17 of the Most Cringeworthy TV Interviews Ever
When anyone asks me of the hundreds of artists interviews in my career, which was the worst? Easy: the Beautiful South in the summer of 1992. Here’s how I remember it. They arrived
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Random Music News for Tuesday, July 14, 2015
It’s New-Horizons-at-Pluto-Day! What will we see? Will the Annunaki be awakened from their slumber? (Note to mission specialist Alan Stern: Can I have a crater on Charon named after me? Please? I’ll take
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The New Musical Express is Going from “Paid” to “Free” (And, Er, With Less Music)
The New Musical Express–the NME to longtimers–has been covering music in the UK, Ireland and beyond for sixty-three years. But things have been better. At one point, each issue sold in the hundreds
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Awesome Magazine Covers from the 1990s
I calculated that at one point I spent nearly $4,000 a year on music magazines. (Hey, it was part of my job!) I’d head into Chapters or Indigo every month to pick up
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Geeks&Beats Episode 44 Available! Here Are Your Show Notes
During every Olympiad, there’s always That Guy. You know the person I’m talking about. The dude who is suddenly an expert in all sorts of obscure sports. In the case of the Winter
Read MoreThe Slow Death of The NME (And Other British Music Magazines)
For decades, there was no such thing as commercial radio in the UK. It was all BBC, all the time. The only other alternatives were the high-power stations beaming in from the continent
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