Michigan Theater screens remastered ‘Blank Generation’

Thursday, July 29th, 2010

On its grainy, black-and-white surface, "The Blank Generation" (FOUR STARS out of four stars) is 50 minutes of silent, home movie-style images recorded on 16mm at the legendary New York punk club CBGB in the mid-1970s. Raw live recordings back the footage, and there's no effort to get the lips in sync.

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Kate Miller-Heidke is a fresh new voice from Down Under

Saturday, July 17th, 2010

Saed Hindash/The Star-LedgerSinger-songwriter Kate Miller-Heidke, who is famous in Australia but little known here, performs Wednesday night at Le Poisson Rouge in New York. NEW YORK Even pop-savvy Americans dont know much about her. They ought to get wise....

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Bieber doing it like a ‘one-man Beatles’

Monday, June 21st, 2010

NEW YORK -- If you had landed here from another planet, it would be easy to think that Justin Bieber is some sort of local deity. But often it's Bieber who feels like the alien, teleported from the galaxy Obscurity - aka Stratford, Ontario - directly into the maw of the American music machine.

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Marisa Miller’s Banned ‘Guitar Hero’ Commercial

Wednesday, June 16th, 2010

Marisa Miller finally makes her 'Guitar Hero'' debut.

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Yes and Peter Frampton coming to Biloxi

Thursday, June 3rd, 2010

Grammy-winning artists Yes and Peter Frampton will play a double bill on June 11 at Beau Rivage in Biloxi.

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The Watcher: ‘Paint salesman’ beats ’single mom’

Thursday, May 27th, 2010

Season nine has come down to this wonderful, homespun fairy tale of a finale: The Paint Salesman vs. The Single Mom. Two regular folks who like to sing in the shower and such and probably auditioned on a whim. The shy guy who already has released...

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‘Raw Power’ gets royal treatment Playlist

Sunday, May 2nd, 2010

In the mid-1970s, when it was easier to find a copy of "Raw Power" in record shop cut-out bins than on anyone's shelf, the idea of enshrining the Stooges' third album would have seemed nuts.

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A week on the box: April 27 – May 3

Monday, April 26th, 2010

Reviewer James Croot checks out the best shows and films on New Zealand television screens for the week of Tuesday, April 27 to Monday, May 3.

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Atlanta native Kaki King brings her guitar talents back home

Monday, April 26th, 2010

Growing up in Buckhead, Kaki King took an interest in music at a young age, first as a guitarist, then as a drummer.

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New releases from Courtney Love, Nick Cave and others

Friday, April 23rd, 2010

Faded riot grrrl Courtney Love is back at the helm of her band, Hole. Nobodys Daughter Hole (Mercury) Let us try to forget what a garishly drug-stupid, dysfunctional mother Courtney Love has been, how Kurt Cobain has surely spun in...

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