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posted: August 1, 2011
This is like a real life mashup, but better. The Olympics: making punk uncool since 776 B.C. Everybody knows ’90s kids programming was the best. I’d buy the glasses¦but the hat? Thanks for the support,…
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Sound And Vision: Cover Me — Ten Remakes Of Great Songs That Are Better Than The Originals
posted: June 24, 2011
“Have you lost your mind?!” That’s the thought bubble I could have sworn I saw spring from my friend’s head several weeks ago when I mentioned that my all-time favorite remake is Aretha Franklin‘s 1971…
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Rock Muses – The Women Who Inspired The Music
posted: March 8, 2011
All great artists require some form of inspiration, a spark that drives their work. Inspiration can be found everywhere and, of course, a lot of guys find their inspiration in girls. Let’s take a look at a few…
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End of the Revolution: Has Pop Lost Its Social Conscience?
posted: January 14, 2011
“You say you want a revolution,” The Beatles taunted in 1968. Seventeen years later, the Cult declared, “There’s a revolution.” When Tracy Chapman started “talkin’ ’bout a revolution” in 1988, she left the battlefield with…
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GRAMMY Nom Says The Beatles are History/iTunes Brings Them Up To Date
posted: December 13, 2010
Fab, groovy, prophetic; the list of adjectives applied to the Beatles and their music could fill a thesaurus. But there’s one designation that you might not have seen coming; historic. Sure, everybody knows that even…
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Q&A With Jim Henke, Vice President of Exhibitions and Curatorial Affairs at the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame
posted: November 23, 2010
Located in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum, Inc. is home to an invaluable collection of information and artifacts from the world’s greatest rock artists. The nonprofit organization also…
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