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There's always been an unresolvable tension between artistry and fame. Very few people find fame to be what they had hoped. It comes with a lot of strings attached. It's like a drug — once you've had it, you spend the rest of your life chasing more...
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Sony Pictures and Apple Corps Ltd. will be teaming with filmmaker Sam Mendes on the production of four movies, each about the life of each of the Beatles. A link to the Deadline.com article by Mike Fleming Jr is here. — Read the rest The post...
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Nick and Stef, The Cosmic Fingers, 2012. PIC CREDIT: Andy Theobald. When I heard that Lancaster punk, Stefan Holden, lead singer with No Agenda, had...
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Pop music, how does that go? A four count, some verses, a chorus, a danceable beat. Extremely palatable. Any bar can play a pop mix and not have anyone storm out in a huff. The lyrics are usually romance-focused, sweet or spiteful, pining, maybe a li...
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Cleveland has always played a sleepy, yet vital role in churning out heroes of modern music: Alan Freed, The Pretenders, the Dead Boys, Devo, Trent Reznor and many more. At the edge of this bright tapestry lies a rough thread: Peter Laughner. ̵...
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On September 20, 1977, The Fonz donned swim trunks and, er, his leather jacket, and dared to do a water-ski jump over a shark penned in off the coast of Hawaii. Aaaayyyyy. Two decades later, Jon Hein launched JumpTheShark.com and Fonzie's stunt becam...
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Sydney Sweeney, star of The White Lotus and Euphoria, is featured in the video for a song on The Rolling Stones' first studio album since 2016. The song is called "Angry" and the album is called Hackney Diamonds, scheduled for release in October 2023...