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Cool Tunes is a radio show in a magazine format Saturday nights at 10pm on WAPS, “The Summit,” in Akron, Ohio. I play new music, reissues, and preview shows coming to town each week. Musically it is among the widest-ranging 2 hours in the country: modern rock, punk, electronica, jazz, …

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Vince Neil allegedly punches producer he has never met before: Motley Crue’s lead singer Vince Neil has pleaded innocent to a misdemeanor battery charge for allegedly attacking a record producer outside the famed Rainbow Room nightclub in West Hollywood. Neil, whose full name is Vincent Neil Wharton, was not required …

Joan Jett, who is old enough to be their mother, rocked coalition troops in Afghanistan: Wearing black boots, camouflage pants and a fishnet top, American rocker Joan Jett performed for several hundred soldiers at the U.S. military headquarters in Afghanistan. About 500 coalition troops, mostly Americans, attended a concert Friday …

Phil Collins forced off the road by ear damage: Collins told LAUNCH he was warned against extended time on the road by a specialist, who said: “‘If I were you, I would think seriously about touring, because you could completely finish this one off if you had another accident or …

Frederic Seaman admits he sucks: Paul LiCalsi, attorney for Lennon’s widow, told Manhattan federal court Judge Leonard Sand that Ono and Frederic Seaman had reached an agreement, putting an end to the case just before the jury was expected to hear closing arguments. Ono sued Seaman in 1999 over the …

Once in a while Ted Rall’s cartoons are funny, but as an essayist, he makes Noam Chomsky look like Bernard Lewis: he’s an incredibly callous, wrong-headed, self-loathing assplow. John Giuffo doesn’t much like him either and tells why in the new Comics Journal: Perhaps the best way to begin a …

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Hey, I’m off to the second to last Indians game of the year – go Thome! – last time to hang out in the TRW loge as well, since there will be no more TRW in a few more weeks. Today would be a perfect day to go back through …

Tastes like chicken: * NSYNC singer Justin Timberlake–who is prepping for the November 5 release of his debut solo album, Justified–recently admitted that he performed oral sex on his ex-girlfriend Britney Spears. The pop singer made the admission while visiting New York radio hosts Star And Buc Wild during the …