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...little pudgy, past his athletic prime and wears cowboy boots year round. But, hey, he has a proven track record for putting fans in the seats, and that's something the San Diego Padres could use after losing the World Series and some pivotal players. So when country singer GARTH BROOKS announced that he'll suit up for Padres spring training as a nonroster player, it sort of made sense. Brooks' goals are suitably low. He says he doesn't want "to embarrass Major League Baseball or the Padres." Actually, embarrassment would be a step up for the Padres. They...
...When singer-songwriter Jonatha Brooke was released from her contract with MCA last year, she didn't fret--she went online. Her engaging new CD, Jonatha Brooke Live, is available for mail-order purchase exclusively at Brooke's website www.jonathabrooke.com) which also features audio clips of her work. On Feb. 5, when the electronica group Underworld offered a free, full-length MP3 file of a track from its forthcoming CD, its Web page received 400,000 hits in one day--an impressive showing for an only modestly famous musical act. And last year the Artist Formerly Known as Prince...
...believe in coincidences. I really think it's all a clue...I sort of believe that I'm meant to do this. But if I could be anything now, I think I'd be a rock singer. A lot of comics want to be rock signers...
Showcasing some of the college's more accomplished and active singer-songwriters, the show at Club Passim was testimony to the fact that we go to school with, dine next to, walk by--and probably holler at to shut up sometimes--tomorrow's musical stars. While the Ec and Gov kids are applying to How-To-Take-Over-the-World Summer Camp and the Computer Science students are hacking into FAS, industrious, inspired fingers are picking at guitars and tripping over ivory, producing a breed of fresh, original songwriters to make us proud...
...Following the path of his idols, Thomas does some raging against the Establishment himself. "In the lead singer Zack De La Rocha's words, 'Anger is a gift,' the music stops and he whispers just those words," he said. "I believe it. Focusing anger on social injustice gets you more passionate about issues...