As far as I'm concerned, Christmas music begins with The Beach Boys' "Little Saint Nick" and ends with Darlene Love's "Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)." The rest should be locked in the attic with the aluminum tree and those Spencer's novelties I forgot to re-gift. ...more

December 12, 2008

TOM JONES: 24 HOURS (S CURVE) **½ There were two ways to louse up this album. One was to go with the studiedly retro approach, the other to go strictly modern, compressing and processing everything to death so you couldn't tell whether it's Tom Jones or Justin Timberlake. ...more

December 4, 2008

It doesn't take much to get New York sports fans in a frenzy these days. ...more

November 30, 2008

Bruce Springsteen's new single can be downloaded free of charge — for one day. ...more

November 24, 2008

Typically, only those who attend rock or country music concerts wear T-shirts like those worn by dozens of Barack Obama county voters on Election Day Tuesday. ...more

November 5, 2008

Nice guys finish first, too. Joe Maddon might lead the majors in hugs this October. He padded his lead at Tropicana Field on Tuesday afternoon, the day before a World Series for his Tampa Bay Rays. ...more

October 22, 2008

So you want to be a roadie for Bruce Springsteen's Super Bowl halftime show in Tampa? ...more

October 16, 2008

So you want to be a roadie for Bruce Springsteen's Super Bowl halftime show in Tampa? The company overseeing the pregame and halftime shows for the Feb. 1 Super Bowl needs about 600 local volunteers to help with the productions. ...more

October 15, 2008

For the second day in a row, rock star Bruce Springsteen sang a few songs and urged thousands of potential voters in a battleground state to register and support Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama. ...more

October 6, 2008

Heath Ledger's 2-year-old daughter, Matilda Rose, is to inherit the late actor's entire $16.3 million estate, Heath's dad, Kim Ledger, has confirmed. Ledger, who died from an accidental prescription drug overdose in January at the age of 28, wrote a will before his daughter's birth leaving everything to his parents and three sisters. ...more

September 30, 2008