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Dancing days are here again, especially if it has been a long time since you rocked and rolled. OK, enough bad Zeppelin lyric lifts, let's get to the reunion tour, which reportedly lands at an arena near you in 2009....
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The Return of Led Zeppelin
Blocking Artists' Entry is Latest Paranoid Pastime
What on earth is going on with Britain, Canada and the United States? From Snoop Dogg and Busta Rhymes to Atmosphere, MIA, Hatebreed and even the tame Lily Allen, musicians are being denied entry for ridiculous reasons into countries that...
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Congress To Consider Extending Webcaster Negotiations
As a $700 billion bailout agreement for the financial sector occupies much of Congress's time, webcasters and record labels have pledged support for legislation that would allow SoundExchange to authorize negotiations for new performance royalty rates. Webcasters applauded H.R. 7084,...
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Watch Austin City Limits Online for Free
As anyone who has met someone from Austin knows, it's this incredible town in Texas where everybody plays music, the beer flows like wine and the women flock like the salmon of Capistrano. It's no Aspen, but Austin is a...
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Muxtape To Relaunch in New Form After RIAA Backstab
Muxtape founder Justin Oullette has broken his long spell of silence about the circumstances surrounding the shutdown of his service last month at the hands of the RIAA to explain the entire history of Muxtape. From its germination as a...
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Three Bands That Sound Like Other Bands
Listening Post's New York headquarters (yours truly) are dealing with e-mail glut of unprecedented proportions due to the launch of MySpace Music and a host of other factors including complications relating to the fantastic-yet-debilitating All Tomorrow's Parties NYC music festival...
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MySpace Music Looks Good, But It's No iTunes Killer
The wait is over for the newest iteration of MySpace Music, which launched Thursday with a Flash-y (literally) new face. And while it may reposition itself as a online music player, it is safe to say Steve Jobs' digital distribution...
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MySpace Launches Interactive Music Service with Labels, Amazon
MySpace Music, slated for a midnight launch on Wednesday night with a greatly increased catalog of songs from all four of the world's major labels, will allow users to stream songs on-demand, import them into an infinite number of playlists...
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McCartney to Israel, Palestine: Give Peace a Chance
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Back when The Beatles ruled the Earth, Israel didn't want to hear it. Now that half the band has passed and the region is aflame with political and cultural conflict, it asked Paul McCartney back for a blockbuster concert on...
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Red Hot Bassist Flea: USC's Coolest Undergrad?
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It takes drive to go back to school after you've already sold millions of albums, won loads of awards and brought your city the type of cred it often tries to buy. But Red Hot Chili Peppers bassist Flea has...
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Songwriters Submit Royalty Agreement to Copyright Royalty Board
Songwriters, record labels, and webcasters have reached an agreement on mechanical royalties for songs played on web radio services. Webcasters will pay 10.5 percent of their revenue to songwriters and publishers minus any performance royalties already being paid to labels....
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Happy Birthday, John Coltrane!
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It would be wrong to close out September 23 without a bow to a jazz legend, perhaps the jazz legend of all time. John Coltrane was born in North Carolina but it wasn't long until his compositions and permutations changed...
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Confirmed: Clay Aiken is Gay
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Well, that puts the rumors to rest. Or is that the buzz? The American Idol runner-up came out to People first, who then leaked it to the Associated Press.to score pre-release love. The timing is right: The Gay and Lesbian...
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Hear What People in Other Countries Think Animals Sound Like
One of the finest shows I can remember ever hearing on the radio showcased recordings of people in various countries imitating animals. As it turned out, one man's "Cocka-Doodle-Doo" was another man's "Kee-Kee-Ree-Kee-Ree." The same principle is at work on...
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Which Celebrity Has the Worst Band?
Even a modest engagement with our culture can bring the unnerving feeling that the same celebrities tend to get shoved in our faces on a fairly regular basis. Does the world really need to hear much more from Paris Hilton?...
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'Name' Metal Producer Remakes Metallica's Death Magnetic
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Remember that item from last week about the new Metallica album sounding better when played in the Guitar Hero videogame than on actual CD? Now, a mysterious producer has released a new mix of one of the songs on the...
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