Another one of those silly lists compiled by people with too much time on their hands -- 14 songs you should never play in a bar:
There's nothing worse than having a perfectly good drinking session ruined by a song that either doesn't belong in a bar, has been crammed down your ears too many times, or just plain sucks.
All you Bush-bashers have been picking on Condi for such trifling things as her national-security competence. Now, finally something that's serious:
Condoleezza Rice may be a top diplomat who once aspired to being a concert pianist but she let her hair down a bit in Stockholm to meet the flamboyant rock group KISS.
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There aren't many acts I'd go out of the way to see live anymore -- that was another part of my life. But the Robert Plant-Alison Krauss tour would be at the top of the list. I first saw Krause when she was just a kid, on stage with Bill Monroe at Bean Blossom. And what was the point of anybody else doing heavy metal music after "Led Zeppelin II"? And they weren't even exactly a metal band.
A few Americans come to their senses:
It had to happen sometime: American Idol is showing signs of mortality in its seventh season.
Ratings for TV's top show are down 7% to an average 29 million viewers for regular episodes and down 10% among adults ages 18 to 49, the main currency on Madison Avenue.
Caught this on CBS' Sunday morning show yesterday. Coldplay's "Fix You" by Young@Heart. Go ahead and don't cry. I dare you.
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A rap star's secrect past uncovered, and it turns out he was -- ready for it? -- not such a bad guy:
So there was no conviction. There was no prison term between 1999 and 2002. And he was never "facing 75 years," as the singer claimed in one videotaped interview.
Remember when stars tried to clean up their pasts?
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We haven't had a "Department of the Obvious" report in a while, so let's check in:
Matt Welch at Reason doesn't think to much of John Mellencamp:
I can hardly wait:
NEW YORK - Eminem is working on a book that's "every bit as raw and uncensored as the man himself," according to his publisher.
Dutton Books, an imprint of The Penguin Group, announced Wednesday that it would be publishing the best-selling rapper's "The Way I Am" this fall.
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The New York Philharmonic's unprecedented concert could herald warmer ties between North Korea and the United States. After three encores, some musicians left the stage in tears as the audience waved fondly.
