Archive for December 13th, 2008
Reuters - It's easy to spot Trans-Siberian Orchestra musical director/guitarist Al Pitrelli backstage after the band's late-November concert at the Honda Center in Anaheim, California. He's the one wearing a bulky knee brace and hopping around on metal crutches.
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Reuters - Looking like a spoiled kid forced to sit in on his dad's business meeting, DeAndre "Soulja Boy Tell'em" Way slumps in a black leather chair at Billboard's New York offices, twiddling his thumbs on his two-way. He's distracted.
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E! Online - Once again, it seems like the "K" in U.K. stands for kooky. While there may be a sliver of truth to the idea that Kanye West wants to get some hands-on experience in the fashion biz with a London position at Louis Vuitton or some other fashion house, we've got a problem with this quote, supposedly from Kanye, in the U.K.'s Mirror:
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AP - Rock music in 2008 was dominated by relics from the past, most returning with respectable albums: Guns 'n Roses, AC/DC, Metallica and, er, Coldplay. But there was better stuff to be found, even if it didn't, like "Chinese Democracy," take 17 years to create.
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Reuters - With more than $1 billion in sales and 50 million tracks downloaded between them -- on a base of only about 350 songs -- the "Guitar Hero" and "Rock Band" videogame franchises emerged this year as serious moneymakers for the music industry. But are they bringing in enough per track?
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