There Goes the Neighborhood

Threat to Western Civilization Alert — The Art Newspaper reports this morning that Elton John plans an outdoor concert in St. Mark’s Square in Venice. Though John’s people are assuring the city that crowd control measures will prevent anything like the mob scene that accompanied a Pink Floyd concert there in 1989, local and international [...]

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Idolwatch: Crooned In

My weekly American Idol review has been posted; AI served up something for Grandma last night, bringing in the legendary Tony Bennett for the weekly ritual of “mentoring” (i.e., having his advice generally ignored by) the singers. My picks this week? I’m going with a bottom three of Phil, Haley and–less confident on this one–Gina, [...]