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Classic Rock Videos

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Jimi Hendrix - All Along The Watchtower

 

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Album Cover Art

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Let’s continue our look at Gigwise.com’s list of the top 50 dirtiest and sexiest album cover art, this time #23 (Gigwise comments in quotes):
23. Louis XIV: ‘The Best Little Secrets Are Kept’ – “They’re a chauvinistic band who treat women as sexual objects through their lyrics – ie “Pull your [...]

The Beatles’ White Album 40th Anniversary Tribute

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Songs
Although most of the songs on any given Beatles album are usually credited to the Lennon/McCartney songwriting team, that description is often misleading, and rarely more so than on The Beatles. With this album, each of the four band members began to showcase the range and depth of his individual [...]

New Vinyl Releases

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12/2/08 RELEASE DATE
Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl)
Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl)
Black Sabbath - Live Evil [2 LP] (180 Gram Vinyl)
Black Sabbath - Mob Rules [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl)
Various Artists / Beyonce - Cadillac Records Motion Picture Soundtrack [LP]
Decemberists - Always The Bridesmaid: [...]

New Vinyl Releases

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12/2/08 RELEASE DATE
Black Sabbath - Dehumanizer [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl)
Black Sabbath - Heaven And Hell [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl)
Black Sabbath - Live Evil [2 LP] (180 Gram Vinyl)
Black Sabbath - Mob Rules [LP] (180 Gram Vinyl)
Various Artists / Beyonce - Cadillac Records Motion Picture Soundtrack [LP]
Decemberists - Always The Bridesmaid: [...]

The Format That Refuses To Die; Vinyl Records Alive And Well

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Written By Mike Duffy
Even with all the advances in audio technology and the digital craze, one format has withstood the test of time: vinyl records.
The evolution of personal audio playback is an interesting tale: from paper cylinders to records, records to 8-tracks, 8-tracks to cassettes, cassettes to CDs, and finally, [...]

Punisher: War Zone Movie Posters

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Can it be true? Is Bruce Wayne really dead? Read on to find out.
After 70 years of fighting crime in Gotham City, Bruce Wayne’s run as Batman has come to an end.
DC Comics released issue No. 681 of the comic Batman on Wednesday, entitled Batman R.I.P.
It marks “the end [...]

Nobel Son Movie Posters

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Release date: Friday December 5, 2008
Genre: Thriller/Drama/Comedy
Running time: 110 min.
Director: Randall Miller
Studio: Alliance Films/Freestyle Releasing
Screenplay: Jody Savin, Randall Miller
Producer(s): Jody Savin, Randall Miller
Cast: Alan Rickman, Bryan Greenberg, Shawn Hatosy, Mary Steenburgen, Bill Pullman, Eliza Dushku, Danny DeVito
Official Site: nobelson.com
Rating: R for some violent gruesome images, language and sexuality
Available film art: [...]

Cadillac Records Movie Posters

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Release date: Friday December 5, 2008
Genre: Drama
Director: Darnell Martin
Studio: Columbia Pictures/TriStar Pictures (Sony)
Screenplay: Darnell Martin
Producer(s): Andrew Lack, Sofia Sondervan
Cast: Adrien Brody, Beyoncé Knowles, Jeffrey Wright, Columbus Short, Emmanuelle Chriqui, Cedric the Entertainer, Gabrielle Union, Tammy Blanchard
Official Site: cadillacrecordsmovie.com
Rating: R for pervasive language and some sexuality
Available film art: Cadillac Records movie [...]

New Movie Releases - Friday November 21, 2008

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Here are the movies arriving in theaters this Friday.
Milk (Drama) - Cast: Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch, James Franco, Diego Luna, Brandon Boyce, Kelvin Yu, Lucas Grabeel; Directed by: Gus Van SantIn 1977, Harvey Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors, becoming the first [...]

Movie Review: Milk

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The critics are loving “Milk“, suggesting that it is the best movie of the year.
Milk is a message movie, but more importantly, it’s an openly proud and entirely self-possessed message movie that wears its progressive rhetoric on its rainbow sleeve.
The distinction is crucial, because when you get right down [...]

Australia Movie Posters

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Release date: Wednesday November 26, 2008
Genre: Drama/Action/Adventure/Romance
Running time: 164 min.
Director: Baz Luhrmann
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Screenplay: Stuart Beattie, Baz Luhrmann, Ronald Harwood, Richard Flanagan
Producer(s): Baz Luhrmann
Cast: Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, David Wenham, Jack Thompson, Bryan Brown
Official Site: australiamovie.com
Rating: PG-13 for some violence, a scene of sensuality, and brief strong language
Available film [...]

