You don't need a half-wit music critic to tell you it's been a remarkable year for America, one historians will be discussing and researching for centuries to come. War, financial collapse, politics, technology: All have been dinner-table topics for many Americans. Racial barriers in 2008 were demolished by a Midwestern black man, and gender barriers were hurdled by an Arkansan and an Alaskan.Democracy has a few awesome new dance moves rolling into the Obama presidency, and it'll be a feast for
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Next year this decade will be over, and very few new bands have distinguished themselves either at the turnstiles or the cash register. Even one of the main ones that has, the Killers, chose to hit the theater circuit this winter after releasing its third album, Day & Age, instead of risking arenas - in most places, that is; about two weeks ago, the Vegas quartet and friends acquitted themselves at Madison Square Garden quite nicely.
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Local girl made good: Houston native Brooke Waggoner charmed her hometown crowd Sunday night.With a charming and agreeable voice mirroring the likes of Colbie Caillat and Ingrid Michaelson, Houston-born Brooke Waggoner opened Sunday's show at JavaJazz, impressing the crowd with the catchy keyboards of "Hush If You Must." Compared to the recorded versions, the songs' richer textures and quicker tempos live made them instantly likeable - 'I Am Mine' was a definite c
Last night was the seventh elimination round of this season's Dancing With the Stars, and the second one to see two people go home. I guess at this point in the season the gimmick is starting to wear off? In which case, why not just have fewer contestants to start? Then again, when 16.4 million people still tune in to the competition eps like Monday's, maybe I don't know what America wants. Let's do this!
Tom Bergeron and Lady Co-Host wasted no time before introducing the dancers who did the
