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This is a low business, exploiting a musician's notoriety and an audience's star lust. It has reached a nadir of sorts with Backbeat, a homoerotic paean to Stuart Sutcliffe (Stephen Dorff), the fifth Beatle. Or maybe the sixth, if you count pre-Ringo drummer Pete Best and leave out George Martin and Murray...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Dead Beat | 5/2/1994 | See Source »

...They have famous friends. Guest voices on the show have included Bob Hope, Michelle Pfeiffer, Ringo Starr, Johnny Carson, Darryl Strawberry, Aerosmith, Bette Midler, Michael Jackson and Dustin Hoffman. "For some reason," says Groening, "a lot of Hollywood big shots are curious to see how they'd be drawn with bulging eyes and no chin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TELEVISION: Simpsons Forever! | 5/2/1994 | See Source »

...Letterman keyboardist Paul Shaffer, and Memphis R&B maestro Eddie Floyd. Blues-inspired rockers Paul Rogers and Joe Walsh team up with the Blues Brothers Band for "Hold On I'm Coming" and "Soul Man," and Commitments lead singer Andrew Strong belts out "Mustang Sally," accompanied by Jason Starkey, Ringo Starr's son. Shortest, but not least, is "Monster" Mikey Welch, a thirteenyear-old blues guitar prodigy who plays with the savvy of a bluesman twice or three times his age. This kid is barely old enough to have the blues, but he can wail through twelve bars like nobody...

Author: By J.c. Herz, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: The House of Blues | 12/10/1992 | See Source »

...respectively) had listened to the propaganda, then the American Revolution would never have occurred. There would not have been a United States of America. Maybe out of sheer confusion and boundless energy I should just hop the pond and topple John Major's little government. How would Paul and Ringo like that...

Author: By Brad EDWARD White, | Title: Talking About a Revolution | 12/9/1992 | See Source »

...People are always going to find the money to see the spectacular superstar artists," says New York promoter Mitch Slater. Second- and third-tier acts, however, are still having trouble. Linda Ronstadt reportedly canceled her summer outing, Kiss has postponed its tour, and Ringo Starr is having a hard time filling the house...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: The Bands of Summer | 8/3/1992 | See Source »

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