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Reclusive superstar Michael Jackson arrived in Las Vegas late Saturday to begin a comeback in a city famous for reviving careers. Jackson and his three children arrived by private plane about 10:30 p.m. Saturday after a flight from Dublin, Ireland. Ending 18 months of seclusion in Europe, reclusive superstar Michael Jackson was on a plane to the United States late Saturday bound for Las Vegas, where he plans a comeback. Source: Review Journal

NPR and the World Cafe interviews George Martin and his son, with samples from the new cd Love, created for the Circe de Solei: Thanks to his production work on almost every Beatles album released in the '60s -- up through Abbey Road -- Sir George Martin is often regarded as "The Fifth Beatle." As a producer and composer, Martin has assembled a body of work that spans more than half of a century and is as varied as it is legendary. Encompassing acts as diverse as Ella Fitzgerald, Cilla Black, The Beatles and Peter Gabriel, Martin is arguably the most successful record producer in the history of popular music. READ MORE/LISTEN HERE Song List "Here Comes the Sun" "Love Me Do" "Michelle" "In My Life" "Strawberry Fields Forever" "Day in the Life" "All You Need Is Love"

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...Exactly one hundred years ago today, Reginald Fessenden fired up his transmitting station at Brant Rock, Massachusetts in order to broadcast a "brief speech," followed by an Edison phonograph recording of Handel's Largo." He also sent out a few other holiday jams and well-wishes to those spending Christmas "onboard US Navy and United Fruit Company ships equipped with Fessenden's wireless receivers." Fessenden earned more than 500 patents in his lifetime, including credit for the "radio telephone, a sonic depth finder, and submarine signaling devices. Read more at Engadget

I saw the latest Rocky last night. The prologue is too long--the ending doesn't work for me--but the film was still enjoyable, and in particular, the small human dramas inbetween.

I found this clever animated video today at Antville.org which mixes classical music and electronica. Watch It Here in streaming or download the highgrade video. It seems appropriate for the holidays so I am posting it here - Merry Xmas to everyone from Beatking.

MONTANA CITY — Angels descended on Ken and Jodi Gardner’s piece of paradise last weekend, clad in Carhartt coveralls and tool belts. They came to build not just a house but a home, to replace what the Gardner family lost three weeks ago in a fire. The old-fashioned house-raising began at 7:30 a.m. last Friday. By noon, around 50 people were cutting lumber, setting beams and standing interior walls. Read More

An Updated 'Messiah' from Marin Alsop Weekend Edition Saturday, December 23, 2006 · Handel's Messiah was a part of the holiday season long before Kris Kringle. The oratorio uses Biblical passages to tell the story of Christ's birth, death and resurrection. Conductor Marin Alsop thought the imposing composition could withstand some modern experimentation. Listen to Too Hot Too Handel Messiah

Weeks of e-mail from listeners have produced an unofficial list of loved and hated holiday songs. And it turns out you're most passionate -- and most divided -- about one song in particular. Top Five Most Adored and Abhorred Holiday Songs You Loved: 'The Little Drummer Boy' 'Christmas Time is Here' 'White Christmas' 'Happy X-Mas (War is Over)' by John Lennon and Yoko Ono) 'Father Christmas' (Gimme Some Money) by The Kinks You Loathed: 'The Little Drummer Boy' 'All I Want For Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth' by Donald Yetter Gardner 'Wonderful Christmastime' by Paul McCartney 'Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer' by Elmo 'n Patsy * Nearly All Barking Dogs or Meowing Cats (who sing classic holiday songs) A Christmas Song Sampler Like that box of candy, you might find one you like. (The ones with the teeth marks have hard centers.) 'White Christmas' by Bing Crosby 'The Little Drummer Boy' by The Temptations 'The Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth' by Bing Crosby and David Bowie 'Jingle Bells' by the Jingle Cats 'Wonderful Christmastime' by Paul McCartney 'Christmas Time Is Here' by the Vince Guaraldi Trio Holiday Songs From NPR

