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Posted: 06 Sep 2012 01:27 AM PDT


The Rock's Backpages Rewind: Talking with the late Hal David
In the spring of 2000, the late Hal David had just become the first non-Brit to be honored with a prestigious Ivor Novello Award when Terry Staunton spoke to him about his work and his sublime lyrics for Burt Bacharach--Barney Hoskyns, Editorial Director, Rock's Backpages Hal David was recently asked to write out the lyrics [...]

Posted: 06 Sep 2012 01:26 AM PDT


The Rock's Backpages Flashback: Looking Through Gary Numan's Eyes
Gary Numan was the gloomy Brit who married the influences of Bowie, Ultravox, and even Jobriath, hitting huge with 'Are "Friends" Electric?' Now lauded as an electronic godfather, he plays England's Bestival tonight (Sept 6), so we we're taking you down memory lane with this great Paul Morley NME profile published June 9, 1979——Barney Hoskyns, [...]

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 06:55 PM PDT


'X Factor' vs. 'The Voice': This Time's It's Personal, Says Simon Cowell
NBC just announced that next week's "The Voice" Season 3 premiere will be extended to three nights, Monday through Wednesday, conveniently--or not so conveniently, if you're an "X Factor" fan--overlapping with next Wednesday's big "X Factor" Season 2 premiere. And this news isn't just sending conflicted reality fans' near-capacity DVRs into meltdown mode. The biggest [...]

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 03:34 PM PDT


Week Ending Sept. 2, 2012. Songs: Jepsen Tops .fun
Carly Rae Jepsen's "Call Me Maybe" this week pushes ahead of "We Are Young" by fun. featuring Janelle Monae to become the second best-selling song of 2012. That was no small feat: "We Are Young" has sold 5,515,000 copies so far this year. "Call Me Maybe" is now a hair ahead of it with sales [...]

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 03:02 PM PDT


Double-Decker Red Carpet for VMA Awards Made for the Fans
The red carpet for MTV's Video Music Awards is being supersized. Stars (many in heels) will face a daunting double-decker behemoth with multiple levels. Hope those special-event gift bags have hiking boots. The structure was inspired by a multilevel driving range. But instead of golf balls, fans will be treated to multiple levels of stars [...]

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 01:26 PM PDT


Cormega Shares Lessons Learned From Late Hip Hop Mogul Chris Lighty
When veteran hip hop executive Chris Lighty died last Thursday, reportedly from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, I searched for articles with in-depth personal accounts from his friends. I had followed his career for 20 years, but had never met him. I wanted to know more about Chris Lighty the person. Unfortunately, I only found very [...]

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 08:36 AM PDT


Week Ending Sept. 2, 2012. Albums: TobyMac's Prayer's Answered
TobyMac this week becomes the first Contemporary Christian artist to land a #1 album in more than 15 years. Toby Mac, a former member of the rock/hip-hop Christian trio DC Talk, achieves the feat with Eye On It, his fifth regular studio album as a solo artist. The last Contemporary Christian artist to land a [...]

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 07:32 AM PDT


Dr. Dre Unseats Jay-Z As Hip-Hop's Top Earner
Six years ago Dr. Dre was walking along the beach with Interscope Records chief Jimmy Iovine, pondering whether or not he should launch his own shoe line. "[Forget] sneakers," said Iovine. "Let's sell speakers!" It might have been the best piece of advice the rapper-producer ever received. In 2008 he teamed with Iovine and a [...]

Posted: 05 Sep 2012 04:15 AM PDT


The Inevitable Return Of Matchbox Twenty!
I'm so torn! Between last weekend's great Budweiser Made In America Festival, featuring Jay-Z, Pearl Jam, and lots of beer, and this week's coming Music Video awards, from prize-winning music video channel MTV, who has time to actually listen to this week's hot new releases? I've got to figure out what to wear! But don't [...]