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Popdose (Free subscription) | 12/04/2009
One minute, twenty-two seconds. That’s how long Rod Stewart’s new album, Soulbook, actually gave me some hope that it might be something more than the latest in a series of cash-grab albums that started with the first American Songbook disc back in 2002. For the first 1:22 of his cover of The Four Tops’ “The Same [...]
Ramblin' with Roger (Free subscription) | 11/27/2009
Back in 1998, when I went to Detroit, I visited 2648 West Grand Boulevard. No, "visited" is not the right word; I made a pilgrimage to Hitsville USA , the house that served as the recording studio for a great number of artists recording for Motown Records. It is a physically unimpressive building, even dowdy, but it was the launching pad for a great amount of music that I own, tunes by Marvin...
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/26/2009
Duke Fakir and Lawrence Payton of the Four Tops acted on the title of one of their hit songs -- "Reach Out" -- on Wednesday and helped Detroit-area youths in need of some warmth this holiday season. Fakir and Payton helped distribute about 4,000 brand-new coats to children ages 3 to 13 at the New Rogell Golf Course on Berg in Detroit.
What's Alan Watching? (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Thoughts on last night's "Big Bang Theory" coming up just as soon as I try to be the 101st caller to my favorite radio station... The biggest laughs in "The Vengeance Formulation" were contained in the Sheldon vs. Kripke storyline, with the one-two punch of Sheldon way overdoing the prank and the ill-timed, overly-explanatory video that followed it. But I want to mainly talk about...
with both hands (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
It looked like a convention of guys from the Frequent Pee-er Commercials! Me at 57, the guy to me right 60 Something and the guy immediately in front of me, behind me - the Chicago Auditorium Theatre was thick with Middle Age until WXRT's Frankie Lee - rather generous in the length of his buckers himself - heads-upped the crowd of silver, white, flesh, and dye -jobbed gents and the infinitely younger...
The mental_floss Blogs (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Fifty years ago, Berry Gordy, a songwriter for local Detroit acts like The Matadors and Jackie Wilson, borrowed $800 from his family and founded two record labels that became incorporated a year later as Motown Record Corporation. In its half-century of existence Motown forged an unmistakable sound in popular music, turned a number of artists [...]
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 11/15/2009
Happy's Pizza and Greater Grace Temple have joined forces to give away 4,000 new coats to Detroit area children. The event is to take place 3-6 p.m. Nov. 25 at New Rogell Golf Course, 18601 Berg Road, Detroit. Duke Fakir and Lawrence Payton of the Four Tops are to help distribute the coats.
PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
"Happy's Coats For Kids" looks to help local youngsters from financially struggling families stay warm this winter
The Independent (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Stevie Wonder, Aretha Franklin, the Temptations, and other headliners will perform at Motown's 50th anniversary in Detroit on November 20-21.
What Would Thembi Do? (Free subscription) | 11/11/2009
“Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever” is that gift that keeps on giving. First aired in 1983, the special was a mainstay in my childhood for years later thanks to the newfangled wonder that was VHS recording. This is the same television special that I’ve already posted clips from three times - when Michael Jackson first unveiled the Moonwalk, the Four Tops and Temptations had a classic...
Rock and Roll Daily (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Photo: Michael Ochs Archive/Getty The reunited Pavement will headline 2010’s Sasquatch! Music Festival at Quincy, Washington’s The Gorge on Memorial Day weekend, May 29-31. As of now, this will be the Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain band’s first reunion show in the U.S. after playing gigs in Australia and the U.K. The entire Sasquatch! lineup will be [...]
AM, Then FM (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Our friend Larry over at Funky 16 Corners is celebrating five years of F16C with more cool Beatles covers. Head over there and check out two new mixes and four older mixes. Larry has been a guide, an inspiration and a good friend. We have plenty in common, and not just the music. On my wish [...]
The Age (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
Johnny Carter, one of the greatest tenor singers in American popular music history, has died of lung cancer in his home town of Harvey, Illinois. He was 75.
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
Rod Stewart, "Soulbook" (J Records)
TheSpoof.com - Spoof News (Free subscription) | 10/26/2009
In a move which is certain to cause outrage amongst many festival regulars, it was announced today that the BNP are to headline the Brickton music festival in 2010. In a line up which includes The Artic Monkeys, Blur and the Charlatans, the BNP wi...
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swainlbejg | 08/16/2009
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