Ongoing History Daily: The Great Thames Punk Fire
November 25, 2016, was the 40th anniversary of the release of the Sex Pistols’ first single, “Anarchy in the UK.” When that record came out in 1976, the British establishment
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Punk fashion goddess Vivienne Westwood has died
Over the course of two hours on December 29, three deaths were made public: Soccer great Pele; Canadian folk legend Ian Tyson; and fashion designer Vivienne Westwood. Before she became
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Ongoing History Daily: Did this woman invent punk rock?
You’d have to be a serious student of British punk rock to know the name Jordan Mooney, but there are those who claim she invented punk. Sort of, anyway. Jordan
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Random music news for Tuesday, May 12, 2020
On behalf of everyone in the part of North America where May weather has yet to assert itself, go home winter. You’re drunk. Moving to music news for May 12,
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Random music news for Monday, May 27, 2019
It’s the Memorial Day holiday in the US, so is there any music news for May 27, 2019? Let’s find out. Spotify found some “suspicious activity” and went ahead and
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UK Landmarks Tour, Day 5 (Wednesday, May 16)
Today is a free day for the group (“day at leisure” in travel agent itinerary-speak), so the group scattered to enjoy other areas of London. I myself went shopping here.
Read MoreRandom music news for Monday, March 19, 2018
This is the last official full day of winter. Good riddance, really. Let’s talk about music news for March 19, 2018. Another bomb in Austin, Texas. SXSW was very concerned,
Read MoreRandom Music News for Thursday, November 30, 2017
Thirty-five years ago today, some record called Thriller was released. Anyone remember it? And now, some music news for November 30. Prince’s Minneapolis complex, Paisley Park, is looking for an
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He Did It: Malcolm McLaren’s Son Burns $8.5 Million Worth of Punk Memorabilia
He threatened he’d do it–and yesterday he did. In a fit of perverse performance art, Joe Corré, the son of Sex Pistols svengali Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood, burned £5 million
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BURN All This Cool Punk Stuff? This Makes Me Very, Very Sad.
This summer is being celebrated at the 40th anniversary of the punk rock explosion in the UK. However, Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren–one of the scene’s prime instigators–wants none of
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Remembering The Great Rock’n’Roll Swindle
The Dissolve looks back at the Sex Pistols movie that was released two years after the band broke up. The Sex Pistols movie The Great Rock ’N’ Roll Swindle was
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