The Sistine Chapel in the Vatican is one of the most well-known religious sites in the world, built in the 15th century and with its frescos painted by Michelangelo in the 16th. Not
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Sure, Eddie has Pearl Jam and his solo work. But how many people remember Hovercraft? And no, this wasn’t some long-lost pre-Pearl Jam band. Eddie played drums in Hovercraft and his ex-wife Beth
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So you’re a Radiohead fan and you’ve listened to their 2000 CD, Kid A, a million times and you know every word and every note.. But do you really know everything about the
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Once upon a time not so long ago, it was illegal–criminal!–to be anything other than heterosexual. Any hint that you may be something other than straight could get you into all sorts of
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Blur has been with us since 1988 and were one of the two biggest bands of the Britpop era (Oasis being the other one). Here are a few miscellaneous facts about them. (1)
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There are few instruments more powerful than the electric guitar. When the first primitive models appeared in the 1920s, no one gave them much thought. The electric guitar was brand new, unproven, and
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In 1942, music in America stopped. It had nothing to do with World War II, either. It was a strike. The head of the American Federation of Musicians, James Petrillo, ordered all members
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It’s always a shock when we hear that a rock star has died. But when the news of Chris Cornell came out on May 18, 2017, it was extra-jarring. The overall impression was
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This universe is very weird. And what makes things even weirder is that we often stop to question its weirdness even though it’s right in front of us. We’re too close and completely
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Once upon a time not so long ago, it was illegal–criminal!–to be anything other than heterosexual. Any hint that you may be something other than straight could get you into all sorts of
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Have you ever had to work together with your significant other? I don’t mean things like housework, parenting, or anything like that. I’m talking about a job–your primary source of income–where the two
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