MUSIC NEWS - A recent article in the Wall Street Joural claims that many top acts including Neil Diamond, Britney Spears, Bon Jovi, Celine Dion, Billy Joel and Elton John are "scalping" their own tix thru arrangments with ticket re-sellers. Despite the fact that Ticketmaster's TicketExchange marketplace has been promoted as a place where fans can buy and sell tickets they've already purc...
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This past sunday, I climbed the stairs next to a rare book shop and entered a quaint wood-paneled listening den in Santa Monica, nestled in a chair next to the music producer icon, Rick Rubin, (founder of DefJam Records, one of Forbes 100 most influential ppl in the world; and current co-head of Columbia Records; see picture below), along with 10 other diligent reporters (Rollingstone, LA Weekl...
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Add Neil Diamond, Stevie Wonder, Smokey Robinson and Allen Toussaint to the list of performers for Sunday night's Grammy Awards. Buddy Guy, B.B. King , John Mayer and Keith Urban will salute the late Bo Diddley . Also look for a Four Tops salute with Duke Fakir , Jamie Foxx and Ne-Yo.With the Faces tour falling through, it looks like Ronnie Wood just might be available for a U.S. tour by th...
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Neil Diamond has turned over the profits from his latest tour's t-shirt and souvenir sales to the victims of last summer's huricane Ike. He told CNN, "Hurricane Ike hit southern Texas so fiercely and has been forgotten about by the rest of the country - but these people are still in desperate straits, and are in dire need of our help. I saw what was going on. The mayor of Houston took me arou...
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Neil Diamond and Rick Rubin are about to take their musical relationship for a third spin, returning to the studio to record the follow-up to their two critically acclaimed albums, 12 Songs and Home Before Dark . Diamond tells Billboard that the two will be meeting on January 12 to discuss the next steps. "I told (Rubin) I want to start writing on the 12th. He said, 'Why don't you not star...
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Some context to begin: growing up whenever we went on road trips my folks had a cassette tape for our road trips. One side consisted of Kenny Rogers, the other Neil Diamond.Ever since I've kept both as guilty pleasures. In fact, both artists songs were played at my wedding reception ("The Gambler" and "Sweet Caroline" respectively).That's why I was excited when Library Girl and I took my mom...
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Always a good idea to hit some shows after a long road trip. It certainly helped ease the pain of acclimating back into the big city. Six weeks out west, L.A., Boise, Vancouver, Eugene, Seattle, and Portland were all good to me and equally good to my wardrobe. It was a vintage shopping extravaganza!First show back, Wilco at the now defunct McCarren Pool in Williamsburg. Perhaps it should be def...
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Not many worthwhile CDs hit the shelves. Here are the ones worth checking out:... Neil Diamond - Home Before Dark... Gavin DeGraw - Gavin DeGraw... Elvis Costello & The Imposters - Momofuku... Eagles - Long Road Out of Eden... Barenaked Ladies - Snack Time... The Last Shadow Puppets - Age of the Understatement... Chris Sligh - Running Back to YouQUESTION OF THE DAY: WHAT ALBUM RELEASE ARE YOU L...
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Neil Diamond or Bust!!!In 30 Minutes I leave from my Tennessee Sanctuary to get on a plane and fly out to LA. The reason for this mission is that I am up for a promotion at work and have to get the personal approval of Neil Diamond, yes, Neil Diamond. So I am going to track my two day journey from my warm little spot to what I consider the end of the earth (sorry Hawaii), cross you fingers fo...
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This past sunday, I climbed the stairs next to a rare book shop and entered a quaint wood-paneled listening den in Santa Monica, nestled in a chair next to the music producer icon, Rick Rubin, (founder of DefJam Records, one of Forbes 100 most influential ppl in the world; and current co-head of Columbia Records; see picture below), along with 10 other diligent reporters (Rollingstone, LA Weekl...
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Late night talk host Jimmy Kimmel tried to make his post late night talk show host dream of becoming Neil Zarconia, a Neil Diamond impersonator, a reality on his show recently. It was no easy task for Kimmel, but with a little help from Diamond himself, Kimmel delivers a killer "Sweet, Caroline." Well, sorta. Neil Diamond embarks on a "US tour":http://www.neildiamond.com/pages/tour beginning Ju...
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So today is cover day, and as I was going through the posts, fellow mogger Kristiana came up with a little game we could play. I will start by posting a band covering another bands song. The next person on the post has to find a video of the band that was being covered, covering someone elses song. I am not sure how long this could be kept up, but on the original post that Jameson made, it went...
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A song co-written with the esteemed Robbie Robertson of The BandDry your eyes and take your song out, its a newborn afternoon.And if you cant recall the singer you can still recall the tune.Dry your eyes and play it slowly like youre marching off to war;Sing it like you know hed want it, like we sang it once before.And from the center of the circle to the midst of the waiting crowd,If it ever b...
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Neil Diamond debuted for the first time ever on the Billboard Top 200 this week. Diamond’s Rick Rubin produced album Home Before Dark sold 146,000 copies its first week, nudging Madonna’s Hard Candy down two spots to Number Three.The crazy thing is that the last time Diamond came close to Number One spot was in 1973 with the soundtrack to Jonathan Livingston Seagull, when it topped at Number Tw...
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| 2 Shilo |
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| 3 If I Don't See You Again |
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| 4 I Am...I Said |
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