June 2010
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Levi Kreis, Tony winner
You can see something special in Levi Kreis the moment he takes the stage as Jerry Lee Lewis in “Million Dollar Quartet.” He grabs hold of your attention and never lets go, so it’s no wonder he won the Tony for featured actor in a musical tonight. “I think the gods just smiled on me,” Kreis says. “The spirit of something just took over my head because it...
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Green Day: No 'Idiots' here
I’ll be rooting for “American Idiot” tonight to win Best Musical at the Tonys. It has a few issues, though I guess the ending has been fixed since I saw it in previews. However, it’s hard not to love the energy behind it and the rebellion it feeds. Green Day’s Billie Joe Armstrong told me that even though the George W. Bush administration that “American...
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Patty Griffin takes us to church
Patty Griffin is always a great interview. This time, she also confided that she was one of those people who was forwarding the Susan Boyle YouTube video to everyone she knew. However, SuBo’s version of “Up to the Mountain” isn’t her favorite take on her song. “That would have to go to Solomon Burke.”
Patty Griffin never wanted to do a gospel album.
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Anonymous asked: What is happening with Aerosmith at Nikon Theater, Jones Beach on Aug. 12? Haven't been able to find out when tickets go on sale. Any info?
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The top 100 albums of the '90s
(From the Akron Beacon Journal, Sept. 26, 1999. Looking back, I may have been a bit too excited about Queen Latifah’s “Black Reign,” but “U.N.I.T.Y.” still holds up well.)
1. Nirvana, “Nevermind” (DGC, 1991)
2. Hole, “Live Through This” (DGC, 1994)
3. Public Enemy, “Fear of a Black Planet” (DefJam, 1990)
4. Afghan Whigs,...
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The top 100 albums of the '00s
(From Backstage Pass, Dec. 31, 1999. Somehow, I think M.I.A.’s “Arular” should have been in the Top 10.)
1. U2, “All That You Can’t Leave Behind” (Interscope, 2000)
2. Jay-Z, “The Black Album” (Roc-A-Fella, 2003)
3. Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band, “The Rising” (Columbia, 2002)
4. Arcade Fire, “Funeral” (Merge,...
