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...were they a problem? The Beatles were the first superstar pop group to simply cease to exist except on record. As late as the 1940s, pop music was what bands played when people went out dancing. The records were just what you listened to at home. The Beatles were the first group to realize that pop had become records, and that they never needed to step on a stage again in their lives. That's a huge shift, and [although] I think it would have happened without them, they were the catalysts...
Your book ends with the 1960s. Where do you think music is headed in the future? I don't know where it is now, and neither does anybody else. Somebody just told me that he had been to a record store in Boston where they have a section of music records from video games. The way you find Aerosmith is by playing Rock Band. If that's the world we're living in right now, none of us can guess what's going to happen next...
Thomas compiled a career record of 292-84 in 37 seasons as a head coach, 34 of them at Aplington-Parkersburg, and was one of the most well-known high school football coaches in Iowa. He was honored as the NFL High School Coach of the Year in 2005, and four of his former players are in the NFL: Green Bay's Aaron Kampman, Jacksonville's Brad Meester, Detroit's Jared DeVries and Denver's Casey Wiegmann. Thomas made national headlines last year when he insisted that the high school's football field, named in his honor, be rebuilt...
...North Korea's pronounced track record of mischief and crime could make a greater Internet presence a mixed blessing. Some observers worry that the desperately poor country might be tempted to try its hand at any number of cybercrime ventures. North Korea already has a small (100 personnel) cyberwarfare unit trying to hack into U.S. and South Korean military networks, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported in early May. The report came a day after Seoul's Defense Ministry said it had signed an accord with the Pentagon to strengthen its cooperation in fighting against cyberthreats...
...Given his father's dubious human-rights record, Pahlavi hardly seems the right person to be trumpeting democracy for his homeland. But since Pahlavi fled the country with his father 30 years ago, he has let his claim to the throne atrophy. Over time, he's traveled and spoken widely to champion the democratic cause on behalf of Iranian citizens, saying, "It's not about...