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Sound And Vision: Justin Timberlake as Elton John and Six Other Wish-List Music Biopics
posted: October 14, 2011
Every great screen biography of a music superstar needs three key ingredients to really sing: 1) An icon with the greatest story never told. 2) A talented lead actor or actress gunning for an Oscar nomination”singing…
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The EditoriaList: Top Ten Fictional Music Movies
posted: July 21, 2011
The EditoriaList is the devious brainchild of one Scott Janovitz, who will use this space to summarize, in convenient list form, the best and worst of whatever occurs to him. Anything related to music, anyway.…
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10 Minutes With Scott Seabock: Ernie Ball Blues Channel Winner
posted: July 8, 2011
The only thing that most guitarists enjoy less than changing strings is having to pay for them. When you add it up, all of those packs get expensive! That’s why we teamed up with Ernie…
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BACKTRACKING FORWARD: DAPTONE RECORDS AND THE RETURN OF FUNK
posted: September 24, 2009
During the late 1960s into the mid 1970s, funk music reached its peak in terms of creativity and mainstream attention. Artists like James Brown, George Clinton and Sly Stone were just a few of the…
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BACKTRACKING FORWARD: BREAK DIGGING
posted: September 10, 2009
The times sure have changed. Before there was the Internet and Google, building knowledge of records was a skill cultivated from years of experience and hard work. Digging in the trenches, taking chances on unknown…
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