Hard To Believe It’s Been 35 Years Since John Lennon Was Assassinated.
Where were you when John Lennon was killed outside the Dakota on the evening of December 8, 1980? Were you even born yet? And you know him, no matter what age you are.
Read MoreWhere were you when John Lennon was killed outside the Dakota on the evening of December 8, 1980? Were you even born yet? And you know him, no matter what age you are.
Read MoreI remember exactly what I was doing the first time Queen’s “Bohemian Rhapsody” came on the radio (the story here). The song was so unbelievably weird in the context of the times that
Read MoreOn October 22, 1990, a new band called Mookie Blaylock took to the stage at a tiny Seattle club called the Off Ramp. It was a fairly unremarkable Monday evening except for the
Read MoreThat title requires some explanation. At our wedding twenty-five years ago yesterday, my wife was most dismayed at my unwillingness to dance. (Hey, it’s just not my thing, okay?) She remarked “You will
Read MoreAny science buff or Big Bang Theory fan has heard about the Large Hadron Collider (LHC). The CERN particle physics lab is celebrating its 60th anniversary on Monday. To celebrate, some scientists there
Read MoreAs part of the 5th annual BBC Radio Wales Music Day, there will be a celebration of the 30th anniversary of The Alarm’s first album Declaration. Frontman Mike Peters worked with the BBC
Read MoreTwenty years ago today, Kurt’s body was still lying undiscovered in a room above a Greenhouse at his home on Lake Washington Boulevard East in Seattle. The world wouldn’t hear the news until
Read MoreThis has been floating around the Interwebs for a long time, but since today would have been Kurt’s 47th birthday, it’s a good time to post it. For now, Nirvana leader Kurt Cobain and his new wife,
Read MoreThere is no way to overstate the impact these performances had not only on music but on popular culture. More than 73 million Americans (somewhere around 40% of the entire population) tuned in
Read MoreOkay, so it won’t be a proper reunion since 50% of the band remains stubbornly dead. But Paul and Ringo are in good shape. And the 50th anniversary of that landmark Ed Sullivan
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