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24/7 Online Artist Channels Point to Radio's Future

Eagles, Christina Aguilera, Weezer to be first 'DJs'

(Newser) - Musicians want to connect with fans, and radio needs to survive in the Web 2.0 era: Enter artist personal experience (a.p.e.) radio. Clear Channel launches the 24/7 online channels, featuring artists’ personal radio shows, next month. “We feel that the old model of trying to...

Usher, Wife Near Divorce
 Usher, Wife Near Divorce 
Jun 12, 2009 10:22 AM CDT

Usher, Wife Near Divorce

Couple splits, papers not filed yet

(Newser) - The honeymoon is over for R&B star Usher and his wife of nearly 2 years. Divorce papers “haven’t been filed yet, but we had a telephone conversation last week with an attorney asking how to file,” a court clerk tells the Daily News. The split with...

Gauguin's Echoes Haunt Pacific Island
 Gauguin's Echoes 
 Haunt Pacific Island 
TRAVEL
Jun 11, 2009 1:35 PM CDT

Gauguin's Echoes Haunt Pacific Island

Serene Polynesian land draws modern Gauguins, artist's fans

(Newser) - Tucked into French Polynesia is Hiva Oa, the Marquesan island that French painter Paul Gauguin made his home 100 years ago. Remnants of Gauguin litter the remote settlement of 2,000 people, as do heaps of skulls left from its violent past. But today, Hiva Oa serves as a serene...

Supergroup Chickenfoot Revives Classic Rock

Supergroup is having fun, getting serious

(Newser) - Rock’s newest wave-makers aren’t so new, reports USA Today. Chickenfoot is a supergroup, but “not a pre-fab one. This all really grew out of friendships,” says bassist Michael Anthony. Anthony, along with fellow Van Halen alum Sammy Hagar, has been jamming with guitarist Joe Satriani and...

$50K Hermes Bag Is Recession-Proof

In tough times, designer's bag sales are up

(Newser) - High-end designers everywhere are closing down storefronts, but somehow Hermes’ sales are up. The iconic brand has managed to beat the recession by ignoring it, continuing to sell $50,000 bags that require years on a waiting list to own. “Hermes’ position is unique; it is at the very...

Berlin Wall Becomes Couture
 Berlin Wall Becomes Couture 
FASHION ROUNDUP
Jun 10, 2009 2:39 PM CDT

Berlin Wall Becomes Couture

Also, which bracelets are big this summer, and more

(Newser) - The Berlin Wall has long drawn artists, and now the murals they’ve left on its surviving stretch has inspired something else, the AP reports: fashion. Daniel Rodan designed pieces like a green mini dress featuring East Germany’s Erich Honecker kissing Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev for his collection Mauerkleider...

Don't Blush—Rosé Is Worthy of Your Wine Dollars

Those who are still holding back may be surprised at what's out there

(Newser) - America is slowly warming to rosé wines, but for anyone still refusing to take rosé seriously, the time has come, writes Eric Asimov in the New York Times. “Rosé is the quintessential daytime wine, perfect for outdoors, wonderful in the summer”—and it’s surprisingly easy to find...

Chuck Taylor (and Other Sneaker Names) Revealed

No, Adidas is not an acronym

(Newser) - Some sneaker names are obvious—Air Jordan, anyone? But Mental Floss uncovered the origins of some popular brand names that are a bit more mysterious:
  • Converse Chuck Taylor All Star: A former high school basketball star, Chuck Taylor joined the Converse team in 1921 and helped launch the shoe to
...

Picasso's 'Magical' Château to Open

Studio, burial ground private up til now

(Newser) - This summer, art fiends can visit Pablo Picasso’s final resting place for the first time—a château where “he devoted himself completely to his art,” the Telegraph reports. Picasso discovered Château de Vauvenargues in the foothills of France’s Mont Sainte-Victoire, a mountain made famous...

Ticketmaster Goes Digital to Curb Scalpers

Miley Cyrus opts for paperless tix to control prices, resale

(Newser) - Better be sure before buying a Miley Cyrus concert ticket. Hers is the first major concert tour with paperless tickets—redeemable only at the door with the buyer's credit card—making it nearly impossible to pawn them off, the Wall Street Journal reports. Ticketmaster and concert promoters hope it will...

