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  Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla.

  The courage of Joan Didion

  Since Joan Didion died on Dec. 23 at age 87, there’s been a tsunami of salutes to her published everywhere from the New Yorker to (I am not kidding) Golf.com, praising the steely elegance of her prose, the sharpness of her intellect, the innovation of her style. I would add her courage, and thank her for its impact on me. The early days of Didion’s storied career, her run as one of the few ...

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  LA Times

  The Doors' John Densmore remembers Joan Didion, Eve Babitz and Jim Morrison

  Yes, Morrison's pants were leather. Yes, Densmore slept with Eve — and other questions answered as the Doors drummer remembers L.A.'s two writer-icons.

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  The essential Joan Didion: An L.A. Times reading list for newcomers and fans alike

  The author, who died Thursday, produced decades' worth of memorable work. Here's our guide to starting — or continuing — your Didion journey.

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  Joan Didion, peerless prose stylist, dies at 87

  The revered author and essayist was a uniquely clear-eyed critic of turbulent times.

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  Gillmor Gang: Get Back

  Today we sat on the deck with our daughter Ella and her boyfriend Nick. Knowing of my fascination with all things Beatles, Nick gave me a Japanese 45 of "Get Back" flipped with "Don’t Let Me Down." In the waning days of the Beatles’ partnership, the band decided to return to a more slimmed down production style, minus overdubs and plus a live feel.

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  Monkees/Badfinger/Nazz Supergroup Gets Back to ’68 by Touring Beatles’ ‘White Album’

  The 50th anniversary re-release of 1969's “Abbey Road” may be just days away, but that doesn't mean Beatles fans have been there and done that when it comes to celebrating '68\. Todd Rundgren, the Monkees' Mickey Dolenz, Badfinger's Joey Molland and several other name musicians of a certain vintage are teaming up to go out […]

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  Consequence of Sound

  Todd Rundgren, Micky Dolenz, Christopher Cross team for Beatles’ White Album 50th anniversary tour

  Plus Chicago’s Jason Scheff and Bandfinger’s Joey MollandTodd Rundgren, Micky Dolenz, Christopher Cross team for Beatles' White Album 50th anniversary tour Ming Lee Newcomb

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  The Conversation

  The Beatles White Album at 50: its avant garde eclecticism still inspires

  Fifty years after its release, the Beatles' White Album continues to inspire and provoke creativity.

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  Variety

  Giles Martin Re-Meets ‘The Beatles’: White Album ‘Hits You Across the Face Again’

  “Back in the USSR” is back in the top 10. Or the album that contains it is, anyway. Newly released 50thanniversary editions of “The Beatles,” popularly known as the White Album, are selling in strong enough amounts that the group’s 1968 landmark is expected to easily reenter the top 10 of the sales chart for […]

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  The Daily Beast

  The ‘White Album’ at 50: A Beatles’ Masterpiece Just Got Even Better

  To commemorate its 50th anniversary, a new (and improved) version of one of the Fab Four’s best is seeing the light of day.

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