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He denies his demise

MEXICO CITY — Mexican singer Sergio Vega was murdered while on a national tour at the weekend, just hours after denying reports of his death, local media reported. The 40-year-old singer, known as El Shaka, was driving his red Cadillac to a concert in the northern Mexican state of Sinaloa on Saturday when his car [...]

And the musical answer is…

Musicians intent on rock stardom can now turn to a simple file scan that uses an algorithm to improve odds at scoring a chart-topper. That’s the idea behind Music Intelligence Solutions’ Hit Song Science (HSS) technology located on uPlaya.com. The technology mathematically analyzes the underlying patterns in a track, including harmony, chord progression and lyrics. [...]

Beatles officially bigger than Jesus, for now

More than forty years after John Lennon invoked the ire of Christians by claiming his band was bigger than Jesus, he has been proven right by an analysis of search terms on Google’s search engine. In the last four weeks more computer users have typed in the search word “Beatles” on the Google website than [...]

One more reason not to sing Karaoke

STAMFORD, CT — Police arrested six women and charged them in the assault of a 25-year-old woman following an argument over her singing performance during karaoke night at a a downtown bar and restaurant. Stamford police Lt. Sean Cooney said the six women ages 19 to 20 made derogatory comments about the woman’s singing ability [...]

I should be thrilled?

MEXICO CITY — The fact that 12,937 people donning black fedoras, white gloves, and aviator sunglasses danced all at the same time to the late Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” on what would have been his 51st birthday tops my “weird” for today. And even more bizarre, there is already a Guinness record (albeit only 242 wannabes [...]