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July 18, 2008

Producer, deadbeat dad Scott Storch strapped for cash

3:15 PM Fri, Jul 18, 2008 |
Christy Robinson   E-mail   News tips

storch3.jpgI'll be honest. Behind the scenes details don't interest me much. So I'd never heard of this Scott Storch character (former pianist for The Roots and producer of several pop and hip-hop hits, for those of you who didn't know, either) until embarrassing revelations about his bling-to-broke situation got plastered all over the Web recently. Check out the story, a few videos of his hits and other info here.

(AP photo: Storch with Paris Hilton in 2006)

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Nas tickets go on sale today

11:08 AM Fri, Jul 18, 2008 |
Dawn Burkes   E-mail   News tips

MTV TRL Nas .JPGTickets for "The Jones Experience," with Nas and special guests (can I get an amen?) Talib Kweli at the House of Blues, went on sale today at 10 a.m. The show is scheduled for Aug. 26, and tickets are $35 to $75. Also scheduled to perform are DJ Green Lantern and Jay Electronica.

DJ Green Lantern and Nas released a mixtape preceding Nas' new, untitled project. You know, the one with that word that caused a bit of an uproar. Need some incentive besides the invective used to originally title the album? Downloads are us.

(Peter Kramer/AP Photo)

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Dave Marsh's questionable praise for Alejandro Escovedo

2:00 AM Fri, Jul 18, 2008 |
Thor Christensen   E-mail   News tips

Dave Marsh is one of rock's all-time best (and feistiest) critics. But at age 58, he's still got a thing or two to learn about journalistic ethics.
The noted Springsteen biographer and Creem co-founder recently published a lengthy story in the Austin Chronicle praising rocker Alejandro Escovedo. Problem is, Escovedo's new manager is Marsh's wife, Barbara Carr.
True, Escovedo deserves any glowing press he gets, especially in his hometown. And Marsh does admit in the story he's married to Carr, but claims her work "has nothing to do with me."
Possibly. But if Mr. Escovedo wasn't Carr's new client, what are the chances a big-time writer like Mr. Marsh would deign to write an epic story about him in an Austin weekly?


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