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May 28, 2010 – How could a meeting between a make-up artist and Kiss’ Gene Simmons go so wrong? Well according to documents filed in Los Angeles Superior Court yesterday the guitarist wanted more from her than she was willing to give and it didn’t involve make-up. 
May 28, 2010 – Didn’t Bret Michaels look healthy on American Idol on Wednesday night? There is a chance he wasn’t. 
May 27, 2010 - File this under “You can’t be good at everything.” Elton John was arguably the biggest solo musician in the world in the seventies and he was easily in the top 10 in the eighties but it seems he was too busy conquering the world to learn to cook. 
May 27, 2010 – The good news is the Faces are back together but the not-so-fine print says Rod Stewart will not be in the mix. 
May 28, 2010 – “What-eva” seems to be what many are saying about Wednesday’s American Idol finale. While 24.2 million viewers checked out Simon Cowell’s swan song it was the show’s lowest rated finale since season one which could spell trouble for winner Lee DeWyze. 
May 27, 2010 – It sure sounds like Paul McCartney is a responsible dad. The former Beatle say he never tours when it’s his turn to look after his daughter Beatrice – his child with ex-wife Heather Mills. 
May 27, 2010 – Slash says he’s not holding his breath for the next big thing in Rock. In fact the former Guns N’ Roses guitarist is disappointed in the current Rock scene. 
May 18, 2010 – Norah Jones says she hasn’t done too many festivals in the past because her music was too “intimate and quiet.” 
May 11, 2010 – The name Phil Collins reminds us of countless hits, huge arena tours and complicated drumming. How about the Alamo? 
April 5, 2010 – Sting seems to be fed up with our paradigms around pot! The singer says we, as a society, spend too much time putting marijuana users in jail when legalizing the substance could feed the hungry of the world. 
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June 1, 2004 - Here's an album that invites envy. Here's an album that tells it like it is- an album that represents a musician not keeping his eye on the industry but on his own adventurous vision. In 1993 when I first met Bruce Hornsby he told me in no uncertain terms that he had no time for "the posers" in the music industry - the wanna-be musicians whose "whole trip is based on a pose." Before Christmas last years he said "virtuosity has never been part of what Pop or even Rock music was about." 'Big Swing Face' will never make it in the top ten. It will not be on high rotation on Much Music or MTV but for the ones who love to mix up old formulas and expand the range - so to speak, this is for you. Quiet simply if pop's a yawner for you then buy this album. 
Oct. 20, 2000 - Some people remember where they were when JFK was shot, I prefer to recall cherished introductions to songs that changed my life. Those classic moments are etched in all our brains, maybe it's hearing a poignant lyric that just puts the pieces together when your at a crossroads or a new sound that expands your idea of what music should sound like. In 1986, Bruce Hornsby touched me on both counts with 'The Way It is' an innocent uncorrupted view of racism down south that brought the piano back to the Pop charts. In the middle of the techno beat and Crotch-rock of the 80's Hornsby put a new spin into the top 40 with a sound that was a little Leon Russell and a lot of Keith Jarrett, not your usual recipe on radio! Even Elton John congratulated Hornsby on his amazing piano chops saying he was so inspired he went back to playing a grand. 
Oct. 16, 1998 - No one could ever accuse Hornsby of not paying attention. Every lyric on 'Spirit Trail,' his sixth album, describes his unquenchable thirst to understand what were all doing here. Stripped down, his lyric sheets look more like realistic views on sociology than anything that should be shoved in a jewel box. In an era where most artists have problems believing what they sing, Hornsby is very much real.  |
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