Kylie Minogue, circa '87Incredibly, ageless Australian pop goddess and international icon Kylie Minogue has been in the music business for a quarter-century (her debut single, "Locomotion," was released in July 1987), and this has been cause for a yearlong fan celebration of all things Kylie called "K25." But sometimes when she looks back on her past 25 years of style, Kylie doesn't always quite feel like celebrating.

"It's okay, I know where you're going with this," she recently laughingly told Yahoo! Music during an exclusive interview, when questioned about any possible past fashion regrets. "Of course, the Internet wasn't around then, so you could kind of push something under the carpet. But now, no longer! You've got to accept it--which I kind of did a few years ago, anyway. I just thought, 'This is ridiculous, being so embarrassed of my past!' I felt like I was meeting the girl from the '80s, like me meeting the younger version of me, and just going, 'Okay, so you've embarrassed me quite a bit, but let's just hug it out and get over it.'"

The sonic similarities between Lady Gaga's 2011 hit "Born This Way" and Madonna's 1989 hit "Express Yourself" haven't gone unnoticed by well, anyone, really--including Madge herself, who earlier this year told Newsweek: "I thought [when I heard 'Born This Way'], this is a wonderful way to redo my song ['Express Yourself']. I mean, I recognized the chord changes. I thought it was...interesting." And now this feud is getting even more interesting, as amusing new MDNA tour rehearsal footage has surfaced of Madonna actually performing a mash-up of "Express Yourself" and "Born This Way."

43nd Annual New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival presented by Shell

Weekend II, May 3-7, 2012

Fair Grounds Race Course, New Orleans

I'm not even half way through Jazz Fest 2012 -- seven days of the sensory overload of music simultaneously pouring from 11 stages for eight hours a day, along with the food, art, and people watching that have become part of this annual pilgrimage. By 7 p.m. on Sunday, I will have seen at least some of the performances by over 150 of the 400-plus acts that will have appeared.

I know the routine, I've done it over two dozen years in a row. And by the Thursday that starts the second weekend, I've shaken off any aching footsies and lack of conditioning for the daily marathon of zigging from stage to stage. Usually. This year seems, well, different for no good reason that I can tell.

Owing to a dream I had last night, I briefly toy with setting up this blog review as a Facebook style timeline with location tags. Thankfully, I nix the idea when I decide that

If you missed our live stream, check out some of our favorite moments from John Fullbright's performance, plus the entire show!

It's hard to believe when listening to his debut album that singer-songwriter John Fullbright is only 24 years old. The native Oklahoman's body of work rings with both a sense of self-assurance and an emotional depth that's not generally found from such a young source.

However, Fullbright's been honing his craft since he was really a kid. Growing up in Okemah--the birthplace of Woody Guthrie--Fullbright was drawn to music early on, getting his hands into his mother's record collection and taking up piano in elementary school. By his teen years, his songwriting was nuanced enough for indoctrination into legendary local club the Blue Door. The owner of the venue, who'd seen everyone from Jimmy Webb to Arlo Guthrie on his stage, was so impressed by Fullbright's work that he decided to become his manager.

"John's songs remind me of people like Kris Kristofferson and John Prine--just really great songwriters," he told the Los Angeles Times.