Tix Corporation Achieves Another Milestone With 250,000 Discount Dinner Reservations Sold in Las Vegas in 2008 (GlobeNewswire via Yahoo! Finance)

STUDIO CITY, Calif., Jan. 5, 2009 -- Tix Corporation , a leading integrated entertainment company providing discount and premium ticketing services, event and branded merchandising, and production/promotion of live concert and theatrical events, today announced that during 2008, the Company sold more than 250,000 discount dinner reservations to Las Vegas area restaurants.

Mogul of Margaritaville (Pensacola News Journal)

LAS VEGAS — It's like the world's biggest beach party, hosted by the world's richest beach bum.

Margaritaville mogul Jimmy Buffett cashes in on tropical image (The Salt Lake Tribune)

Las Vegas » It's like the world's biggest beach party, hosted by the world's richest beach bum. The 15,000 fans packing the sold-out MGM Grand arena were enjoying the final concert of the season by Jimmy Buffett, the singer whose popularity and fortune grow greater even as his hair grows

Kool and the Gang keep celebration alive after 44 years (Erie Times-News)

A lot of kids who grew up listening to Kool the Gang are now grandparents.

More schools getting in tune with mariachi (AP via Yahoo! News)

Jose Perez often butted heads with his grandfather, who emigrated from Mexico years ago and feared his American-born grandson didn't appreciate the sacrifices his family made. Then the teenager started playing the music of the elder's homeland.

A pirate cashes in on his image (York Daily Record)

Jimmy Buffett, who turned 62 on Christmas Day, long ago became an icon of certain baby boomers - perhaps the least-hip demographic in the United States - by offering the dream of throwing off their responsibilities for his tropical party vibe. But in the past decade, this chronicler of Margaritaville has really cashed in on his image.