Young adult (aka YA) fiction has been big business over the last decade, ranging from Harry Potter to The Hunger Games. We’ve come a long way since the days of Judy Blume. The
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This was a momentous day for music in 1954. Texas Instruments introduced the first-ever transistor radio: the Regency TR-1. And now, more music news for October 18. Why was Arcade Fire’s “Creature Comfort”
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“Here,” said Noni, the radio station’s promotions director. “Take this stack of tickets and give them away to anyone who will take them.” She handed me a brick of tickets for something called
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I clearly remember when the first Lollapalooza came to Toronto in 1991, local TV news anchors had a hard time talking about the first band on the bill. Instead of “Butthole Surfers,” they
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This comes courtesy of The Melvins who recruited Paul Leary and JD Pinkus from the Butthole Surfers. It’s a track from the Melvins’ twenty-third album, Hold It In. Click on the album cover
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Do NOT set foot on the lawn of Butthole Surfer drummer King Coffey. He works very hard to keep his yard beautiful. In fact, his devotion to landscaping for his home in the
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