Describe Rick Springfield in three words?: Mmm. Mmm. Mmm.

Rick Springfield has been around since most of us were pissing in our Pampers. Hell, some of our readers weren't even conceived when the Sydney-born star first hit the airwaves back in the early 70s. Yet even a with career spanning over 50 years and 17 albums, he has somehow maintained an aura of humility about him, mimicking the passion and ambition of a young artist fresh out of the gate. And the guy doesn't look like he's aged a day (WTF is up with that?). The Grammy winner/author/TV actor just finished recording his new album, Songs for the End of the World.

This month, you're about to get the inside track on everything Springfield when the original documentary An Affair of the Heart; Rick Springfield hits EPIX on May 15th. You'll find out that people's passion for him transcends gender, age, and international borders. This rock-out-loud film gives us all an inside look into his personal life, his highs and lows, as well as the lives of a handful of Springfield's super fans and the connections that have developed over the years all because of his music. Truth be told, it was hard not to be too giddy ourselves when we had the chance to talk to the man himself before the premiere about his upcoming projects, his love for the fans and his method of dealing with lusty ladies and their semi- tolerant hubbies.

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There's nothing more synonymous with Metal than booze, so we've concocted some adult mixed beverages whose ingredients were inspired by some of our favorite Metal songs. Since no one on staff is a licensed bartender, we asked actor and metal aficionado Steve Sharkey, who moonlights as a bartender at the infamously rowdy karaoke bar The Gaslite in Santa Monica, to help make these drinks drinkable. Cheers Metalheads!More »

Vintage footage of a scrapped VH1 pilot featuring musician/producer/all-around genius Jon Brion was posted yesterday on the Youtube account of filmmaker Paul Thomas Anderson.  Known for his impressive portfolio of album and film work, Brion has collaborated with artistic heavyweights from Fiona Apple and Aimee Mann to Anderson himself. Though the show was never picked up by the music video channel, the footage survived. More »

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Lahna Turner

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Hot chicks are always appreciated in society, but meet one like Lahna Turner who can make you pee your pants with laughter and you've got yourself a rare find. Juggling a successful comedy career, a husband (fellow comedian Ralphie May), two kids an upcoming role in the movie "Teacher of the Year," and a freakin' podcast, we wonder if there's anything this superwoman can't do.

She's mastered the art of the guitar and utilizes it flawlessly with her greatest asset (no, not her boobs), her voice. Belting out a slew of song hilarity, Lahna has the gift of writing catchy melodies with chirpy, delightfully crude lyrics that make for one hell of an act. With two comedy albums "If These Lips Could Talk" and "D!@k Jokes and Other Assorted Love Songs" under her belt, you can tell what kind of message she is conveying and that message is straight up funny. Lahna is coming out to the Brea Improv this Tuesday August 14th for one night only so if you like good music and a good laugh (and really, who doesn't?), you have to get your tickets now!

OC Weekly (Ali Lerman): I have to tell you first that I talked to your hubby Ralphie and he told me of your genius of buying Easter candy the day after for ½ off. Mad props!

Lahna Turner: Yeah! [Laughs.] He's like the original goy anyways. Now we go out the day after Christmas to do Christmas shopping. I've got it on my schedule like, why go out the day before when everything goes on sale the day after? The kids are like, they're celebrating Christmas across the street tonight and we're like, they don't know it is tomorrow. They're wrong and we've got it right. I tweeted something about it and he thought it was funny so he kept re-tweeting it and making fun of me.

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John Kraus and the Goers

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Throw a rock anywhere in Orange County and chances are you'll hit a musician. But musicians who double as captains of ocean-traveling vessels are a bit harder to find. One is John Kraus, a founding member of one of the county's best bands of the 1990s, Trip the Spring, as well as front man for Bodie and his latest incarnation, John Kraus and the Goers.

 Music came first for Kraus, who unveils his latest CD Friday, Derelict, at Big's in Fullerton. But a junior high field trip to the tall ship The Pilgrim in Dana Point stuck with him for years. In 1995, while Trip the Spring was at its peak, he began volunteering for the kid's program on the Pilgrim and basically "got bit by the tall ship bug." He has since studied to gain his master's captain license, which allows him to skipper vessels up to 100 tons.

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Cole Becker of Emily's Army

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Milo Greene

Milo Greene
Fingerprints
7/16/12

If Milo Greene sounded at all plaintive at their (unofficial) record release show last night at Fingerprints in Long Beach, it's not because they weren't excited play the popular local record store -- they made their excitement clear between songs, telling the packed record store how they had only seen their CDs that day. Their vocal harmonies did seem to croon a kind of sweet grief, but still soared through the small, crowded room, coaxing a swoon out of even the most stationary soul. Even though theirs was a short set, they still got their point across: Milo Greene might not be a real guy, but his is a name that you should know by now.


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