Category Archives: Music

Celebrating Elvis: The King’s legacy lives on in 2012

By doris | Published: January 6, 2012

Full Story at Itineraries.msnbc.msn.com For Elvis Presley fans, 2012 promises to be a good year. There are exhibits, tours, special events, concerts, promotions and celebratory cruises in the works to commemorate the 35th anniversary of the King’s death, who would have celebrated his birthday on Jan. 8. And a new museum housing a large private [...]

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‘Santa’ full of anticipation heading into busy Christmas Eve activities

By doris | Published: December 23, 2011

Full Story at canada.com The anticipation of Christmas Eve is almost as great for Santa as it is for the children he delivers presents to. With the night looming, he is just finishing up squeezing in a few more kids at Woodgrove Centre to make sure every good child in Nanaimo gets what he or [...]

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Stuff I’ve found that made me feel GREAT!

By doris | Published: December 17, 2011

Full Story at spuidoo.com I’ve found some incredible ones that have really inspired me! Heroes, stories of people who have overcome obstacles and inspirational videos will be the focus here. If you know of a good one Contact Me! The Thousand-Hand Guanyin: (I found it over at Xtraordinary Living…thanks Rick!) From him, “Considering the tight [...]

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Mindy McCready’s son found in Arkansas

By doris | Published: December 3, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Country music singer Mindy McCready was hiding in the closet with her son when authorities took the 5-year-old boy into custody in Arkansas, officials said early Saturday. Authorities found Zander McCready and his mother in a home in Heber Springs, Arkansas, according to David Rahbany, the chief deputy U.S. [...]

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At 84, one man is still the ‘guardian angel’ of Route 66

By doris | Published: May 29, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com SELIGMAN, Ariz. — Just after lunchtime in a town that is a monument to yesteryear, an old man is cruising down Route 66 using an eight-speed bicycle. He is tidily dressed in khaki slacks, a navy polo and a baseball cap that protects a mostly threadbare crown, save for a few [...]

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University awards first Beatles degree

By doris | Published: January 29, 2011

Full Story at news.Yahoo.com LONDON (Reuters) – A Canadian woman has become the first person in the world to graduate with a Masters degree in Beatles studies. Former Miss Canada finalist, Mary-Lu Zahalan-Kennedy was one of the first 12 students to sign up for the Liverpool Hope University course on the Fab Four when it [...]

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Man with the golden voice reunites with his mother

By doris | Published: January 6, 2011

Full Story at TODAY.com.msnbc.com Tune into TODAY on Friday morning to watch an interview with Ted Williams, the man with the golden voice, and his mother Julia Williams. Ted Williams, the homeless man-turned-star who wowed the world with his golden pipes, reunited with his mother, Julia Williams, on Thursday after about 20 years apart. When [...]

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Big night for Michael Jackson at AMAs

By doris | Published: November 23, 2009

Full Story at  msnbc.com LOS ANGELES – Michael Jackson was made history by winning four American Music Awards on Sunday night, but he couldn’t beat Taylor Swift as the year’s favorite artist and the evening’s top winner. The 19-year-old took the evening’s top award, giving Jackson his only loss of the night, and five trophies [...]

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Google changes to aid music searches

By doris | Published: October 30, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Los Angeles, California (CNN) — The Internet’s most popular search engine should get smarter about music, as Google updates the algorithms that power its searches this week, a company spokesman said. “You don’t have to know what you’re looking for,” Google’s Jennie Johnson said. “If it looks like they’re looking for [...]

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Game, music industries look to Beatles for ‘Help!’

By doris | Published: September 10, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com The band, which released its last full album of original music in 1970, is the focus of the simultaneous Wednesday release of “The Beatles: Rock Band” for the Rock Band video game franchise, as well as the digitally remastered box set of the Beatles 13-album discography by EMI. Analysts expect a [...]

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Jury awards $675K in Boston music downloading case

By doris | Published: August 1, 2009

Full Story atTech.yahoo.com BOSTON – A federal jury on Friday ordered a Boston University graduate student who admitted illegally downloading and sharing music online to pay $675,000 to four record labels. Joel Tenenbaum, of Providence, R.I., admitted in court that he downloaded and distributed 30 songs. The only issue for the jury to decide was [...]

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10 sites to help you navigate the new world of music

By doris | Published: July 24, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com It’s hard to tell what’s legal when once-defunct sites like KaZaA and Napster –former bastions of illegal downloads — crawl out of the grave with legit subscription plans. And digital music offerings are expanding. Instead of buying CDs or downloading songs, younger consumers appear to be shifting toward streaming music online [...]

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Was Michael Jackson really in the casket at his Staples Center memorial?

By doris | Published: July 10, 2009

Full Story at examiner.com There is no shortage of questions surrounding the death of Michael Jackson. One of them tonight is the location of his final resting place. By law, according to the Associated Press report, the casket believed to hold Jackson’s body must be exactly where his death certificate says it is: at the [...]

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Paris Jackson emerges as surprise voice of memorial

By doris | Published: July 8, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com With her brief speech, 11-year-old Paris Jackson also shocked the event’s organizers, who said her appearance was not a planned part of the star-studded tribute to the King of Pop at Los Angeles’ Staples Center on Tuesday. “Ever since I was born, daddy has been the best father you could ever [...]

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Scalpers selling Jackson memorial tickets online

By doris | Published: July 7, 2009

Full Story at CNN.com Dozens of listings selling vouchers for Jackson tickets appeared Monday on auction site eBay and Craigslist, the classified ads site, prompting complaints from Jackson fans and others who felt the sales were inappropriate. “You people trying to sell these tickets should be absolutely ashamed of yourselves,” said a Craigslist user in [...]

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Presley: Jackson knew his fate

By doris | Published: June 27, 2009

Full Story At CNN.com Presley — the daughter of Elvis, the “King of Rock,” and the ex-wife of Jackson, the “King of Pop” — wrote on her MySpace page that she wanted “to say now what I have never said before because I want the truth out there for once.” Her publicist confirmed Presley wrote [...]

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Jury rules against Minn. woman in download case

By doris | Published: June 19, 2009

Full Story At Tech.yahoo.com MINNEAPOLIS – A replay of the nation’s only file-sharing case to go to trial has ended with the same result — a Minnesota woman was found to have violated music copyrights and must pay huge damages to the recording industry. A federal jury ruled Thursday that Jammie Thomas-Rasset willfully violated the [...]

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One Man’s Quest to Digitize and Publicize Rare Records

By james | Published: August 13, 2008

More at the Listening Post from Wired.com Thousands of recordings that had been largely consigned to the realm of prehistory in the digital age have gained a new life, thanks to the tireless efforts of one man. Cliff Bolling didn’t realize what he was getting into when he picked up a copy of the first [...]

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