Motown Meltdown News

 
REVIEW: Dancing in the Streets at the Liverpool Empire
Liverpool Echo
by Alan Weston, Liverpool Echo WITH the global economy in meltdown and the recession refusing to lift, pure escapism has never been more important. For that reason alone, this show should probably be prescribed on the NHS. As jukebox musicals go, ...

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Tisch Beats Buffett With 8% Return
BusinessWeek
He then breaks into a smooth, tenor rendition of one of the Motown trio's 1960s hits. “You can't hurry love,” Tisch croons, slicing the air with his hand. “No, you just have to wait.” Tisch, 59, says he won't rush into any big purchase, partly because ...

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Tisch Beats Buffett With 8% Return Citing Diana Ross on Strategy
San Francisco Chronicle
Yet Tisch hasn't made a big purchase in five years, holding off even during the 2008 and 2009 financial meltdown, when the Standard & Poor's 500 Index fell more than 50 percent. Tisch gives a musical answer when asked about acquisitions.

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UAB Kaleidoscope
Movie meltdown; The most anticipated movies of summer 2012
UAB Kaleidoscope
Not unlike “Dreamgirls,” the film, a remake of the film of the same name from 1976 that launched “Fame” and “Flashdance” singer Irene Cara, revolves around a fictional group in the Motown mold in the 60s-70s eras. Will it be more “Dreamgirls” than ...


 
RollingStone.com
Aaron Freeman, a.k.a. Gene Ween, Releases Solo Debut
RollingStone.com
Though his relocation follows an onstage meltdown with Ween in Vancouver last year, it is not Freeman's first time sober. It is his most serious, however, and he plans to employ what he has described as a "sober ninja" on future tours.

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Salon
At this weekend's talks, non-European leaders will seek assurances that European leaders could contain the damage from a banking meltdown in Greece. They worry about a panic that could spill into Portugal, Spain and other indebted European countries ...

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