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Richard Gehr | February 27, 2007
- DreamWorks film studio too out ads in Hollywood trade papers Daily Variety and The Hollywood Reporter in order to apologize to Motown Records for "any confusion" caused by the label's shady portrayal in the movie Dreamgirls.
- Buffalo Springfield and Poco's Richie Furay has a new album call The Heartbeat of Love, which CMN's Chet Flippo finds "simply striking." Was "Kind Woman" from the 1966 debut Buffalo Springfield the world's first official country-rock song?
- VH1 News asked a bunch of people what Kurt Cobain would be doing if he were still alive. Nirvana producer Butch Vig reckoned he might become a blogger and "just throw something up whenever he felt like talking":
"But that would also probably be tough for him, because I know he wasn't a very tech-savvy guy. I remember him having a really difficult time trying to figure out how to use a cell phone, and he had no idea how to turn on the coffeepot in the studio."
- Pete Townshend played an unannounced show at Joe's Pub last week with pals Lou Reed, Dinosaur Jr.'s J Mascis, blues singer Amos Lee, and girlfriend Rachel Fuller. His four-song acoustic set included reportedly inspired versions of "The Acid Queen" and "Won't Get Fooled Again." Reed joined him for "I'm Waiting for the Man," and you can watch the whole thing here.
- Steely Dan begin their spring tour May 6 at the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.
- Joyously troubled Canadian band Arcade Fire, who got all prayed up in Manhattan's Judson Church last week, is streaming its entire upcoming album, Neon Bible, for a week at NME.com.
