I had an older brother who listened to the Beatles, and I loved them. But he told me I Links of London listen to the Beatles because they were 'his' band. So I went to the 'B' section (at the record store) and, probably standing on the tip of my toes, discovered The Beach Boys." He claimed the Boys for himself, absorbing doses of their sunny upbeat spirit and ways with a killer hook. "A good hook is a good hook, regardless ofLinks of London Star of David Charmsong," Roberts notes, hence the many melodic moments adorning his songs. He gets away with what some might deem musical murder for songs aimed at kids, including abrupt time signature switches, swings from major to minor keys, "pretty heavy electric guitars" and "other weird stuff." No problem, though: "Those are the songs the kids love." Not to mention, of course, "their parents, too." FAMILY FEST: What: Family Fest with Justin Roberts & The Not Ready For Naptime Players and Steely Pan When: 1 p.m. Sunday Where: CEFCULinks of London Z CharmStage at Bloomington Center for the Performing Arts, 600 N. East St. Tickets: $5 (under 3, free) Box office: 866-686-9541 Credit: The Pantagraph, Bloomington, Ill. Come September, we'll have the chance to watch Douglas reprise his Oscar-winning Wall Street role -- as disgraced corporate raider Gordon Gekko -- in Wall Street: Among the standouts: longtime pal DannyLinks of London y Charm(co-star of "Romancing the Stone," co-star and director of "The War of the Roses") as Ben's old college chum; "Juno's" witty Olivia Thirlby as an unwilling, and disgusted, target of Ben's clumsy come-ons; and "Zombieland's" Jesse Eisenberg (also starring in this week's "Holy Rollers") as a shy college guy Ben tutors in the art of scoring with hot college chicks.
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