News …
Pssst…. Wanna buy a music venue? A really, really big music venue? Like an arena? In London? - Sky News
What? A music festival featuring nothing but music? You must be talking about Big Ears - The New York Times
News flash! San Diego Unified School Board apologizes to Pete Seeger for insisting he sign a loyalty oath … in 1960 - San Diego Union-Tribune
Sure, you can buy an import CD. However, downloading import MP3s is another matter - Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune
Views …
Alex Cuba in Miami - "Roaring with rock guitar licks, underpinned by a lacy and oblique but steely Cuban rhythmic structure, Alex Cuba's music supplied proverbial tropical heat in thrillingly unexpected ways." - Miami Herald
Mötley Crüe in Las Vegas - "Still, the band has aged well, outlasting most of their peers, among many other things." - Las Vegas Review-Journal
Brian Regan in Oklahoma City - "A couple of times, Regan actually cracked himself up, a good sign that a comedian really is having fun." - The Oklahoman
Alan Cumming in New York - "Fearless personal candor and a twinkling-eyed flirtatiousness were essential to his strategy to disarm and provoke." - The New York Times
Paul Anka in London - "was an astonishing performance by a veteran who has earned the right to spend his twilight years trundling around the oldies circuit. Instead, he hit the Palladium stage with all the dynamism and conviction of a teenager looking for his big break on Pop Idol." - The Times Online U.K.
They Say It's Their Birthday … (Or so says Associated Press)
Don Wilson (The Ventures) is 76
Roberta Flack is 72
Jimmy Merchant (Frankie Lymon and the Teenagers) is 69
Kenny Rankin is 69
Bob Spalding (The Ventures) is 62
Lionel Cartwright is 49
Dude Mowrey is 37
Rosanna Taverez (Eden's Crush) is 32
Jeremy Baxter (Carolina Rain) is 29
Eric Dill is 27
Ben Romans (The Click Five) is 27