Springsteen makes Cover of AARP

Pop Icons : A Dying Breed

An era of American superstar icon status in the realm of entertainment/pop culture is fading ever faster with the passing of Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson.
In the world of immediacy, attention disorders and frankly, a severe shortage of talent...the pop culture icon is a dying breed...
Love 'em or hate 'em, there's only a handful left...

• Bob Dylan
• Willie Nelson
• Madonna
• Bruce Springsteen
• Prince
• Iggy Pop
• Raquel Welch
  
• Elizabeth Taylor
• Jack Nicholson
• Woody Allen
  
• David Letterman
  

...let us know if you think of any others...
It seems unfathomable that anyone will ever achieve the type of celebrity Jackson or Fawcett were able to achieve and especially the manner in which they became so incredibly popular.

Related:
More than just a pin-up: A tribute to actress Farrah Fawcett

Vegas Meets Garth Brooks

So what's the story behind Garth Brooks' surprise concert for VIP guests Monday at the Encore Theater in Vegas? Appears that Steve Wynn may have roped the big steer.
"Garth has a contract in his hands," an insider said. "The holdup is ticket prices."
Brooks, like Bruce Springsteen before him, apparently isn't comfortable with "Vegas" tickets pricing.
Garth put on a full concert without a band behind him. Near the end, he took questions and when someone asked why he didn't sing a certain song, Brooks sang it...
He's just what Vegas needs these days and it looks as if there may be more shows...
see HERE

Grammy Awards Nominations

The nominations for the 51st Grammy Awards have been announced...
Record of the year
Adele - Chasing Pavements
Coldplay - Viva La Vida
Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
M.I.A. - Paper Planes
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Please Read The Letter
Album of the year
Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Lil Wayne - Tha Carter III
Ne-Yo - Year of the Gentleman
Robert Plant and Alison Krauss - Raising Sand
Radiohead - In Rainbows
Song of the year (awarded to songwriters)
Estelle - American Boy
Adele - Chasing Pavements
Jason Mraz - I'm Yours
Sara Bareilles - Love Song
Coldplay - Viva La Vida
Best rock performance by a duo or group with vocals
AC/DC - Rock N Roll Train
Coldplay - Violet Hill
Eagles - Long Road Out of Eden
Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire
Radiohead - House of Cards
Best rock song (awarded to songwriters)
Bruce Springsteen - Girls In Their Summer Clothes
Radiohead - House of Cards
Death Cab for Cutie - I Will Possess Your Heart
Kings of Leon - Sex on Fire
Coldplay - Violet Hill
Best rock album
Coldplay - Viva La Vida Or Death And All His Friends
Kid Rock - Rock N Roll Jesus
Kings Of Leon - Only By The Night
Metallica - Death Magnetic
The Raconteurs - Consolers of the Lonely
the rest HERE

Happy Birthday Bruuuuce!

Rock n' Roll Pioneer Bo Diddley has Died

Archer, Florida -- Bo Diddley, the rock 'n' roll originator with the rectangular guitar whose signature beat influenced musicians from Buddy Holly to the Rolling Stones, the Grateful Dead and Bruce Springsteen, has died of heart failure. He was 79.
obit HERE
NPR story & podcasts HERE
watch/listen to a classic HERE

Danny Federici of the E Street Band has died

Danny Federici, the longtime keyboard player for Bruce Springsteen, whose work helped define the E Street Band's sound on hits from Hungry Heart to The Rising, died Thursday. He was 58.

Federici, who had battled melanoma for three years, died at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York. News of his death was posted late Thursday on Springsteen's official website.
New York Times obit HERE

'the Boss' and Barack

Bruce Springsteen endorses Barack Obama
Springsteen broke the news in a letter posted on his website. Obama, he said, "has the depth, the reflectiveness and the resilience to be our next president."
Without mentioning Clinton, Springsteen took issue with Obama critics who have fanned recent flaps over Obama's comments about "bitter" small-town Americans and his long relationship with the controversial Rev. Jeremiah A. Wright Jr.
"Critics have tried to diminish Sen. Obama through the exaggeration of certain of his comments and relationships," Springsteen said. "While these matters are worthy of some discussion, they have been ripped out of the context and fabric of the man's life and vision . . . often in order to distract us from discussing the real issues."
Los Angeles Times article is HERE

Clear Channel Clearly Censors

Artists like the Dixie Chicks and Bruce Springsteen who have overtly spoken out against the Bush Administration are taken to task in spite the clear and undeniable indications from the marketplace that people want to hear their music. What seems to be happening-- if sales are any kind of a barometer of what the marketplace is-- is that these politically-connected radio networks like Clear Channel are not looking to succeed as radio stations as much as pushing forward some political agenda.
more HERE


...is there anyone alive out there?