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I felt old last night. Not because I was amongst teeny boppers (I wasn’t) or anything like that. But because the John Mayer crowd I remember has grown up. At 32, I was probably the median age attendee at the legendary Forum for his 2nd LA stop on the Search For Everything tour. I should […]
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I felt old last night. Not because I was amongst teeny boppers (I wasn’t) or anything like that. But because the John Mayer crowd I remember has grown up. At 32, I was probably the median age attendee at the legendary Forum for his 2nd LA stop on the Search For Everything tour. I should […]
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Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner just slammed ASCAP and BMI’s shared music database initiative. Yesterday, Digital Music News reported on ASCAP and BMI’s plans to create a comprehensive music database. The database would aim to help artists get paid faster on every streaming platform. Critically, its first release would combine two massive performance rights licensing databases, while […]
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Congressman Jim Sensenbrenner just slammed ASCAP and BMI’s shared music database initiative. Yesterday, Digital Music News reported on ASCAP and BMI’s plans to create a comprehensive music database. The database would aim to help artists get paid faster on every streaming platform. Critically, its first release would combine two massive performance rights licensing databases, while […]
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No pressure! In a recent show in Toronto, Stone Sour bassist Johnny Chow decided to pop the question — in front of thousands of fans. When it comes to marriage proposals, most guys pick a pristine location to pop the question. If you’re Stone Sour bassist Johnny Chow, that ‘pristine location’ is a concert in front […]
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Kid Rock looks dead serious about running for a US Senate seat in Michigan. And here’s the craziest part: somebody conducted a poll that gives him a pretty solid chance of winning. If Donald Trump can win Michigan, why can’t Kid Rock? Actually, Kid Rock would become next United States Senator from Michigan if midterm […]
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Congress will tackle whether ‘oldies’ artists should get paid on pre-1972 tracks. Two years ago, Pandora agreed to pay out $90 million over the contentious issue of streaming pre-1972 recordings. Then, SiriusXM agreed to pay Flo & Eddie $99 million for having played The Turtles songs on its platform. Now, Congress will deal with the […]
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We’re not sure who snapped this photo of Mobb Deep’s Prodigy right before his death. But it’s eerie. This isn’t an Illuminati conspiracy theory piece. But a photo taken just three days before Prodigy’s sudden death is a little strange. The photo was posted from Las Vegas, while Mobb Deep was on the ‘Art of […]
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The artist who painted — and repainted — these murals of Prodigy has decided to give up after two defacements. But the vandalism is only energizing graffiti artists in Germany, France, Texas, New York, Spain, Holland, and even New Zealand. Here are just a few of the pieces that are surfacing. The death of Mobb Deep rapper Prodigy […]
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In 2002, Michael Jackson named his third child ‘Blanket,’ scarring the young man for life. Are Jay-Z and Beyonce doing the same by naming their kid… ‘Sir’? As if being a celebrity kid isn’t hard enough! Now, Jay-Z and Beyonce have made life growing up in the spotlight doubly difficult. Just this morning, the couple […]
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