Chilton, the pop hitmaker, cult icon and Memphis rock iconoclast best known as a member of 1960s pop-soul act the Box Tops and the 1970s power-pop act Big Star, died Wednesday at a hospital in New Orleans. The singer, songwriter and guitarist was 59. “I'm crushed. We're all just crushed," said John Fry, owner of ...

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Country Music Impresario Johnnie High Dead at 80

March 18, 2010

Johnnie High, a north Texas country music showman who gave such performers as LeAnn Rimes and Boxcar Willie their early exposure, has died at the age of 80. High's daughter, Luanne Dorman, says her father died Wednesday after battling heart disease. The impresario of “Johnnie High's Country Music Revue" began his Saturday show in 1974 after ...