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1. Ellie Greenwich co-wrote some big hits for New York-based girl groups, including "Be My Baby" and "Leader of the Pack." Who was her main writing partner-and also her husband? a) Jerry Leiber; b) Mike Stoller; c) Jeff Barry; d) Phil Spector. 2. When the novelty dance tune "Mashed Potato Time" b
Los Angeles author Justin Torres and Yale historian Ned Blackhawk were the big winners at the 74th National Book Awards, honored for their works in fiction and nonfiction, respectively, as the prestigious literary prizes were announced Wednesday at a gala at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City.
ReReads Sets Stage For First-Ever Author Fest- For those who love discovering new books and learning about new ideas, Cheshire’s ReRead Books & More has become a must-shop spot in town.Located in the Watch Factory Shoppes since 2020, the book store is operated and funded by the Connecticut...
Written in Mexico 1952 but not published until 1959, Dr. Sax is Jack Kerouac’s most enigmatic novel. Incorporating themes from New England heroes Melville and Hawthorne, Kerouac revisits boyhood scenes in Lowell, Mass., in rich, hallucinogenic prose. The narrative’s unifying event is the Flood of 1936, when the Great Snake of the Merrimac River swelled to record levels and inundated the mills, homes, businesses and lives of the working-class city. Dr. Sax is an acquired taste, and Cat de Leon, who grew up years later in Lynn, not far from Lowell, acquired it early on. She explains why it...
With Spotify in the crosshairs following Neil Young’s exodus from the music streaming service over the disinformation the site’s podcasts are enabling, it may be time to look at how we receive, buy and listen to music these days. Gone are albums and CD’s, in any meaningful numbers, because 84 percent of music sales revenue (in the U.S. alone) comes from streaming. It may also be time to reconsider the idea that online music sources are living up to their promises of the “democratization of music.” Paul Bisbort clues us in on the playing field.