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Autobiography of GTOs founder Miss Mercy, co-written by Lyndsey Parker, out now By

    ORDER HERE “There were definitely better known personalities than Mercy Fontenot in her time, but she was no less of a thrilling iconoclast for it. Long before unorthodox...

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Alice Cooper talks snakes, movie roles, lost ’80s albums, and who would play him in a biopic By

Alice Cooper chats with me about his roles in Wayne’s World, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, and Dark Shadows; his coked-out ’80s albums like Flush the Fashion; and of course,...

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David Lynch Talks TM and Escaping the ‘Suffocating Rubber Clown Suit of Negativity’ By

Some people might be surprised to learn that director David Lynch has been a passionate advocate and practitioner of Transcendental Meditation since 1973. After all, many skeptics associate any type...

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Why Cat Rapper MoShow Is Crazy for Cat Ladies By

This year, International Cat Day (yes, it’s a real holiday) fell on a Wednesday, Aug. 8, so there was double cause for celebration. For the past five years, the self-described...

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Why ‘Grease 2′ Was Always Better Than ‘Grease’ By

Forty years ago, Grease rama-lama-lama-ka-dinga-da-ding-dong’d its way onto the silver screen, going on to make history as the most successful movie musical of all time. And then, four years later,...

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‘The Room’ Soundtrack Writers Talk Working With Tommy Wiseau By

More than 15 years ago, a gospel singer named Kitra Williams, her son Jarah Gibson, and teen singer Clint Jun Gamboa met up with a “peculiar” black-clad man in a...

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Nevertheless, She Tweeted: #BlockedByTrump Singer-Songwriter Holly Figueroa O’Reilly Talks Free-Speech Crusade By

Until recently, Seattle’s Holly Figueroa O’Reilly was best known as a self-proclaimed “Grammy-losing songwriter” and the founder of the women-in-music organization Indiegrrl. But since O’Reilly took on Donald Trump under...

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Dave Gahan Remembers Performing With Chickens on German TV By

Ah, the ’80s. It was a wacky and wonderful time for pop music, especially when it came to visuals. MTV’s programming schedule was packed with gender-bending, genre-crossing new-wavers starring in...

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Emo Puppet Band Fragile Rock Bring Their #PuppetPain to SXSW By

Perhaps not since the ‘80s double-bill of “Puppet Show with Spinal Tap” — or at least since Dr. Teeth & The Mayhem played San Francisco’s Outside Lands festival last year...

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Village People Cowboy Randy Jones on Razzie-Winning Cult Classic ‘Can’t Stop the Music’ and Co-Star Caitlyn Jenner By

Thirty-six years ago, entertainment publicist John Wilson held a potluck Oscar party at his Los Angeles home, and — inspired by a double feature of the infamous movie musicals Xanadu and...

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