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Is Dolly Parton a socialist?

10:39 PM Sat, Nov 01, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
By Rick Massimo    Email

From "9 to 5": It's a rich man's game No matter what they call it And you spend your life Putting money in his wallet Just askin' ... But seriously folks, other wisdom from the queen: On whether you are......

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 Tags  Dolly Parton   Election 2008  

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Springsteen posts Halloween song on Web site

4:14 PM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
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"A Night With the Jersey Devil," which is a "Mannish Boy"-style one-chord stomp that is not about a hockey player, is available free on Springsteen's Web site. "If you grew up in central or south Jersey, you grew up with......

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 Tags  A Night With the Jersey Devil   Bruce Springsteen   Halloween  

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4:00 PM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
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Led Zeppelin without Robert Plant? Says here it could happen: Who needs Robert Plant? Apparently not the other surviving members of Led Zeppelin, who are ready to pull the trigger on a tour with a new singer if Plant refuses......

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 Tags  Alter Bridge   Creed   Led Zeppelin  

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Song of the Day

12:19 PM Fri, Oct 31, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
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Happy Halloween! "I Put a Spell On You," Screamin' Jay Hawkins......

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इस दिवस के गीत! (Song of the Day!)

7:00 AM Thu, Oct 30, 2008 | Permalink | Comments (1)
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That's what the translator on Google tells me it is. I hope they're not fooling me into saying something like - well, never mind. Any,way, we've got a doubleheader today in honor of the new undisputed world chess champion, the......

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 Tags  Bollywood   Ravi Shankar   Song of the Day   Viswanathan Anand  

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URI Social Justice music series now on CD

4:11 PM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
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The University of Rhode Island's Songs of Social Justice series was one of the highlights of the 2006 musical calendar. Performers who had devoted not only their careers but their lives to social change sharing songs and stories of struggle......

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 Tags  Faith Petric   Rosalie Sorrels   Songs of Social Justice   Tom Paxton   Utah Phillips  

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Song of the Day

7:00 AM Wed, Oct 29, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
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I count six ways that this video is completely awesome. How about you? "Will It Go Round in Circles," Billy Preston (live, 1973) h/t firedoglake......

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Song of the Day

2:36 PM Tue, Oct 28, 2008 | Permalink | Write a comment
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Seems obvious: Jennifer Hudson, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"......

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 Tags  Jennifer Hudson   Song of the Day  

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