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Matt Welch and Dave Pell reflect opposite ends of the fan emotion spectrum. Matt glories: Mostly, I’m just real happy, happier than I remember being in a long time, as goofy as that sounds. Cubs and Red Sox fans? You’re in for a treat, when your day comes. We had …

Norah Jones and Chris Isaak this weekend on PBS: AUSTIN CITY LIMITS presents two artists who mix aspects of several genres of American roots music to form their own original sound. Chris Isaak’s exciting rock ‘n’ roll has been winning fans for decades and sultry songstress Norah Jones’ jazzy pop …

Run-DMC DJ Jam Master Jay (Mizell) was murdered last night. See reports here and here. Even though he has been around for 20 years, he was only 37. Here are tributes from the Run-DMC website: I’ll never forget that fabulous concert from front row seats in Washington DC in 1986: …

Personal friend-o-Warren Brian Linse reminds us that tonight is Warren Zevon night on David Letterman, in fact the show is devoted to him. You can see a preview clip from the show here. Highlight: Dave – “Do you now know something I don’t know?” Warren – “I know how much …

Koufax: even the name is magic. As a very young left-handed pitcher, the grandson of a former professional baseball player, growing up in LA in the ’60s, Sandy Koufax was a mythical figure to me. I attended one of his four no-hitters, I followed him fanatically on the radio and …

New York lawmakers have proposed a bill that might result in free-agency contracts for recording artists: The Artistic Freedom Act was introduced Monday by New York State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, a Democrat, with the backing of powerful unions such as the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists and …

David Gray would appear to comprehend the digital revolution. His new RCA CD, A New Day At Midnight won’t be out in stores until November 5, but you can go to the release website to hear the entire album online RIGHT NOW. You can also download pics of Gray, sign …

If you haven’t made mix tapes you either don’t love music, aren’t at all romantic, or both. Dawn and I bonded spiritually, aesthetically and otherwise when I made mix tapes for her. I was the DJ, the music writer, the one with the 20,000 record collection (well, maybe 12,000 seven …

A struggle for the very soul of art can be found in my in-box today, both involve the name “Turner.” The Turner Prize is the High Church of arch conceptual art, a postmodernist playground. This year’s exhibit of shortlisted works has just opened at the Tate: The Turner Prize, derided …

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