CHUCK IS THE KING

American singer and songwriter, and one of the pioneers of rock and roll music. With songs such as “Maybellene” (1955), “Roll Over Beethoven” (1956), “Rock and Roll Music” (1957) and “Johnny B. Goode” (1958), Berry refined and developed rhythm and blues into the major elements that made rock and roll distinctive. Writing lyrics that focused [...]

SPRINGSTEEN:THE RIVER

THE RIVER was the fifth studio album by Bruce Springsteen. Released on October 17, 1980 it was Springsteen’s only double album. Produced by Jon Landau, Springsteen, and bandmate Steven Van Zandt, the album was Springsteen’s first to go #1 on the Billboard 200. Minus the Chipmunk version of Hungry Heart, this river runs true.

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REMAIN IN LIGHT WAS A GAME CHANGER

REMAIN IN LIGHT was the fourth studio album by American rock band Talking Heads, released on October 8, 1980 by Sire Records.It was recorded at Compass Point Studios in the Bahamas and Sigma Sound Studios in Philadelphia between July and August 1980 and produced by longtime collaborator Brian Eno. It’s dense polyrhythms changed the course [...]

This Day: EDDIE KENDRICKS

American singer and songwriter. Noted for his distinctive falsetto singing style, Kendricks co-founded the Motown singing group The Temptations, and was one of their lead singers from 1960 until 1971. His was the lead voice on such famous songs as “The Way You Do The Things You Do”, “Get Ready”, and “Just My Imagination (Running [...]

Time Out of Mind: A Struggle But Worth It

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How Her Majesty Got Spliced!

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GO GO GODZILLA

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TANG by Kenny Scharf

Kenny Scharf

Date: 2007

THANK GOODNESS FOR ROBERT HUNTER

Robert Hunter brought a humanity to The Dead, with characters as big or small and real as each song needed, any of whom could have sprung from the essential Anthology of American Folk Music (from where Hunter hailed). How much did the band owe this modern folk shape shifter for the poetic gravity he brought [...]