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...band was back together...
...guest appearance by Jack White of the White Stripes. Beck appeared in a White Stripes video last year, and White asked if he could return the favor by playing bass on Beck's record--odd considering that the White Stripes are the world's most famous bass-averse band. But then, everyone defies expectations in his own way. --By Josh Tyrangiel
...legitimate question, but it presumes that the players on the Vote for Change tour--Springsteen, R.E.M., Pearl Jam, Dixie Chicks, Dave Matthews Band and 11 more--are planning to become stump speakers. "You don't stand up at a rock show and lecture people unless your name is Gandhi," says R.E.M. guitarist Peter Buck. "We're musicians, not politicians. We get that." MoveOn.org the liberal political-action committee that is presenting Vote for Change, has tried to get the performers on message with a series of talking points, but there's little evidence to suggest that the briefings stuck...
FORTY-FIVE MINUTES INTO THE FIRST presidential debate, Bruce Springsteen wandered into the craft services room of the Wachovia Center in Philadelphia where two dozen roadies and a few members of his E Street Band were silently gathered around a TV. "How we doin'?," he asked, pointing to the screen. There was no response. Next he tried a few inquisitive gestures. Thumbs up? Way up? Down? No one shifted his or her gaze. Finally, smiling wryly in recognition of his relative unimportance, Springsteen pulled up a chair and watched with the others...
DIED. JEAN RUTH HAY, 87, the world's first global disk jockey, who woke millions of American troops during World War II with her plucky Reveille with Beverly program; in Fortuna, Calif. Instead of a bugler's blast, soldiers were greeted with big-band music and Hay's signature line, "Hi there, boys of the U.S.A...