Every once in a while, we encounter a person who turns out to be very, very important to the evolution of life on Earth. There are religious figures—Jesus, the Buddha, Muhammad; scientists: Isaac
Read MoreIf you had to name the most influential artists in the history of rock, who would they be? I’m talking about the people who changed things, moved things, and otherwise propelled things forward
Read MoreI remember where I was when I heard that David Bowie had died. It was 2:30 in the morning on Monday, January 11, 2016. I was already having a restless night, so instead
Read MoreIf there’s an official mission statement for the kind of music we all love, it’s “sex, drugs, and rock’n’roll.” These are the three main food groups in this world. All three of these
Read MoreGoing on tour is hard. You’re away from home for months at a time. There’s little sleep, bad food, too many drugs, a surfeit of alcohol, late nights, temptations into bad behavior, crazy
Read MoreHere’s a simple question with a very complicated answer—and I’m not even sure we know the answer: why do we have music? There’s no known evolutionary or biological need for it. We could
Read MoreThere are so many things in this universe that we just can’t explain. Science, law enforcement, researchers, internet detectives—they continue to come up empty. The fate of Amelia Earhart is a good one.
Read MoreEver hear of Jeremy Bentham? He was an Englishman, a political philosopher who lived in the 18th and 19th centuries—and he was, by all measures of his time, a radical. He was against
Read MoreIn 1938, a 23-year-old graphic designer named Alex Steinweiss was hired as the first-ever art director for Columbia Records in New York. He was assigned a project: to help promote a new release
Read MoreThis is going to be a very visual program, which may be a bit of a challenge because you’re either listening to this as a radio show or a podcast, so I need
Read MoreIt’s one thing to simply listen to a song. We find certain forms of organized noise very pleasant—and it can be great. But there’s a way to make listening to music even better.
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