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Aerosmith lead guitarist Joe Perry was on the phone to talk about his other band, the Joe Perry Project, which is coming to Las Vegas. Read More

A St. Bernard's evil owner tries to abduct her litter from a family who saved them from death. Read More

It's time once again for me to let you in on where the best and the worst music can be found. Read More

An 11-year-old girl in South Los Angeles discovers she has a talent for spelling. Read More

They are as diverse as the photos they shoot — a medical event planner, research and development director at Hood Dairy, executive vice president for a chain of music stores, calligrapher and even full-time photographers. Read More

We've come a long way since the early days of MTV. Read More

You've had the best, now take the worst. Read More

When it comes to dreaming big and never quite letting go of those dreams, musicians, specifically rock n' roll musicians, are the biggest saps on the planet. Read More

T he perfect antidote to the oppressive grandeur of the National Mall—its heaps of marble, imperial axis running from the Capitol to Lincoln sitting in judgment, the glowering stone edifices lining the vast lawns, war memorials, and equestrian generals—is to a retreat to the interior, to the intimacy and wit of genre paintings of the Dutch Golden Age. In the National Gallery the bright sunshine beating down on the tourists' parade ground outside can be escaped for the solace of the candle, sunlight filtering through stained glass, the dog peeing in church—a federal offense were such an assault directed at Jefferson's columns. Read More

The Austin City Limits Music Festival celebrated its eighth anniversary this year, and it's gone beyond being Texas' little festival that could. Read More