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			<title><![CDATA[More Motown rock!]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[I knew readers would email to add names to my abbreviated list of Motown rock acts in Wednesday's Detroit News story on Power of Zeus
For me, Rare Earth were the best, I loved them growing up and I was surprised to hear Berry Gordy tell Gil Bridges last year, &quot;You guys should have made]]></description>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2009 22:41:32</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[New CD of early Bob Seger cuts out soon]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Good news for longtime Bob Seger fans from Tom Weschler, who just co-authored the &quot;Travelin' Man' photo book documenting his years with Seger.


A Weschler photograph will grace the cover of a new CD, &quot;Early Seger Vol. 1&quot; that will bring together some of Seger's]]></description>
			<author>(Susan Whitall)</author>
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			<pubDate>Sat, 31 Oct 2009 12:02:03</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Dame Elizabeth Taylor on Michael Jackson in 'This is It']]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Who needs movie reviewers?


Actress Elizabeth Taylor, good buds with Michael Jackson for years, expressed herself on her Twitter feed, over and over, about &quot;This is It,&quot; the documentary about Jackson's rehearsals for his ill-fated string of London concerts that was deep-sixed by his]]></description>
			<author>(Susan Whitall)</author>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2009 00:07:39</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Alice Cooper on growing up in Detroit with Soupy]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Alice Cooper passed on his thoughts on Soupy Sales' passing via his publicist Bob Merlis.

&quot;Being from Detroit, I came home every day and watched Soupy at lunch. One of the greatest moments of my life was getting piefaced by Soupy. He was one of my all time heros.&quot;

Here's a clip of]]></description>
			<author>(Susan Whitall)</author>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 23:49:18</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Soupy Sales' jazz legacy]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Apart from Soupy Sales' obvious contributions to the comedy of anarchy that helped usher in the '60s as we know it, Soupy also presented some of the best jazz performers on the planet when he hosted a nighttime jazz/talk show out of Detroit in the mid-'50s.

Acts like Miles Davis, Charlie Parker,]]></description>
			<author>(Susan Whitall)</author>
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			<pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2009 12:21:28</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[RIP Soupy Sales]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Even though he'd been ill a long time, it's still a shock to hear that Soupy Sales is gone.


It's amazing to watch old clips on youtube, it makes me realize how modern and timeless Soupy's humor was...

My favorite video, of Soupy being &quot;surprised&quot; by an exotic dancer (out of view),]]></description>
			<author>(Susan Whitall)</author>
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			<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 00:00:36</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Book discussion: Grand River & Joy]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[While visiting Book Beat in Oak Park Thursday night for a Bob Seger photo book event, I was reminded that the store is hosting Susan Messer, the author of the novel &quot;Grand River &amp; Joy,&quot; from 2:30-3:30 p.m. Sunday.

I'd been fascinated with the cover of &quot;Grand River &amp;]]></description>
			<author>(Susan Whitall)</author>
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			<pubDate>Thu, 22 Oct 2009 21:54:44</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Lawrence Welk...]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[This is what growing up in the '60s was all about...we had a &quot;straight&quot; popular culture that sometimes made the mistake of venturing over into the so-called counter-culture.


Here the &quot;attractive young couple&quot; Dale and Gail from the Lawrence Welk show present their version]]></description>
			<author>(Susan Whitall)</author>
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			<pubDate>Tue, 20 Oct 2009 22:43:25</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[Little Steven Picks the Top 20 New York Songs...]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Little Steven picked the Top 20 New York songs ...so what would be the Top 20 Detroit songs?

I'm making my list...]]></description>
			<author>(Susan Whitall)</author>
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			<pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2009 21:45:40</pubDate>
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			<title><![CDATA[What is jazz?]]></title>
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			<description><![CDATA[Well let's be careful about what it isn't -- smooth jazz, which has been on everybody's mind this week after it went away from the Detroit dial -- started out as a genre of soft, contemporary instrumentals, but evolved into a mix of R&amp;B, pop and those atmospheric instrumentals.


Whatever it]]></description>
			<author>(Susan Whitall)</author>
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			<pubDate>Mon, 12 Oct 2009 23:40:33</pubDate>
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