Waits, Tom (1949—)
The music and lyrics of Tom Waits evinced nostalgic pathos for the archetypal neighborhood barfly at a time when much of America was listening to soft rock or gearing up for ...
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He's a singer-songwriter, bebop hipster, poet of spoken-word jazz and _ for better or worse _ the living, breathing embodiment of Rickie Lee Jones' most famous song, "Chuck E's in Love."If there ha...
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It turns out there's something Chuck E's not in love with. It's his "The Other Side of Town" album.The work, out of print for decades, suddenly re-emerged this month, and Chuck E. Weiss wasn't happ...
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On the newest Juliette and the Licks album, Four on the Floor, Juliette Lewis comes off as a modern-day, rocknroll Brigitte Bardot. Like the French-pop star before her, Lewis moans, groans, speaks ...
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Scarlett Johansson returned from the Persian Gulf with a whole lot of soldiers' trinkets and a delusion of her own engagement — to Barack Obama."I am engaged ... to Barack Obama," Johansson j...
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Today is Thursday, Dec. 7, the 341st day of 2006. There are 24 days left in the year.Today's Highlight in History:On Dec. 7, 1941, Japanese forces attacked American and British territories and poss...
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The hummingbird-voiced harpist Joanna Newsom played the first of two shows with the Brooklyn Philharmonic at BAM last night, and it wasn’t cutesy or quirky or kitschy.
It was glorious.
But fo...
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Los Angeles (dpa) - Fresh from the success of his movie, World
Trade Centre, about two fireman pulled from the rubble of the twin
towers, controversial director Oliver Stone...
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Heath Ledger's death has spiked sales and interest in the late actor's films.As often happens after the death of a famous actor or musician, many have sought to revisit or simply discover his work....
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Porter Wagoner was known for a string of country hits in the '60s, perennial appearances at the Grand Ole Opry in his trademark rhinestone suits, and for launching the career of Dolly Parton.Like m...
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The hard-drinking, foul-mouthed writer Charles Bukowski once described himself as a guy who wouldn't walk away from a brawl.Now it's up to fans of the gutter poet to take up the fight to have his b...
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Waits, Tom (1949—)
Chuck E's still in love _ with life
