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May 19 Iman and Hel Do SNL: Kanye West Kinda
Kanye West is a perfect irreverent ending to SNL’s season. When he isn’t busy being an outspoken knob or an egotistical maniac with his mug projected on buildings, he’s an artist who actually has the right to be arrogant. Such amazing words flow seamlessly from his inflated ego and big mouth.
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May 19 James McMurtry At Kessler Theater, Dallas, Friday May 17th, 2013 Reviewed
Extended acoustic sets typically have a noticeable deficit in the oomph department and this night was not the exception
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May 19 Loving Lizard Kisses
“Over And Over” off the EP sounds like a 1960s Cilla Black cover, without Cilla Black or the back up band and stripped of everything till it’s just a voice and a guitar lick. If that sounds like your thing you are really in for a treat.
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May 19 FIDLAR At Artopia, Thursday May 16th 2013
New York (or New Jersey should I say?) has intellectual punk Titus Andronicus making all these references to Albert Camus and Shakespeare. Los Angeles has riotous punk FIDLAR making references to coke, weed, skates and cheap beers… Both bands are young and bring tons of punk energy to their shows but don’t seem to come from the same place… existentialism versus teenage boredom,
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May 19 Kanye West Projects His Face On 66 Buildings Worldwide For The Release Of His Single ‘New Slaves’
You can count on Kayne West to stick to humbleness and lo-fi self-presentation,… nah the rapper who has recently introduced himself as ‘God’, has just decided to project a video of his face singing his new single on 66 different buildings around the globe.
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May 19 Dolly Gives Childhood Literacy a Boost
Here’s how it works, kids are put on her library list and from the time that child is born to the time he or she is 5 years old, they receive an age-appropriate book once a month – 60 free books per kid.
Posted 19 May 2013 by Helen Bach  Add comment
May 19 The 40 Year Old Virgin (Records)
Virgin Records is where it all started for Virgin and 40 years later it’s great to see we are still being innovative. This exciting series of events is the perfect way to celebrate the 40th anniversary of Virgin Records and the artists, from Mike Oldfield to Emeli Sandé, who continue to disrupt the status quo
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May 19 Active Viewin: Concert Picks Week Of May 20th, 2013
Former Bounce drummer Larry Lachman has front row seats. Me? I have last row seats. But we are both seeing Tom Petty at the Beacon Theater. Last Thursday in Evansville was opening night and so i took a study of the setlist. Meh. Lots of Full Moon Fever but so much other stuff is missing, No “Listen To her Heart” for one. And absolutely no “Don’t Do Me Like That”. Still, there i’ll be in the nosebleeds on Thursday evening – ok? alright…
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May 19 Singles Going Steady: New Album Reviews Week Of May 12th, 2013
George and son Bubba are down from 7 to 4 songs they wrote themselves here, but if you can get over that this is another superb album. Nothing stretches here, everything is part of the same world as it has been all century, with Tony Brown co-producing and a mix of hardcore troubadour ballads and swinging country hootenannys. It is so effortless it is easy to take for granted, so don’t take the great man for granted – ALBUM OF THE WEEK – A
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May 19 Hear Ye: What rock nyc Is Listening To 5-19-13
40% of this comes directly from one of the best shows of the year and 20% of another of the best shows. Of the latter, Cheri Dahl’s cover of the 1979 Kinks song was better than the original. It wasn’t that I didn’t KNOW the song, it wasn’t that I didn’t REMEMBER it!
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May 18 Paramore At Hammerstein Ballroom, Thursday, May 16th, 2013
Hayley Williams who, watching it start to slip away three years ago, stopped and regrouped. Headlining Hammerstein (and not for the first time by any stretch), gone is self-puffery and Gwen Stefan self-delusion.
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May 18 Harper Simon’s Nostalgic New Video For ’99′ Off His ‘Division Street’ Album
Sometimes I wish I could wake up/And see you lying there like it is 1999’ he sings in the hooky chorus’, 1999 is not that long ago but Simon seems either to have a secret love for everything vintage or retro, or to remember 1999 as something coming from a remote past. Who still uses a toy slide-viewer? Who still uses an old-fashioned camera to take pictures?
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May 18 80′s Heroes Win Outer Critics Circle Awards
Growing up you don’t think of longevity of greatness. None of us thought pop stars like Cyndi Lauper would still be around. I mean not dead but rather still in the news.
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May 18 Prince Has Only Time For Young People But Will Not Talk About Marriage Equality
The almost 55-year-old has always wanted to feel good and look young, and that’s why he has surrounded himself with a new band of 20 something people, however, and that’s a huge contradiction for me, ‘he dodged questions about the state’s new marriage-equality law’
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May 18 Sondheim Gets Hollywood Stars for “Into The woods”
while it would be hard pressed to be lamer than the 1970s movie of “A Little Night Music” starring Liz Taylor, the cast seems equally ridiculous so who knows?.
Posted 18 May 2013 by Iman Lababedi  Add comment

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Vince Gill Breaks Down While Singing “Go Rest High On That Mountain” During George Jones Funeral

Written by Iman Lababedi
Wednesday, 08 May 2013 00:06
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Popdoses Ken Shane wrote “Now that George is gone, Vince has the most beautiful voice in country music” and if you don’t think that’s high praise may I remind you George Strait is still alive.

Vince Gill noted that they don’t make shoes big enough to fill George Jones’ anymore before being joined by Patty Loveless on this stunningly beautiful version of his own “Go Rest High On That Mountain” off the must own 1994 When Love First You (on MCA who were the tops of country back then).

This deeply sad and deeply felt requiem for a lost friend sounds like it was written with this very day in mind:

“I know your life
On earth was troubled
And only you could know the pain
You weren’t afraid to face the devil
You were no stranger to the rain

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The Essential Songs Of George Jones

Written by Steve Crawford
Tuesday, 30 April 2013 00:10
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The voice of George Jones.  Drenched in alcohol, burnished with cigarettes, and artfully conveying the deepest pain in the human experience.  How good was he?  Robert Christgau, “The greatest country singer in history.” Iman Lababedi, “Maybe the greatest singer of the 20th century, after Sinatra.”  Describing his cross genre appeal, Bob Pfeifer of Human Switchboard noted, “You couldn’t be into Punk without being into George.”

Jones imparted gravitas to everything he sang.  Knowing sin and salvation, he could effortlessly convey anguish, hope, and humor.  He stuck to his knitting – his songs almost all fall into four categories:  drinking, heartbreak, novelty tunes, and gospel.  With over fifty years of recording, it’s not easy to find all the gems in his catalogue.  Here is a listing of over 70 essential songs from the Possum.  I’m sure I missed some good ones.

Here’s the format: song title, songwriter(s), brief description, year it was recorded, and its highest position on the country charts.  DNC = did not chart.  

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George Jones Dead At 81

Written by Iman Lababedi
Friday, 26 April 2013 10:59
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imagesI am devastated to announce the death of the greatest country singer of all time, George Jones. Has there been a great one than “No Show Jones”, from his “White Lightning” early years to his drug and alcohol mid period with late ex-wife Tammy wynette through to the consistent albums of the 1990s, Jones was, after Hank Williams, country music’s single greatest figure, and, after Frank Sinatra, the greatest male vocalist of the 20th century.

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