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  • Photo: Ilya S. Savenok/FilmMagicAs a former rock journalist, film director Cameron Crowe makes sure music is a key component to his movies. Never mind the fact that Almost Famous is about rock 'n' roll. Crowe's latest is We Bought A Zoo, with Matt Damon and Scarlett Johansson, and features the work of Jonsi, a member of the Icelandic group, Sigur Ros. Even if you don't wish to watch the movies, you should listen to them!

    Let's recount ten musicians who have been prominently featured in the works of Cameron Crowe. (For the record, Crowe wrote Fast Times At Ridgemont High but did not direct it -- that was Amy Heckerling.)

    Read More »from After You Buy A Zoo, Download These Artists — The Music of Cameron Crowe!
  • Notice it isn't a question. That's because I know stuff. You don't think those big multi-national corporations do anything without a five-year plan in place, do you?

    Rest assured, everything is taken care of and will happen according to Clive Davis' plan. As it has for decades. (For a time it was known as The Word of David (Geffen), but Davis took it back.)

    Just call me the not-so-amazing Kreskin!

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  • I admit I exist in an alternate reality where what's happening in the world often doesn't happen in my home. We have protective barriers and we use them. My own tastes are pretty lame. I like stuff that bores most people. But I enjoy spending most of my time staring at a wall.

    Let's get this over with.

    25) Tom Waits -- Bad As Me: The patron weirdo saint of NPR still makes music that sounds pretty good when you crank it up. Plenty dirty if a bit predictable. I don't know. That's not a bad thing. Imagine if Coke tasted differently every time they made it. Waits is like McDonald's for the hipster set. I dig it. Man.

    24) Robyn Hitchcock -- Tromso, Kaptein: Hitchy slipped this one out while no one was watching, which isn't much different from anything else he's been doing for the past decade. Hitch isn't likely to have a blockbuster hit anytime soon. Or maybe he will. Maybe the world is changing and the U.S. will suddenly get British artists once again.

    23) Marianne Faithfull

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  • The Year of the Woman

    Know who thinks 'The Year of the Woman' is every year? My mom! And I'm inclined to agree with her. But the music business isn't always so caring. It's been promoting dudes since before I can remember. Then when rock 'n' roll got big, they had the dudes wear long hair just so the women wouldn't take charge. Paranoid thinking or dead accurate? You decide!

    Anyhow, I took a gander at the fine, fine acts that were making music and money this year and I wrote them down on a piece of paper and put them in an order that I liked. I even threw in an old person so I wouldn't lose my extremely valuable and loyal Medicare demographic. Up With AARP!

    One thing you must admit about this list, it sure is pretty!

    Read More »from 2011 — Top Artists in Entertainment!
  • 2011 — It Was a Year!

    Another year is kaput. In the meantime, things happened this year in what's left of the music business. While everyone has their own favorite moment of the year -- mine, for the record, was driving other people crazy playing Rebecca Black's "Friday" with a nasty smile on my face -- here are 25 that surely caused heads to turn and/or hurt.

    And just think if the world spontaneously combusts on January 1, 2012, this blog will be recounting The End of History!

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  • Clarence Clemons: Ronald C. Modra/Sports Imagery/Getty Images

    As the music gets older, we have to accept that the musicians who make it also grow older, with one of the side effects of advanced age being death. While there are a number of younger-than-they-should-ever-be folks on this list, there are also a few decent ages reached. Which, if you consider the life of a musician, is pretty damn surprising, too. The general wear and tear on those in the performing arts isn't just in the partying, though that helps: it's in the rollercoaster ride that is their career.

    I've broken it down as best I can. Let us not mourn, but celebrate their lives.

    Read More »from Rest in Peace — 2011 — A Year of Obituaries
  • Could there possibly be 25 more albums worth making slightly informative comments about from 1996? Yes, yes there are. Just look at this list. Some were even bought! How quaint! But then, weren't most of us on dial-up? You think I wanted to download an album that would take 14 hours to complete, provided the connection wasn't lost?

    The 'bad ol' days' of computers were the 'almost tolerable days' of music. If one follows this logic, it can be proven that music got worse because of the Internet! Maybe because of this very blog! It also got worse because of CDs. So, it was vinyl that made music great and paper magazines. Neil Young knows this. Now you know it. But let's grab mp3s of the following and be really disappointed!

    Read More »from Do You Remember 1996?: Albums Celebrating Their 15th Anniversary, Part Two!
  • Tim Mosenfelder/Getty ImagesAt the age of 80 years old legendary blues guitarist Hubert Sumlin has died. Best known for being Howlin' Wolf's right-hand man, delivering the sting while the Wolf delivered the punch, Sumlin has had a long, distinguished career. We wish him well in his new career in Blues Heaven, where he will meet up with many of the people on this list.

    Ranking guitar players is a silly but moderately enjoyable task. I've ranked them in a random-precise order, giving points to more than guitar notes, but to artistry as well. This shouldn't be confused with the 10 Greatest Bluesmen, but there is some overlap. I'm attracted to many originators as well, which may be why Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan and Mike Bloomfield are not on this list. Lead Belly should be, but the list is already set in stone (or whatever the internet is made out of.)

    Read More »from The Ten Greatest Blues Guitarists
  • Fiona AppleBefore this year escapes us, I have one final year to celebrate. 1996 was a mixed year, the last one before Hanson's "MMMBop," Jewel's "You Were Meant For Me" and Third Eye Blind's "Semi-Charmed Life" would change music as we know it for all eternity.

    The following is a brief sample of what you missed if you weren't paying attention at this particular moment in time. One truth you wouldn't know is Alanis Morissette, who with just one 'r' and two 's' and 't's, set the music world on fire with three hits not named "You Oughta Know": "Ironic," which ironically wasn't ironic, "You Learn," which may or may be as educational as it sounds, and "Head Over Feet," which is, I am told, a Yoga pose. No one's calling her a one-hit wonder!

    Read More »from Do You Remember 1996?: Albums Celebrating Their 15th Anniversary, Part One!

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