Land of the Lost Better Off Extinct
 Land of the Lost  
 Better Off Extinct 
movie review
Jun 5, 2009 8:26 AM CDT

Land of the Lost Better Off Extinct

Will Ferrell not enough to save picture

(Newser) - Land of the Lost remakes the 1970s TV series, sucking Will Ferrell into a parallel universe that mushes past, present, and future together. Keep this flick out of your own future, critics say:
  • “The only marginally interesting, if unsurprising, thing about the pricey movie spinoff is that a lot
...

Hangover Is So Good It Hurts
 Hangover Is So Good It Hurts 
MOVIE REVIEW
Jun 5, 2009 6:48 AM CDT

Hangover Is So Good It Hurts

Screwball male-bonding Vegas comedy may be year's funniest yet

(Newser) - The Hangover 's raunchy tale of three bachelor-party buddies trying to piece together a wild night in Vegas blends its screwball ingredients into a hilarious and surprisingly headache-free mix, say critics.
  • Ty Burr, Boston Globe: The movie is "rowdy, scurrilous, and, for about three-quarters of its running time, a
...

Black Eyed Peas' The E.N.D. Pure, Shameless, Awesome

(Newser) - The Black Eyed Peas' new album, The E.N.D., isn’t of much consequence, but that’s just as well. Reviewers generally appreciate the party-hardy attitude.
  • “Ever true to their defining characteristic, the Peas have no shame,” Ann Powers writes in the Los Angeles Times. “Fergie
...

Big Bands Make Big Comeback

Popular 1940s art form experiences fan resurgence

(Newser) - Big bands are back—if not the same ones your grandparents went to see in the 1940s. Today’s big bands play in cafés instead of ballrooms, and instead of waltzers, their audience is made up of music aficionados who want to enjoy the dense, textured sounds. In trendy...

Slam Poetry Too Mainstream: Founder

Once subversive art form now embraced nationwide

(Newser) - Slam poetry has ballooned from a grassroots movement to a national phenomenon—and its founder isn’t happy about it. “People just want to write what the last guy wrote so they can get their face on TV,” Marc Kelly Smith, who started the genre in Chicago 25...

Speakeasies Make Secret Comeback

But they're not very similar to true Prohibition-era bars

(Newser) - Across the US, trendy bars are cropping up—but good luck finding them. These homages to the 1920s speakeasy are obscured by wooden slats, hidden behind other stores, accessible only by password. “People have an affection for this period of American history, and they want the mystery,” one...

Hip-Hop Busts Out in China
 Hip-Hop Busts Out in China 
Jun 2, 2009 1:30 PM CDT

Hip-Hop Busts Out in China

Youths find freedom through rap

(Newser) - You might not expect to hear freestyle rapping in Mandarin, but that sound is growing in China as youths grab hold of the outlet hip-hop offers, Time reports. “This music is free and creative. We can say what we want,” says one rapper. “There are no restrictions....

America: Cool It on Chilling White Wine
 America: Cool It 
 on Chilling White Wine 
OPINION
Jun 2, 2009 11:55 AM CDT

America: Cool It on Chilling White Wine

We love cold things, but a good white wine should only be lightly chilled

(Newser) - America loves cold things, from beer to overly air-conditioned theaters. But we’re only hurting ourselves by “chilling white wine far too long and drinking it way too cold,” writes Eric Asimov in the New York Times. As long as the wine is good, serving it directly out...

Sinatra's Way Would Have Been No 'My Way'


 Sinatra's Way
 Would Have Been 
 No 'My Way'
COMMENTARY
Jun 2, 2009 7:18 AM CDT

Sinatra's Way Would Have Been No 'My Way'

Singer preferred romantic ballads to the later classic

(Newser) - Frank Sinatra may have his hit "My Way" to thank for much of his success, but as the song reaches its 40th anniversary, Will Friedwald looks at the truth in the Wall Street Journal: Sinatra hated it. Even as audiences called for "My Way" in concert...

Artists Get What They Want by Painting It

New York couple makes wanting an art form

(Newser) - When Justin Gignac and Christine Santora wanted a pair of gold aviators, they painted a picture of the sunglasses and sold it for $243.84—then went out and bought the pair, for $243.84. The New York artists have amassed other luxuries, like dinner at Nobu, in the same...

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