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Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 27, 2013 9 Comments

Van Cliburn died today at age 78. The name lives on with the piano competition named after him. RIP, tall Texan: Renowned American classical pianist Van Cliburn died Wednesday morning at the age of 78 after a battle with bone cancer, publicist and longtime friend Mary Lou Falcone...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on December 05, 2012 9 Comments

One of the greats. I have so many of his albums ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on November 25, 2012 30 Comments

Even more than Rebecca Black's Friday and Anne's Chick-fil-A guys. PSY's Gangnam Style becomes most watched YouTube video of all time with 805 million views: South Korean rapper PSY's Gangnam Style has become YouTube's most viewed video of all time. YouTube said in a posting on its Trends...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 18, 2012 26 Comments

Bruce Springsteen is all in for Obama again: If any doubt remained about how central the state of Ohio is to President Obama's reelection campaign, the sight of Bruce Springsteen and former President Clinton on stage at Cuyahoga Community College on Thursday made it clear...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on October 08, 2012 16 Comments

We have featured The Iveys before to a very good reader reaction. The band members are the cousins of LI reader, photographer (also, here, here) and West Texas correspondent Danelle, who also happens to be one of the first to email me whenever I get a national media reference,...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on September 02, 2012 11 Comments

Lyrical genius behind the Burt Bacharach legend, died yesterday: Hal David, the renowned pop music lyricist whose prolific collaboration with composer Burt Bacharach produced a wealth of enduringly memorable hits in the 1960s and early '70s, including "Walk On By," "What the World Needs Now Is...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on August 26, 2012 22 Comments

Thanks to Windbag in the Tip Line for the link to this music video by the group The Voters. Why hasn't this video gone viral?  It only has 9800 views on YouTube. Spread the link via the share function on the YouTube page, or spread this post via the Twitter...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on June 03, 2012 17 Comments

Featuring commenter LukeHandCool's daughter.  She must have a beautiful mother. ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on May 20, 2012 12 Comments

This one hurts.  I grew up knowing so many of the Bee Gees early songs by heart. The New York Mining Disaster 1941 was one of my favorites, and one of the most underappreciated: Robin Gibb passed away today. He will be missed. From Rolling Stone: Robin Gibb, one-third...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on April 18, 2012 12 Comments

Dick Clark passed away this morning in Los Angeles. For those of us of a certain age, he was MTV before there was MTV (and when MTV actually played music). ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on March 18, 2012 13 Comments

I ran a long string of Jethro Tull / Ian Anderson Videos of the Day recently. Thanks to reader Scott who just forwarded to me this video of Tony Snow in a duet with Anderson. Anderson's comments on Tony's death in 2008 are here....

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 29, 2012 28 Comments

Lead singer of The Monkees has died at age 66: A rep for the singer tells us Jones suffered a heart attack at his home this morning ...

Posted by William A. Jacobson on February 11, 2012 10 Comments

Reader and frequent photographer Danelle sends this email: This link is for a young Texas group, The Ivey's. "Lady Made of Stone" is the first video and single release for their new album. I'd spend a couple of paragraphs bragging on these kids, but their music speaks for  itself. The...

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