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The pop-country trade-off isn’t always a sure thing (The Pantagraph) 06 July 2008Country and pop. Pop and country. For years the musical genres have borrowed from each other as well as invaded each other’s territories. That’s even more present now with former pop stars Jewel and Jessica Simpson recently making their bona fide switches to country. So let’s take a fun look at some of the artists who began with pop, or dabbled in it simultaneously, before making the complete ...
Bank holdup suspect reportedly slits his throat as cops close in (Chicago Sun-Times) 06 July 2008A man suspected in a Saturday morning bank robbery in Wicker Park slit his throat with a box cutter as police moved in to arrest him, sources said.
Spin control (Chicago Sun-Times) 06 July 2008ALT-FOLK | Fleet Foxes, "Fleet Foxes" (Sub Pop) Though their wardrobe, beards and burgeoning following are all in step with the leaders of the so-called "freak folk" movement, the Seattle quintet Fleet Foxes distinguishes itself from artists such as Animal Collective and Devendra Banhart because its members are much less emphatically stoner or self-consciously eclectic, and because its ...
Planning ahead helps mother of 4 save money (Chicago Sun-Times) 06 July 2008Patti Pedretti uses planning and patience to save money. That's not a new thing for the 45-year-old retired military officer and stay-at-home mother of four kids ages five to 16.
Jessica Simpson winning over country fans (Detroit Free Press) 06 July 2008When Jessica Simpson announced plans to go country after her last pop album flopped, there was a collective eye roll in Nashville. To some skeptics, it appeared to be a calculated move to follow in the footsteps of other pop stars who have found success by crossing over to country radio.
Arts & Leisure: Gaultier snares his exotic birds in cages (BusinessWorld Online) 06 July 2008PARIS -- Jean-Paul Gaultier's exotic birds of paradise all came complete with their cages at his couture show for next autumn-winter on Wednesday.
Letters to Sunday Datebook (San Francisco Chronicle) 06 July 2008Readers can't stop writing about mix-tape Memories Editor - Reading the June 1 letters to Datebook about the joys of mixing cassette tapes brought back fond memories. I was over in Japan teaching English to the locals, pre-satellite TV, CDs and computers....
Will Feds reopen 'crown' jewel of N.Y.? (The Record) 04 July 2008The National Park Service sent out a request for bids last month to study what it would take to open the statue to the public.
ON THE RECORD: Me & Juliet, Happy Hunting and Milk and Honey Back on CD (Playbill) 06 July 2008More reissues of out-of-print CD versions of out-of-print LPs have come our way, which brings up a philosophical question. Imagine something like the original cast recording of Rodgers & Hammerstein's South Pacific . The one with Mary Martin and Ezio Pinza, if you can remember back that far.
Musical groups head to the sheds for concerts (The Pantagraph) 06 July 2008Yes, we previewed the bounty of summer music attractions right here in Pantagraphland several weeks ago. But there was so much stuff going on within a mere 50-mile radius of Bloomington-Normal that we didn't have the breathing room to take any musical day trips.