So while Maura’s off at SXSW or Margaritaville … [Hard Rock Park]

Larry emailed us this:
So while Maura’s off at SXSW or Margaritaville or wherever the hell she’s going this spring, I’m being sent to Myrtle Beach in June for the opening of the Hard Rock Park, the long-awaited rock-themed…

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Don Henley Already Looking Forward To Sweeping 2009 Grammy Awards [Take It Easy, Academy Voters]

Found this post:
Hey, did you know that the Eagles won a Grammy last night? Yes, their wooing of the Grand Ol’ Opry crowd led to them taking home the Country Performance by a Duo or Group With Vocals award for their…

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Apparently, Don Henley & Co. did the nation’s … [Eagles]

Sam wrote to us about:
Apparently, Don Henley & Co. did the nation’s Super Bowl halftime show watchers a big favor: Instead of being jilted by the game’s halftime-show planning committee in favor of the much more tolerable…

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Eagles Defeated In Super Bowl Hafltime Stakes [Take It Easy, Everybody]

Found this post:
So a few months ago it looked like Henley and Frey Ltd. were going to ruin the year’s most expensive TV time slot, with the Eagles rumored to be the entertainment for the 2008 Super Bowl halftime…

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In case you haven’t bought your copy of Long … [Dick Moves]

Sara wrote to us about:
In case you haven’t bought your copy of Long Road Out Of Eden yet, there’s good news: Only three weeks after its release, the album’s coming out in a deluxe two-disc version, complete with 40-page…

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Don Van Cleave, the head of the Coalition … [Take It Easy, Everybody]

Came across this today:
Don Van Cleave, the head of the Coalition of Independent Music Stores, on the Eagles’ so-called Wal-Mart exclusive and its performance on his sales chart of shops that are decidedly not the…

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“Billboard” Fusses With Its Chart Rules, Clears Eagles’ Path To No. 1 [Take It Easy, Everybody]

Interesting:
Hoping to evade the possibility of an asterisk-tainted chart, the powers that be at Billboard and Nielsen SoundScan changed their rules for charting albums last night in such a way to ensure that the…

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Blanking ‘Blackout’: Eagles Declare Victory Over Britney [Take It Easy, Everybody]

This is interesting:
Those of us who regard following the Billboard charts as our version of sports fandom have a problem, of the Roger Maris-in-1961 variety, to contend with on this week’s album charts: two different,…

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Last week, people around the world had to … [Britney Spears]

Interesting:
Last week, people around the world had to make a difficult choice, a choice between drugged-out, leathery pop musicians of two very different generations. England chose Glenn Frey and Don Henley….

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Can The Eagles Still Snatch No. 1 From Britney? [Take It Easy, Everybody]

Came across this today:
Britney Spears’ Blackout is already being projected as the decisive winner on next week’s Billboard albums chart, but Eagles manager Irving Azoff tells Billboard that Britney fans shouldn’t be too…

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