By: Greg Mitchell R.E.M. joins the "elite" tonight, along with Patti Smith and others. Patti marked the occasion with a New York Times op-ed today, musing about whether the whole idea of such a hall of fame doesn't fit the rock 'n roll revolutionary mindset. Conclusion: She'll be there. As far as I know, Van Morrison was just about the only artist who truly stayed away on principle. I could be wrong.
Here Stipe fronts a combined R.E.M. and U2 assemblage on the latter's "One."
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Led Zeppelin visits "Gilligan's Island"--
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Jon Stewart on Libby and Novak:
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Word that the son of "The Big Bopper" wants to dig up his body -- something about Buddy Holly's gun maybe being used in that tragic 1959 plane crash -- sent us scurrying for vintage Buddy and Bopper clips.
Buddy Holly and the Crickets -- "Oh Boy."The Big Bopper -- "Chantilly Lace."
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