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...Song: “Won’t Get Fooled Again,” written by Peter Townshend, performed...
...make the Kennedys seem sluggish. They do aerobics and play touch football on the front lawn. When they're not engaged in Scrabble or an improvised singalong, they break up into speed-solving crossword teams. Come evening, there's a family talent show. Dan and Mitch duet on Pete Townshend's "My Love Opened the Door" (as if that perky tune hadn't been worn out in a half-dozen movies and commercials for J.C. Penney and NBC). And the children, I'm not kidding, give mime performances. In Wedding Crashers and other movies, broods like this are easy butts...
...rivalries. The Caspian's oil and natural gas reserves, which some estimates have put as large as 200 billion bbl. (vs. 260 billion in Saudi Arabia), could deliver economic independence to the South Caucasus region and energy independence to the West. "This is about diversifying energy supplies," says Michael Townshend, a BP executive who ran the project in Baku until last year. "It is not from the Middle East and it is not from Russia...
DIED. LINK WRAY, 76, the original thrashing guitarist whose pioneering use of the "power chord" on his 1958 instrumental hit Rumble inspired rockers from Pete Townshend to Neil Young; in Copenhagen. In an era of clean-cut performers, Wray shook up the music world with his distorted guitar and menacing persona, laying the foundation for punk, metal and beyond. In the 1990s, he enjoyed a resurgence when his music was featured in several films, including Pulp Fiction and Independence...
...DIED. LINK WRAY, 76, guitarist whose pioneering use of the power chord on his 1958 instrumental hit Rumble inspired rockers from Pete Townshend to Neil Young; in Copenhagen. Standing out in an age of clean-cut performers, Wray shook up the music world with his guitar distortions and menacing persona, laying the foundation for punk, metal and beyond. In the 1990s he resurfaced when his music was featured in several films including Pulp Fiction and Independence...