Word: gig
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...Chicago gig, like every other date on the Hives' current U.S. tour, was sold out. All their fans seem to know--or care--about them is that the Hives are an oddly dressed punk-pop band from Sweden. U.S. fans are flocking to the shows largely on pronouncements from the giddy music press and the desperate American record business that a) rock is back and b) the Hives, along with American kindred spirits the Strokes and White Stripes, make up rock's new ruling class. Never mind that none of the would-be rock revivalists has yet broken through...
...guitar-playing mother of two girls, founded DAISY ROCK GIRL GUITARS, a company that designs instruments for the female player. The Daisy Rock axes have thinner necks and smaller, easy-to-hold bodies in such unapologetically girlie shapes as hearts and daisies--see left. Starting at $239 (including purple gig bag), the guitars are selling at a pace of several hundred a month. Traditional guitar companies, meanwhile, have begun to market signature lines for female artists. Whether the chance to rock like Melissa or Sheryl will inspire more girls to play isn't clear yet. But selling guitars today...
...know you've arrived if you can leave when you want. When Bush aide Karen Hughes announced last week she would depart the White House to bring her homesick husband and son back to Texas, she became the latest high-profile woman to ditch a glamorous gig for her family's sake. In Hughes' case, the explanation seems to be passing muster. For others, the story's more complicated...
That was the original plan anyway. But a pair of shaky starts—and one rather forgettable relief appearance against Penn two weeks ago—ended Saty’s weekend gig. When sophomore pitcher Marc Hordon returned from a hand injury last Sunday, senior Chaney Sheffield—who had been promoted from spot-starter when Hordon went down—stayed on the weekend shift. Saty...
...Winners JERRY SEINFELD Comic sells documentary rights to his tour for megabucks. Meanwhile, Michael Richards is pumped over his planned Iowa State Fair gig 'N SYNC Boy band beats lawsuit filed by puppetmakers who claimed singers had misappropriated identity of artificial, sawdust-filled characters CLINT EASTWOOD Aging actor named to California Parks Commission. First order of business: cut him in half so tourists can count the rings Losers ZHU RONGJI Chinese Premier red-faced over economic forum snafus. To-do list for next Boao summit: fewer boring heads of state, more beer bongs MARLON BRANDO Godfather hit with big palimony...