Paul McCartney

Queen's composer salutes Sir Paul McCartney's musical genius

Washington, Sat, 15 Nov 2008 ANI Washington, Nov 15 (ANI): Sir Paul McCartney has been an icon for music lovers around the globe, and now his talent has got the Royal nod-a dedication from Queen Elizabeth II's official...

Go West, young man, then just keep going

The world of giant egos is filled with heavy hitters. Donald Trump. Bill O’Reilly. Oprah. Barbra. Athletes too numerous to list. On and on. One-upping a group like this is a tall task, but Kanye West appears to have achieved...

Top 5 On Friday - Smart Songs

Our mission from The Music Memoirs this week: Top 5 songs that make you feel smarter for having heard them. (Interpret as you see fit) We Do What We're Told (Milgram's 37) - Peter Gabriel In which I learned about the Milgram...

Ranking James Bond theme songs

On the morning news, Bill Walter and I spent some time talking about James Bond theme songs and the title sequences at the opening of bond movies. For anyone who, like me, thinks the opening sequences are cool, I’ve ranked my...

Nov 22, 2008: San Francisco Art Exchange to Host “The Beatles in India: Creativity and Inner...

San Francisco Art Exchange (SFAE), the worldwide leader in presenting the most important imagery from popular culture, is celebrating the 40th anniversary of the Beatles' historic trip to India. For the first time ever, Paul...

Spam on the Run - Email Spammers Get Shut Down

Subject Line: Is it you? What is not love if I'm not sending myself, from my own email address, helpful savings on Cialis? Not love is what dropped like fifty tons of wet cement all over McColo Corp., a web hosting firm based...

Town duped by fake Status Quo star

A conman convinced a whole town he was the Status Quo frontman Francis Rossi, earning himself free meals and trips in the mayor's limousine for almost a year. The trickster promised Dover's town councillors that he would...

The Fireman, Electric Arguments

Artist: The Fireman Released: 17 November 2008 Catalogue number: TPLP1003CD Ten years after Paul McCartney and Martin 'Youth' Glover (ex Killing Joke) released their last collaborative 'mystery disc' under the Fireman moniker...

Resurgent dollar a challenge for concert biz

By Mitchell Peters and Andre Paine LOS ANGELES (Billboard) - For American artists on the road overseas, the dollar's sudden strength against the euro, the British pound and the Canadian and Australian dollars means that local...

McCartney: 'Eleanor Rigby didn't exist'

Paul McCartney has crushed hopes an important piece of Beatles memorabilia has been unearthed - he insists he made the Eleanor Rigby character up. A payslip dating from 1911 and featuring a household maid named E. Rigby from...