Four Christmases Movie Posters

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Release date: Wednesday November 26, 2008
Genre: Comedy
Running time: 82 min.
Director: Seth Gordon
Studio: Alliance Films/New Line Cinema
Screenplay: Matt R. Allen, Caleb Wilson, Jon Lucas, Scott Moore
Producer(s): Gary Barber, Jonathan Glickman, Roger Birnbaum
Cast: Vince Vaughn, Reese Witherspoon, Robert Duvall, Jon Favreau, Mary Steenburgen, Dwight Yoakam, Tim McGraw, Kristin Chenoweth, Jon Voight, Sissy [...]

Notorious Movie Posters

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Release date: Friday January 16, 2009
Genre: Drama
Director: George Tillman Jr.
Studio: Fox Searchlight Pictures
Screenplay: Dustin Lance Black
Producer(s): Edward Bates, Robert Teitel, Wayne Barrow
Cast: Derek Luke, Angela Bassett, Anthony Mackie, Jamal Woolard
Official Site: foxsearchlight.com/notorious
Rating: R for pervasive language, some strong sexuality including dialogue, nudity, and for drug content
Available film art: Notorious movie [...]

Milk Movie Posters

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Release date: Wednesday November 26, 2008
Genre: Drama
Running time: 128 min.
Director: Gus Van Sant
Studio: Alliance Films/Focus Features
Screenplay: Dustin Lance Black
Producer(s): Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks
Cast: Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, James Franco, Alison Pill, Victor Garber, Denis O’Hare, Joseph Cross, Stephen Spinella, Lucas Grabeel
Official Site: filminfocus.com/focusfeatures/film/milk
Rating: R for language, [...]

Bruce Wayne is Dead?

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Can it be true? Is Bruce Wayne really dead? Read on to find out.
After 70 years of fighting crime in Gotham City, Bruce Wayne’s run as Batman has come to an end.
DC Comics released issue No. 681 of the comic Batman on Wednesday, entitled Batman R.I.P.
It marks “the end [...]

Vinyl helps record stores find a niche

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Independent record stores spin success
On an unassuming stretch in Chicago’s Beverly community, there is a music revolution sounding thanks to two independent record stores that keep spinning the vinyl even in tough economic times.

Beverly Records, 11612 S. Western Ave., and Mr. Peabody Records, 11832 S. Western Ave., are separated only [...]

Music News & Notes

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Cliff Richard’s Shadows to reunite for tour
LONDON (Reuters) – Cliff Richard and The Shadows will reunite next year for the last time with a stadium tour of Britain, tour organizers Live Nation said.
Veteran rocker Richard, most famous for chart-topping singles like “Living Doll,” “The Young Ones” and “Summer Holiday,” first [...]

Album Cover Art

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Let’s continue our look at Gigwise.com’s list of the top 50 dirtiest and sexiest album cover art, this time #24 (Gigwise comments in quotes):

24. Casanova: ‘All Beauty Must Die’ - “A naked woman on a bed of roses, a sexual fantasy of many a man and even better when the [...]

Classic Rock Videos

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1970 Jimi Hendrix - Foxy Lady

 

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The Beatles’ White Album 40th Anniversary Tribute

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Critical reception and legacy
The Beatles were at the peak of their global influence and visibility in late 1968. Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, released the previous year, had enjoyed a combination of commercial success, critical acclaim, and immense cultural influence that had previously seemed inconceivable for a pop release. [...]

This Date In Music History-November 29

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Birthdays:
Felix Cavaliere of the Rascals turns 64.
Chuck Mangione is 58.
Billboard chart guru Joel Whitburn was born in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin in 1939.
Boston guitarist Barry Goudreau (1951)
John Mayall (Bluesbreakers) (1933)
They Are Missed:

Beatles’ guitarist George Harrison passed away in 2001 at the age of 58, while resting at a friend’s home in Los [...]

Vinyl Collective “Black Friday” Sale

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My friend over at www.vinylcollective.com is having an awesome vinyl (and CD) sale for “Black Friday.” Stop on by and see what Virgil has slashed prices on! Here is a preview of his post:

The Black Friday Wholesale Pricing Sale gives you the same price that we sell our records to [...]

Top Ten TV Theme Songs

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Let’s explore PasteMagazine.com’s list of theme songs, this time see what made #1 on their list:1. Cheers - “Where Everybody Knows Your Name” by Gary Portnoy
 
Portnoy’s prior claim to fame was penning the theme song for Punky Brewster, “Every Time You Turn Around” (oh c’mon, you remember it). My favorite [...]

Classic Rock Videos

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Jimi Hendrix Purple Haze

 

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