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  • Should He Stay Or Should He Go? Springsteen Denies Split


    Damn the New York Post, says The Boss. Usually that’s a Steinbrenner quote as he mutters about the crosstown Mets getting more praise now, but this is New Jersey’s boss, Bruce Springsteen.

    With a somewhat reluctant tone, the legendary rocker’s website featured a front page today refuting a Post story that said Springsteen and guitarist wife Patti were splitting. Over a graphic of his signature, Springsteen apologizes for turning a music site into something else and addresses the “ugly” rumor by writing,

    Patti and I have been together for 18 years- the best 18 years of my life. We have built a beautiful family we love and want to protect and our commitment to one another remains as strong as the day we were married.

    First, raise your hand if you actually remember Springsteen getting married and thought it happened 18 months, not 18 years ago. Second, and most important, who cares? We see splits every day. Bands hire and fire people, celebrity couples split. Bruce did a nice thing by going public with his announcement because it’s awfully hard to back away now.

    What’s Spinning In The Stereo: Evanescence’s new single, Call Me When You’re Sober. Amy Lee’s voice sounds strong. I can’t wait for the album!

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  • Will You Still Need Me, When I’m 614? (thousand)

    Word from London via Reuters is that Sir Paul McCartney’s first guitar was purchased by an American collector named Craig Jackson. The Arizona collector paid $614,000 for the acoustic guitar, which is kind of funny when one considers that multi-instrumentalist McCartney played bass in The Beatles.

    Despite that and being a collector myself, Jackson has a piece of history that is very special. It’s relatively easy to buy a guitar once owned by Paul McCartney or any of The Beatles for that matter. I would guess that one could find a six string that even Ringo or Pete Best had picked up at one time or another.

    But there is only one Sir Paul, and there is only one acoustic guitar, and Craig Jackson owns it. If I mention his name one more time and perhaps plug his business, maybe he’ll let me come over and play it.

    Until then, one wonders if Macca is liquidating special things at the much-anticipated Beatles auction as a result of divorce proceedings or simply because that “old thing was gathering dust”. (The last is a fake quote made up by me in the hopes that Jackson will feel the guitar is worthless and donate it to a worthy music columnist.)

    Until then, remember that the last time a Jackson walked away with McCartney history was when Michael Jackson snuck past the McCartneys and picked up those music publishing rights. Here’s hoping Craig Jackson (see, another mention, Craig) has a more positive experience.

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  • Youngest Judd Does Hoops With Mystics, Lyfe Entertains


    In Washington, D.C.’s Verizon Center, International YouthAids Day got quite a push from some star power.

    The WNBA’s Mystics (that’s women’s basketball, gang) played to a relatively sparse, but enthusiastic crowd. How interesting to see the same arena crammed to the gills for Paul McCartney and other big acts with empty seats.

    Ashley Judd, a famous fan of U of Kentucky’s Wildcats baseball spoke with authority about outlet passes totterred about the audience at times, going braless and slightly slurry. Judd (pictured here) took no prisoners during a post-game interview with WNBA All-Star Alana Beard, taunting the crowd with GLBT references. Finally, she introduced her “big sister, Wynonna”. As more than one woman remarked, “If that bitty little thing called me anything, I’d bitch-slap her.” The elder sister did sound in good voice, and the band seemed sharp for taking the stage with a sound check too many hours in advance.

    Lost among the commotion was a halftime performance of Sex by Lyfe Jennings. Jennings, fresh from major label attraction, is ready to burst through the charts this summer. Watch for him.