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GRAMMY Week: Social Media Rock Star Summit @ Co...12724

This being my third year covering GRAMMY week, one of my favorite events is the Social Media Rock Star Summit....

February 13, 2012
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GRAMMY Quickie: Best Hard Rock/Metal Performanc...12722

Artist: Dream Theater Nominated track: “On the Backs of Angels” from their 2011 release A Dramatic Turn of Events HardRockChick:...

February 12, 2012
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GRAMMY Quickie: Best Hard Rock/Metal Performanc...12720

Artist: Sum 41 Nominated track: “Blood In My Eyes” from their 2011 release Screaming Bloody Murder HardRockChick: What is it...

February 12, 2012
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Breakin’ the Law: GRAMMY week- Entertainm...12717

I knew this was going to be one of the most action-packed, geeky, and start-studded days of my life…and the...

February 11, 2012
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GRAMMY Foundation’s Music Preservation Pr...12707

There’s been one thing that has remained completely consistent on this blog since it started five years ago, and that’s...

February 10, 2012
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GRAMMY Glam: Spinderella & DJ Lo Down Lore...12700

My GRAMMY week was kicked off in style- with a dress up event celebrating beauty and music. I started the...

February 9, 2012
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Silent Scream: Fun Fun Fun Fest Day 3: Slayer,...12638

“It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was...

November 9, 2011
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Wild Side: Sunset Strip Music Festival, 8/18-20/1112380

I’ve got two words for you: Sunset Strip. What comes to mind? Somewhere in the plethora of imagery that these...

August 26, 2011
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The Day I Tried To Live: Soundgarden, Queens of...12344

By the end of it I decided that I will never do rail at a big show again. After years...

August 3, 2011
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My Own Summer (Shove It): Deftones, The Dilling...12195

Last summer was the “summer of my discontent“. This summer, I am intent on making it my own. To do...

June 7, 2011
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Personal Jesus: 7th Annual MusiCares MAP Fund C...12157

When your hobby begins to take more and more time and you don’t get paid for it but you treat...

May 11, 2011
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The 53rd Annual GRAMMY Awards and Afterparty @ ...11889

We had approximately 30 minutes between the Pre-Tel and the Telecast to run to the Social Media suite and recharge...

February 20, 2011
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53rd Annual GRAMMY Pre-Telecast @ LA Convention...11880

Last year’s GRAMMY Pre-Tel was one of the surprise highlights of my GRAMMY adventure. On paper, it looks really boring:...

February 20, 2011
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The Clive Davis Pre-GRAMMY Gala @ The Beverly H...11876

The Clive Davis Pre-GRAMMY Gala is one of the hottest tickets of the year. Beyond the star-studded guest list, the...

February 19, 2011
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Social Media Rock Star Summit @ The Conga Room,...11870

My first event to cover as the Rock community blogger for the GRAMMYs- my second year in this role- was...

February 18, 2011
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The How, What, and Why of HRC at the GRAMMYs10685

I was sitting in my room at my parent’s house in Texas writing this review at about 2am when an...

February 6, 2010
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The 2010 Alternative GRAMMY Winner – HRC&...10682

The Best Alternative Music Album went to Phoenix, who were one happy little bunch of Frenchmen going up to accept...

February 5, 2010
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The 2010 Rock GRAMMY Winners – HRC's...10680

It was a pretty good year for Rock at the GRAMMYs. In brushing up on my GRAMMY knowledge over the...

February 5, 2010
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GRAMMY Week: High on Life- The 52nd Annual GRAM...10675

After leaving the Pre-Tel, I had about a 30 minute window before the climax of the weekend, the real deal...

February 4, 2010
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GRAMMY Week: Casual Sunday – Pre-Tel GRAM...10671

I didn’t know what dress I was going to wear until the last minute. I brought options…none expensive, none extravagant,...

February 4, 2010
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GRAMMY Week: Special Merit Awards honoring Leon...10667

As my cab pulled up to the Wilshire Ebell theater again, I saw a long line wrapped around the building,...

February 3, 2010
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GRAMMY Week: Harvest Moon: Neil Young receives ...10660

After leaving the Social Media Rock Star summit, I stopped by the Staples Center to see what watching rehearsals would...

February 3, 2010
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GRAMMY Week: Social Media Rock Star Summit: Nik...10655

Being the geek that I am, I was actually most excited to attend this event of everything on my agenda...

February 2, 2010
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GRAMMY Week: Music Television: Cue the Music w/...10648

It would be the beginning of my GRAMMY adventure. I had jumped off the plane, checked into my hotel, and...

February 1, 2010
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What's the Alternative? 2009 in Alt-Rock10566

It’s challenging to write about what happened to a genre of music in 2009 when it’s as loosely defined as...

January 3, 2010
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It Was a Rockin' 2009- A Look Back10560

2009: the last year of the first decade of the new millennium.  It proved to be a year rife with...

January 2, 2010
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HRC's Commentary on the Alternative GRAMMY...10331

The Alternative category is a collection of misfits; artists who’s work doesn’t’ cleanly fit in one genre. Perhaps this is...

December 5, 2009
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