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Out of Exile, Back in Soulsville
Al Bell, who led Stax Records in Memphis during the labels 1960s and 70s heyday, has returned to the city as chairman of the Memphis Music Foundation to resuscitate its entertainment stature. AS the peacock-blue Cadillac with the gold trim and fur lining spun on a giant turntable in the Stax Museum of American Soul Music ...
Ringtone Sales Fizzling
Broadcast Music Inc. (BMI), an organization that collects royalties for song writers and publishers, is forecasting that overall ringtone sales in the US will fall 7 percent in 2008 to approximately $510 million. “The ringtone market continues to decline as the novelty phase wears off,” said Richard Conlon, BMI’s vice president of new media and development. ...
Lesh, Weir, Russo, Lane, Chimenti: New Group "Furthur" for Sept.
Phil Lesh, Bob Weir, Joe Russo, Jay Lane, Jeff Chimenti and John Kadlecik Form New Band “Furthur" / Set Dates For September Phil Lesh The Dead's Phil Lesh and Bob Weir have formed a new band with drummer Joe Russo (Benevento/Russo Duo), guitarist John Kadlecik (Dark Star Orchestra), as well as Weir's RatDog bandmates ...
Firefly Club, Ann Arbor's Jazz Beacon, Closed by the State
Ann Arbor’s Firefly Club, a beacon for live jazz for nearly a decade and regarded by aficionados as metro Detroit’s finest all-around jazz club, has been closed and its property seized by the Michigan Department of Treasury due to a delinquent sales tax bill. Club owner Susan Chastain said the dispute boils down to overdue sales ...
For Sale: Eternity with Marilyn Monroe
Elsie Poncher wants to sell the crypt, now occupied by her husband, above the actress to help pay off her Beverly Hills mortgage. Her starting price on EBay: $500,000. The crypt of her husband, Richard, which is directly above that of Marilyn Monroe. Richard Poncher's eternal sleep will soon be disrupted. The onetime Beverly Hills resident, ...
You're Bob Dylan? Police Need to See Some ID
Rock legend Bob Dylan was treated like a complete unknown by police in a New Jersey shore community when a resident called to report someone wandering around the neighborhood. Dylan was in Long Branch, about a two-hour drive south of New York City, on July 23 as part of a tour with Willie Nelson and John ...
Don't Let Something as Wonderful as Jazz Slip Away
Regarding Terry Teachout's “Can Jazz Be Saved?The audience for America's great art form is withering away" (Leisure & Arts, Aug. 8): Miles Davis once said that “jazz is folk music"a music enjoyed by folks for entertainment, inspiration and even sometimes to provoke thought. It was Miles's music and overall persona that people found entertaining. Dizzy Gillespie ...
Arrest Warrant Issued for Singer Bobby Brown
An arrest warrant has been issued for Bobby Brown after he failed to appear in a Massachusetts court on a contempt complaint. Norfolk Judge Christina Harms ordered Brown arrested the next time the singer is in Massachusetts. He failed to appear at a June 29 hearing. Register of Probate Patrick McDermott said Friday that by June, ...
Does Holywood Share the Same Problems as the Record Industry?
Kyle Bylin, Associate Editor In his article, Paul Suarez of PC World rightly observes that, “Hollywood has a problem. It's red, boxy, lets you rent DVDs for $1 a night, and is severely threatening movie studios from making money. The threat is Redbox self-serve DVD rental kiosks outside McDonalds and in grocery stores." ...
10 Major Milestones in Modern Music Marketing
1. Seth Godin writes “Permission Marketing“ way back in 1999 pointing the way towards a new era of artist and fan relationships. 2. CD Baby offers indie and d.i.y. artists a home to reach a wider audience on the net. 3. The Arctic Monkeys parlay internet pre-release buzz into the fastest selling debut album in UK ...
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