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...Howl of this movement is Neal Pollack's new memoir Alternadad (Pantheon). Pollack, a novelist and erstwhile punk-rock frontman, sets out to make sure that in a world of Disney and Barney, his baby Elijah, now 5, will be cool (and thus that Dad will remain so). He home schools the boy in hipster culture, taking him to blues shows and playing him a curated collection of punk. Goodbye, Baby Mozart; hello, Baby Ramone...
...unique, creative individuals after they have kids. It's being a unique, creative individual through your kids that's disturbing. Pierce whatever body part you want, having a kid is not alternative: it's been the norm since we stopped reproducing by division. And while toddlers may love punk rock, they crave routine and predictability...
DIED. Frankie Laine, 93, iconic pre-rock-'n'-roll singer, dubbed "Old Leather Lungs," who entranced teenagers of the 1940s and '50s with his booming, rough-hewn voice on hits like Mule Train and Ghost Riders in the Sky; in San Diego. As a young jazz singer, Laine caught the eye of bandleader Mitch Miller, who brought him to Columbia Records. The burly Laine, who said he liked to use his voice "like a horn," sold more than 100 million records and drew new fans in the early '60s for singing the theme to TV's Rawhide...
...else to refill the chips. At Super Bowl XLI, PRINCE reminded viewers what a halftime show should be--extravagant, chock-full of more hits than the game and with a fully functioning, Miami-hued wardrobe. Under a hard rain rendered, yes, purple by stage lights, the 48-year-old rock star unloosed a medley of his own songs and covers. Then, just after the marching band came on and everyone began to marvel that the miniature maestro of Minneapolis could be so family friendly, he and his glyph-shaped guitar cast a suggestive silhouette onto a giant billowing sheet...
...secure his legacy as one of Britain's most successful premiers ever--presiding over continuous economic growth, pushing through record spending on health and education, moving within sight of a peace deal in Northern Ireland. He might have expected to string out his departure like the kind of grizzled rock stars whose company he evidently enjoys, squeezing in a few, poignant farewell gigs. Yet the loudest voices in the crowds are baying for him to leave the stage...