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Chris K Hits the Button on the Head: The Recorded Music Industry Has Always Been About the Consumer, Not the Musician

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Chris K Hits the Button on the Head: The Recorded Music Industry Has Always Been About the Consumer, Not the Musician

February 3, 2022| Interesting Bits|

Chris Kresge on Facebook, 1/31/22: ““If music did not pay, it would be given up.” So wrote... Read More → Chris K Hits the Button on the Head: The Recorded Music Industry Has Always Been About the Consumer, Not the Musician

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Sonny Curtis: From Buddy Holly to Mary Tyler Moore

January 13, 2022| Interesting Bits|

Photo: Sonny Curtis (from his website) | His music dates back to the birth of rock ‘n’ roll, as... Read More → Sonny Curtis: From Buddy Holly to Mary Tyler Moore

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Ex-B2K Member Omarion: You Don’t Need to Take a Test to Dance to My Music

January 6, 2022| Interesting Bits|

Photo: Omarion (from Google.com) | By Judy Kurtz, The Hill | Singer Omarion is no omicron — clarifying in a... Read More → Ex-B2K Member Omarion: You Don’t Need to Take a Test to Dance to My Music

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He Put the R in Rock ‘n’Roll: Remembering Little Richard

December 9, 2021| Interesting Bits|

By Denise Oliver Velez, Daily Kos | As the end of 2021 draws near, I have been thinking about jazz and soul... Read More → He Put the R in Rock ‘n’Roll: Remembering Little Richard

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They Called Their Band Omicron. Now They’re Sharing the Name With a Covid Variant

December 2, 2021| Interesting Bits|

COVID-19 graphic provided by CDC | By David Browne, Rolling Stone | Since his old metal band broke up five... Read More → They Called Their Band Omicron. Now They’re Sharing the Name With a Covid Variant

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This is the Best Mockumentary Movie of All Time, According to Data

December 2, 2021| Interesting Bits|

By Abby Montiel, Slacker | At one point in Rob Reiner’s seminal 1984 mockumentary, “This Is Spinal... Read More → This is the Best Mockumentary Movie of All Time, According to Data

Chapman Stick Inventor Passes – What is a “Chapman Stick”?

November 4, 2021| Interesting Bits|

Photo: Chapman stick (From The Stick’s website) | “Imagine creating music on a stringed instrument that... Read More → Chapman Stick Inventor Passes – What is a “Chapman Stick”?

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OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder on the Band’s New Album and Getting Back into the Music Game

September 2, 2021| Interesting Bits|

Photo: Ryan Tedder | By Anthony Mason, CBS News | Colorado’s own and OneRepublic frontman Ryan Tedder... Read More → OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder on the Band’s New Album and Getting Back into the Music Game

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Does Spencer Elden, the ‘Nevermind’ Baby Suing Nirvana for Alleged Child Pornography, Have a Case? Legal Experts Weigh In

August 26, 2021| Interesting Bits|

Photo: Nirvana’s album cover – partial (1991 – DGC/Geffen) | By Lyndsey Parker, Yahoo Music |... Read More → Does Spencer Elden, the ‘Nevermind’ Baby Suing Nirvana for Alleged Child Pornography, Have a Case? Legal Experts Weigh In

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KISS Off: David Lee Roth Posts 18 Middle Fingers on Instagram in Response to Gene Simmons’s Insult

August 26, 2021| Interesting Bits|

By Lyndsey Parker, Yahoo Entertainment | Children! Behave! Two of hard rock’s mouthiest showmen, KISS’s... Read More → KISS Off: David Lee Roth Posts 18 Middle Fingers on Instagram in Response to Gene Simmons’s Insult

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Dolly Parton is Dropping Her First Novel and a Companion Album in 2022

August 19, 2021| Interesting Bits|

By Pandora Craufurd-Gormly, Happy Mag | What CAN’T Dolly Parton do? I’m genuinely asking. She’s a... Read More → Dolly Parton is Dropping Her First Novel and a Companion Album in 2022

Lady Gaga Gave the World — And Me — a Powerful Gift

August 12, 2021| Interesting Bits|

  Photo: The Incomparable Tony Bennett || By Douglas Heye | After living through a year-plus without... Read More → Lady Gaga Gave the World — And Me — a Powerful Gift

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Lisa Loeb and Fellow Brown University Alumni Musicalize 2020

August 12, 2021| Interesting Bits|

  Photo: Lisa Loeb’s new album (from her website) || By Mark Kennedy, Associated Press | Group... Read More → Lisa Loeb and Fellow Brown University Alumni Musicalize 2020

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Music Masterpiece ‘Clair de Lune’ Beamed to Space Station in NFT 1st

August 5, 2021| Interesting Bits|

Photo: Two companies recently beamed a recording of Debussy’s “Clair de Lune” to and from... Read More → Music Masterpiece ‘Clair de Lune’ Beamed to Space Station in NFT 1st

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT…

July 29, 2021| Interesting Bits|

You wanted to read an article that we posted but just couldn’t do it right then? Look for it below, click... Read More → IN CASE YOU MISSED IT…

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