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Lady Gaga Tops DoSomething's 'Celebs Gone Good' List
By Jeff Kart Dec 29 2010
Lady Gaga may not be popular among vegetarians after that meat dress episode. Putting that aside, it's what she does in her off time that has earned her the top spot on DoSomething.Org's 'Celebs Gone Good' list. Gaga, besides entertaining + READ MORE
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Rock Stars of Science Seek Cure
By Jeff Kart Dec 24 2010
Bret Michaels, the soon-to-be-married, The Celebrity Apprentice, the lead singer of Poison, gets credit for tweeting this one. The campaign is called "Rock Stars of Science," and it teams up stars of the stage with doctors and researchers who are + READ MORE
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Rolling Stone Names Top 15 Eco Rockers, Dips Toe in Green Scene
By Jeff Kart Dec 21 2010
The music people at Rolling Stone have noticed something. More and more artists are becoming environmentally and socially conscious. Or, maybe the artists are just talking about it more. We noticed that a while back, and launched our Instrumental section + READ MORE
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Green Music Group Pushing Goats for the Holidays
By Jeff Kart Dec 16 2010
It's that time of the year, when those of us in snow country dress in layers. But we haven't heard much from the Green Music Group since a multi-part, star-studded challenge ended in the fall, and they gave away a + READ MORE
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Kahn Morbee of The Parlotones on Being Bono, Fighting Malaria (Interview)
By Jeff Kart Dec 14 2010
The Parlotones are big. In their home country of South Africa, they've achieved rock star status, selling more albums than Coldplay, The Killers and Oasis --- combined. Their latest CD, "Stardust Galaxies," is their first foray into the U.S. But + READ MORE
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Erasure Back With "A Little Respect" For Gay, Lesbian Community (Video)
By Jeff Kart Dec 11 2010
The rightful backlash against anti-gay bullying has a new champion: The guys from the 1990s pop band Erasure, who have released a new version of their Top 5 single, "A Little Respect." It's hard not to sing along with this + READ MORE
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Keller is a Stellar Musician for Both Kinds of Kids
By Jeff Kart Dec 4 2010
What's playing in your car? My truck is repeating a new CD by Keller Williams, kindly provided by his publicist, who knows I have two kids. Both of them (the kids) have already learned most of the words to the + READ MORE
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Who's Coming to Coachella 2011? There's a Contest
By Jeff Kart Dec 4 2010
Coachella 2011 will be headlined by ... There are only rumors and speculation for now. There is, however, already a contest that could put almost anyone on the stage. Anyone with a little talent for DJing, that is. The Coachella + READ MORE
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Coal, the Musical, Can Bring Us Together
By Jeff Kart Nov 30 2010
What in the world? Bring us together in what, dirty air? No, this "Coal" is an environmental musical, not a re-tread of the Clean Coal Carolers. It's the creation of New Mexico artist Molly Sturges and is dubbed as a + READ MORE
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Zombies, Students Get Credit in Design Studio 3
By Jeff Kart Nov 23 2010
Zombies have a rough life, or afterlife. They crave brains, people are always aiming to shoot them in the head, and they don't get any royalties from entertainment avenues like "The Walking Dead" or "World War Z". Do Hollywood vampires + READ MORE
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Dancing Machine Parts Reanimated in Swedish Nuke Plant
By Jeff Kart Nov 19 2010
You can't make this stuff up. MAKE Magazine recently featured a video from Opera Mecatronica, on display at the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden. The exhibition room is underground, in what was Sweden's first nuclear reactor, built in + READ MORE
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Singing 'Hallelujah' at Macy's & Other Random Acts of Culture
By Jeff Kart Nov 4 2010
This is better than fighting over a Black Friday bargain. Recently, 650 singers burst into Handel's Hallelujah Chorus in a middle of a Macy's department store in Philadelphia. Get ready. The shock and joy campaign may be coming to a + READ MORE
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Power of Presley Propels Chilean Miner Edison Peņa
By Jeff Kart Nov 2 2010
How would you survive 69 days underground? Edison Peņa used the power of Elvis Presley. Peņa, one of the 33 Chilean miners rescued last month, is an Elvis fan and a runner. While he was trapped, he put Elvis on + READ MORE
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'The Like' Goes Back to the Future for '60s Sound (Z Interview)
By Jeff Kart Oct 26 2010
"The Like" are a '60s band with a twist. They're actually from the future --- or the present, depending on how you frame it. The four-women, Los Angeles band recorded their latest disc, "Release Me," with vintage instruments, in a + READ MORE
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OK Go 'White Knuckles' Video Features, Helps, Rescue Dogs
By Jeff Kart Oct 22 2010
What's up with all those dogs in OK Go's video for "White Knuckles"? What's a music video? It's what MTV used to play before there were reality shows. Anyway, this video features lots of different dogs performing for the cameras. + READ MORE
