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Celebrating 20 Years of the Cure’s Disintegration

This week, the Cure reissued their 1989 masterwork, Disintegration, considered by most fans to be the best thing they’ve ever done.

Groupie Book

Now here’s a book with a title: The Last Living Slut: Born in Iran, Bred Backstage.

Excellent Book on Fender Guitars

If you like guitars–how they look, how they sound, how they feel and how they developed–there is a brilliant new book called Fender: The Golden Age 1946-1970.

Blame the Boy Bands

If you’re old enough to remember the scourge of boy bands in the late 90s and the early part of the 21st century, you were probably all too happy to see that whole trend die.

Not the Good Kind of Head-Banging

Everyone is familiar with the suicide of Kurt Cobain, but surprisingly few people remember the time when Nirvana bass player almost killed himself.  But this was an accident.  When Nirvana [...]

Killing Mice with Music–and Speed

Remember the Ramones movie Rock ‘n’ Roll High School from 1979? Part of the plot included mice that exploded when exposed to loud punk rock. That may not have been far from the truth.

Blur’s New DVD

If you’re a fan of Blur, you probably have all the CDs and books written about them–but have you seen the DVD on their career?

Third Man Records

Let’s just run through Jack White’s resume, shall we?

Collectible Cassettes

We always hear about valuable CDs and rare, collectible vinyl. But what about cassettes? Are there any only cassette releases that have appreciated in value?

How Rich is U2?

Every year, the Irish and British papers do some snoopy to determine how rich various entertainment people really are. Naturally, U2 ends up on this list.

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