The woman who tried to secretly (and illegally) sell Graceland is going to jail.
There are all sorts of real estate scams out there, including title and identity theft. But this one will go down in history as one of the most audacious of
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Random music news for Wednesday, September 10, 2025
How long is the average attention span? Eight seconds–and dropping. Maybe it has something to do with motivation. If you can’t be bothered to click that link, try to at
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Ongoing History Daily: Shortest. Songs. Ever.
I spend most of my waking days looking for weird and interesting things about music. Here’s something that got my attention. What is the shortest song to ever make it
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New survey: The greatest rockstar of all time is…
A company called Pubity is all about researching “global youth culture and entertainment” and have just release the results of a playdown conducted on Instagram to figure how who is
Read MoreOngoing History Daily: Elvis Presley’s pubes
Up until now, I thought the grossest collectible I’d ever heard of was Thom Yorke’s toenail clippings. Years ago, someone swept up what Thom had snipped off and then offered
Read MoreOngoing History Daily: Weird rock’n’roll auction items
Rock memorabilia is big, big business and auction houses on both sides of the Atlantic are always offering interesting and sometimes weird items for sale. Here are some examples. A
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This trailer for the new Elvis biopic looks very interesting
I’ll admit it. I’m not an Elvis fan. I am, however, interested in the films of Baz Luhrmann. This trailer from his upcoming biopic looks interesting. And jeezus, how did
Read MoreRandom music news for Friday, February 18, 2022
The Queen–yes, the monarch–has launched a brand of dog perfume. Gotta pay for Prince Andrew’s indiscretions somehow, right? Now let’s try some music news for Friday, February 18, 2022. Wait:
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Got a Tesla? Then you probably should read about this kid. Let’s move over to music news for January 13, 2022. RIP iconic singer Ronnie Spector. She’s been battling cancer.
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Ongoing History Daily: Jack White, collector
Jack White has great respect for the past. For example, his Third Man Records label issued one of the most important early blues collections from Paramount Records which date all
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An interesting thought experiment: How would legendary musicians of the past have done with Spotify and social media today?
Social media and streaming are relatively new inventions. UK site Money.co.uk decided to take a look at how much legendary musicians might have been able to earn had streaming and
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