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Someone at Metafilter has requested members to post their favorite songs from the 80s for riding in a convertible. Here is their list so far.... Jean Michel Jarre? I suggest the playlist from Emotion 98.3 in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City: 1. DJ Fernando Intro 2. Africa - Toto 3. Crockett's Theme - Jan Hammer 4. Missing You - John Waite 5. (I Just) Died In Your Arms - Cutting Crew 6. Waiting For A Girl Like You - Foreigner 7. Broken Wings Mr. Mister 8. DJ Fernando Half Time 9. More Than This - Roxy Music 10. Tempted - Squeeze 11. Keep On Loving You - Reo Speedwagon 12. Sister Christian - Night Ranger 13. Never Too Much - Luther Vandross 14. Wow - Kate Bush 15. DJ Fernando Outro 16. Knife After Dark 17. Petstuffers The Boys of Summer - Don Henley Some Like It Hot - Power Station Smuggler's Blues - Glenn Frey Union of the Snake - Duran Duran China Girl - David Bowie High School Confidential - Rough Trade Tainted Love - Soft Cell Twilight Zone - Golden Earring Sanctify Yourself - Simple Minds True Faith - New Order Promises, Promises - Naked Eyes Black Cars - Gino Vannelli Sin - Nine Inch Nails Red Skies - The Fixx One Thing Leads to Another - The Fixx Not '80s, but would still work: Push It - Garbage Sunset Grill - Don Henley You say you have plenty of Phil Collins, but do you have mid-80s Genesis? If not, their eponymous and Invisible Touch albums might appeal to you. Just out of curiosity, have you ever read or seen America Yeah I have Genesis as well.................and yes.........big American Psycho fan :) 1. Everybody Wants to Rule the World- Tears for Fears 2. Sledgehammer - Peter Gabriel 3. Big Time - Peter Gabriel 4. Free Fallin' - Tom Petty 5. Tall Cool One- Robert Plant 6. Addicted to Love _ Robert Palmer 7. Rock the Casbah - The Clash 8. Dancing with Myself - Billy Idol 9. Hot in the City - Billy Idol 10. Pretty in Pink - Psychedelic Furs 11. Stand - REM 12. Billie Jean - Michael Jackson 13. Sweet Child of Mine - Guns n' Roses More good driving music, not all 80's 1. She Drives Me Crazy - Fine Young Cannibals 2. Evil Woman - ELO 3. Do Ya - ELO 4. Dance the Night Away - Van Halen 5. Midnight Rider - Allman Brothers Source

Wow - nice layout.

Blogger The Passion of Weiss reviews Justin's most recent show in all it's GLORY This is another must read - here is an excerpt: ..."Timberlake, backed by a group of talented session musicians, had broken into a tepid and nausea-inducing version of "Smells Like Teen Spirit. " The entire time he spent mangling one of my favorite childhood songs, I had considered Kurt Cobain and his shotgun. And how with three precision-placed bullets, anyone could play their own version of Dick Cheney goes hunting. Except rather than take out some lame-duck Texas lawyer, the assassin in question, could carefully snipe Timberlake, Levine and Hilton, thereby eliminating three of the power players in the scab-infested world of pop culture in 2006. It was a question almost akin to being in Berlin, Germany in a beer hall in the late 20's. Some jackass with a Junior varsity mustache is approaching you, telling you his name's Adolph and that he hates the Jews and those filthy gypsies. We all know that murder is wrong but still.... Now I'm not advocating the murder of innocent-in-name only pop stars, nor am I really comparing cultural holocaust to a real one. Those are wild accusations to make, even for me. Though watching this sham show, that old refrain from Bob Dylan popped into my head: "if my thought dreams could be seen, they'd probably put my head in a guillotine." I think we actually have a guillotine around here somewhere...who wants to do the honors? :)

I'm hoping that Apple builds something along these lines - I cant wait to get one

TMZ reports that Miss Nevada was stripped from her crown for the following photos - I wonder why; THEY don't look bad to me

I dont get Justin Timberlake; and yes, you have heard it in the same sentence, I dont get TV On The Radio

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:) i will do more than that--i will offer them free drinks on you in greece if they look you up

I met him once early in his career. This was right after Platoon. We talked for about an hour. He wanted to be in a military film set in the Middle East as part of an ensemble, which I was interested in. I suggested that he go against the grain - and suggested a number of Bohemian novels (On the Road, etc). If you look at his early career, he did commercial stuff - it wasnt until Edward Scissorhands that he started to take on another route to distinguish himself

Christmas Rap by Run-DMC, Tupac and MORE

Their tactics may be over the top, but when you consider the animal cruelty that they are trying to stop, then the perpetrators deserve their just desserts

NEW YORK - Macy's has pulled from its shelves and its Web site two styles of Sean John hooded jackets, originally advertised as featuring faux fur, after an investigation by the nation's largest animal protection organization concluded that the garments were actually made from a certain species of dog called "raccoon dog." "First these jackets were falsely advertised as faux fur, and then it turned out that the fur came from a type of dog," said Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States. Read More