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Muslims, Hindus crank up volume in stereotype-smashing 'Taqwacore' punk rock bands
RUSSELL CONTRERAS - January 3, 2010
WAYLAND, Mass. (AP) Artwork from the Punjab state of India decorates the Ray family home. A Johann Sebastian Bach statue sits on a piano. But in the basement cluttered with wires, old concert fliers and drawings 25-year-old Arjun Ray is fighting distortion from his electric guitar....
Elton John says he's helping Eminem fight drug problems; says rapper doing well
By Associated Press - January 2, 2010
LONDON (AP) Elton John says he has been helping American rapper Eminen fight drug problems for more than a year. John says Eminem is succeeding in his well-publicized battle against substance abuse. John told BBC Radio Saturday that as a recovered drug abuser he is happy...
Reports: Berlusconi working on new love songs as he recovers from attack
By Associated Press - January 1, 2010
ROME (AP) Italian Premier Silvio Berlusconi has returned to an old passion of his while recovering from last month's attack at a rally: writing Neapolitan love songs, news reports said. Berlusconi also made his first public appearance since the Dec. 13 attack, going to a shopping mall...
Diddy's clothing line sues over lingering scaffold at flagship store on NYC's Fifth Avenue
By Associated Press - December 31, 2009
NEW YORK (AP) The company behind Sean "Diddy" Combs' clothing line says it has a looming problem at its flagship New York City store a scaffold that has been hanging over the shop for more than three years. The company behind the rap impresario's Sean John label sued its Manhattan...
Irish singer Van Morrison blames Web hacker for false claim of new baby
SANDY COHEN - January 1, 2010
LOS ANGELES (AP) Reclusive Irish singer Van Morrison said Thursday that a computer hacker planted a false report on his Web site claiming he had fathered a fourth child at the age of 64 with a new partner. The false report was disseminated Monday by a Los Angeles-based publicist for...
Correction: Van Morrison story
By Associated Press - December 31, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) In a Dec. 28 story, The Associated Press, relying on information from Van Morrison's Hollywood-based publicist and his official Web site, reported erroneously that the Irish singer had a new baby boy with a woman identified as "his wife, GiGi." Morrison said Thursday...
Tim Hart, founder member of Steeleye Span, dies of lung cancer in Spain's Canary Islands at 61
By Associated Press - December 30, 2009
MADRID (AP) Tim Hart, a founding member of the British folk-rock group Steeleye Span, has died of lung cancer, his daughter said Wednesday. Hart, 61, died Dec. 24 in La Gomera in Spain's Canary Islands, where the Briton had lived since retiring from the music scene, Sally Hart told...
Elvis fanatic uses his north Mississippi home as funky shrine to King of Rock 'n' Roll
EMILY WAGSTER PETTUS - December 30, 2009
HOLLY SPRINGS, Miss. (AP) Paul MacLeod is a perpetually caffeinated Elvis fanatic who's taking care of business 24-7-365 at the antebellum home he calls "Graceland Too." Pound on the door at any hour seriously, it's OK to arrive at 4 in the morning and the 67-year-old former auto...
Drummer for metalcore band Avenged Sevenfold found dead in his California home
By Associated Press - December 30, 2009
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. (AP) An autopsy is inconclusive as to the cause of death for Avenged Sevenfold drummer Jimmy "The Rev" Sullivan. Orange County sheriff's spokesman Jim Amormino said Tuesday that the coroner's office ordered toxicology, microscopic and laboratory tests to help determine...
Joe Jackson's attorney has law license placed on probation over 2002 case
By Associated Press - December 29, 2009
LOS ANGELES (AP) Records show an attorney handling Joe Jackson's bid to receive a monthly stipend from his son's estate has had his law license placed on probation for two years. Last week's decision by the California Supreme Court isn't related to Brian Oxman's work on the Jackson case. But the...
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