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Vital Idol: Andrew Lloyd Webber Celebrates Me Home
Last night, Mike, our own writer and editor of this great site said that Andrew Lloyd Webber looked like he could be Austin Powers’ dad. Once he said that, I knew that it was going to be a fun night. Maybe not necessarily for the music because half of the Idol contestants butchered the songs, but more so for the awkwardness of the show and how uncomfortable everyone seemed. Andrew Lloyd Webber? Really? You want […]
Random Music Geekdom Plus A Tribute To Phyllis Hyman
There’s so much crap I could talk about. Beyonce and Jay-Z are officially married, Kanye’s tour is getting rave reviews, Stone Temple Pilots may be recording an album soon, Weezer’s new album cover is indescribably gay, Winehouse is a hot mess…yada, yada, yada. But since I don’t really have anything to focus on, and there’s not a whole lot of really *musical* musical news going on right now, I figured I’d freestyle a little bit […]
A Moment of Silence on E Street
Danny Federici, the man who played keyboard in Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, passed away from melanoma on Thursday at the age of 58.
http://news.aol.com/entertainment/music/music-news-story/ar/_a/e-street-band-keyboardist-dies-at-58/20080418070209990001
Federici not only was a founding member of what eventually became one of the most celebrated bands (they were too prominent to totally call them a back-up unit), but his organ, keyboard and piano playing helped create some of Bruce’s most memorable musical moments.
A little “Tenth Avenue Freeze-Out”, anyone? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAvolRT3sX4
How about some […]