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Grammy gets in the partying mood
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterThe most talked-about pre-Grammy happening is now officially sanctioned by the Recording Academy. The annual industry buzz event/party hosted by music-biz veteran Clive Davis is, for the first time in its 30-year history, a Grammy-endorsed affair. The...Tags: Beverly Hills, Clive Davis, Kelly Clarkson, Music Industry, Carrie Underwood
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25 songs for your Christmas playlist
Chicago TribuneSo you chug-a-lugged some spiked egg nog, passed out and had nightmares of hearing "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer" for the gajillionth time. Then ... you got lost in a megamall, only to be mauled by a gaudy Mannheim Steamroller. Afraid this could...Tags: Bing Crosby, Tony Bennett, Folk Music, Bars and Clubs, Rick Moranis
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The Tijuana Brass
IGIVE you three toe-tapping, era-evoking, culturally corrupt yet ultimately irresistible words: the Tijuana Brass.
This band -- well, this idea of a band -- was born in Southern California in 1962, the same year and place as that other beloved yet...Tags: Bell, Music
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A borderline experience with Nogales
Tribune reporterThe good thing about our border towns is they're close. Cross a bridge or a checkpoint and, hey, you're in another country. It's especially good when everything changes -- the food, language, music. Cross from Detroit into Ontario, and you get Windsor,...Tags: Bing Crosby, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Economic Policy, Tourism and Leisure, Trade Agreements
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Live: Beirut at the Wiltern
Special to The TimesIn interviews surrounding the release of Beirut's excellent French pop-inspired sophomore effort, "The Flying Club Cup," the band's frontman-mastermind, Zach Condon, revealed that for inspiration during the recording process, he constantly referred to a...Tags: Physiology, Ringo Starr, Natural Science, Folk Music, New Mexico
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Homeboy Industries fundraiser draws Hollywood elite
CAUSE CÉLÈBREWHEN IT comes to faith-based politics, President Bush learned a lesson from Hollywood. The industry has had a fondness for activist priests ever since "Going My Way," and today there's probably nobody in a Roman collar who can draw more stars than Father...Tags: Beverly Hills, David Letterman, Los Angeles, Crimes, Gang Activity
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Terrence Howard: 'Iron Man's' music man
Special to The TimesIt was hustle and flow, all right. Terrence Howard, the Oscar-nominated actor best known for his role as Djay, the rapping pimp protagonist of Craig Brewer's acclaimed 2005 film, was doing everything but serving smoked Gouda to the 40 or so people...Tags: Music Industry, Santa Monica, Richie Havens, Folk Music, Scarlett Johansson
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Herb Alpert donates to CalArts
Los Angeles Times Staff WriterEight-time Grammy winner and Los Angeles native Herb Alpert, who in November pledged $30 million to UCLA to establish the cross-disciplinary UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music, has now given $15 million to the School of Music at the California Institute...Tags: Colleges and Universities, National Government, California, Financial Aid, Los Angeles
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How to throw a holiday cocktail party
Sun SentinelHoliday cocktail parties are simple. Invite friends. Decorate the house. Set out food and drink. The problem with simple parties, however, is that they're simply forgotten. This year, plan your holiday party with a theme and let it play out. Announce...Tags: Candy, Woody Guthrie, Folk Music, Dining and Drinking, Religious Festivals
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How to throw a unique holiday cocktail party
Holiday cocktail parties are simple.
Invite friends. Decorate the house. Set out food and drink.
The problem with simple parties, however, is that they're simply forgotten.
This year, plan your holiday party with a theme and let it play out. Announce...Tags: Metal and Mineral, Williams-Sonoma Incorporated, Woody Guthrie, Ella Fitzgerald, Folk Music
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Instinct, vision and a bit of Brass
The EnvelopeIt might be a 1969 telegram to Australia from a label president unaccustomed to working with openly out-of-control rockers, asking about Joe Cocker's "deportment." Or a letter from a fan irritated that it was not possible, in 1966, to buy tickets in New...Tags: Horse and Harness Racing, Charlie Chaplin, Bing Crosby, DVDs and Movies, Music Industry
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All work, no applause
Times Staff WriterMemorable moments don't come without practice. OK, that was 'Beautiful.' Now, again. With his weathered guitar and shaggy locks, James Blunt has the look of London's most handsome busker. So on Thursday, as he sang his hit "You're Beautiful" over and...Tags: Grammy Awards, Michael Jackson, Chris Brown, Justin Timberlake, James Brown
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