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Wolf Blitzer loves music, so I love Wolf Blitzer

By Kate Kiefer, photo courtesy CNN.com on 12:48 PM on October 13, 2008

CNN anchor Wolf Blitzer gets a lot of flak, but I like him. He’s got a badass name, he’s an accomplished political and international reporter, and he loves to talk about music....  read more

Found in: Blogs, Ctrl-V

Dave Stewart performs live, signs books and shows off photography in NYC this week

By Sean Edgar, photo by Dave Stewart on 8:56 PM on September 15, 2008

Dave Stewart, founding member of The Tourists and one half of Eurythmics, will engage with nearly every artistic medium imaginable this week with a live performance at The Highline Ballroom on Wednesday, Sept. 17th, a book signing and photography exhibition at the Morrison Hotel Gallery on Thursday, Sept. 18th, and a Good Morning America appearance thrown in Wednesday a.m. for good fun....  read more

Found in: Local:NYC

Catching Up With... Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet

By Steve LaBate on 7:35 AM on August 11, 2008

Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet debuted earlier this year with a self-titled album that gorgeously fuses Chinese folk, American old-time music, jazz, bluegrass and more. Given the quartet’s involvement with music in China...  read more

Found in: Music, Features

Bonnaroo 2008: Day 3

By Rachael Maddux on 4:10 PM on June 15, 2008

Apologies: I was unable to blog about Saturday at Bonnaroo because of Saturday at Bonnaroo. It's Sunday afternoon now, and with the festival still buzzing and thumping all around us (am currently at our tent in the Sonic Village, with a band called Harrybu McCage doing their thing on the stage next door) I'm just now getting around to processing everything from the past thirty-something hours....  read more

Found in: Blogs, Festivus

Bonnaroo 2008: Day 2

By Rachael Maddux on 11:37 PM on June 13, 2008

Hello again from Manchester’s Country Inn & Suites, where a bunch of us have temporarily retired from Bonnaroo to escape the drizzle—and Metallica.  read more

Found in: Blogs, Festivus

Bonnaroo 2008: Day 1

By Rachael Maddux on 11:35 AM on June 13, 2008

What’s struck me so far about Bonnaroo is how friendly everybody is. I suppose some would chalk it up to the festival being in Tennessee, but I'm not so sure-- I'm from Chattanooga, and I've experienced no shortage of surly Tennesseans in my life, most of them in large groups. Plus, almost everyone we talked to yesterday was from out of state-- way out of state. And I can see the draw. This place is just unlike anywhere I've ever been. It's like a little city, but also a county fair, but also a giant backyard party, but also a...  read more

Found in: Blogs, Festivus

Rhymes With Five: Bonnaroo! Excitement!

By Rachael Maddux on 10:47 AM on June 12, 2008

Bonnaroo starts tonight! And I'm going! And I've never gone! And I'm pretty excited but also scared that I might pass out in the heat! Or get struck by lightning! Or just get really overwhelmed and curl up in a sweaty ball at the back of the Paste tent! I hope there's a falafel vendor! I love falafel! Oh my god! Bonnaroo! So excited!...  read more

Found in: Blogs, Ctrl-V

Best Sitcoms Since 1980

By Josh Jackson on 9:00 AM on June 2, 2008

Welcome to High Gravity, my new blog for daily nuggets of music, film and culture. I plan on using this space for quick, throughout-the-day updates on whatever comes across my desk or crosses my mind, from news about Thom Yorke making sure Prince's Coachella cover of "Creep" gets unblocked by YouTube or Liz Phair performing Exile in Guyville in its entirity (June 23rd at the Fillmore in San Francisco, 24th at The Vic Theatre in Chicago and 25th & 26th at the Hiro Ballroom in New York) to my own Top 10 lists, favorite new discoveries and, yes, beer recommendations.My...  read more

Found in: Blogs, High Gravity

Rhymes With Five: Short songs for a busy day

By Rachael Maddux on 3:05 PM on May 29, 2008

Time's a-wastin'! Here are five short songs that I like. And you?...  read more

Found in: Blogs, Ctrl-V

Kanye, Common, Method & Redman sued over jazz sample

By Jeremy Goldmeier on 10:23 AM on May 28, 2008

Here's the worst pitfall of hip-hop producing—creatively re-purposing intellectual property always carries the risk of a fat ol' lawsuit from a sampled musician. In the latest case of rap sample litigation, it's the estate of a dead musician claiming punitive damages for sampling without permission....  read more

Found in: Music, News