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Elton John Recalls Surprising Iggy Pop Onstage — in a Gorilla Costume
As Sir Elton John, one of the most fabulously attired performers in rock ‘n’ roll history, prepares for his farewell tour, everyone is wondering what he’s going to wear....
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Pussy Riot’s Nadya Tolokonnikova: ‘Things Are Not That Different for Our 2 Countries’
“Things are not that different, surprisingly, for our countries,” muses Nadya Tolokonnikova, leader of notorious Russian feminist punk/art collective Pussy Riot. “It’s not the easiest time right now, and...
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Brian May Talks Politics: ‘We’re Not Heading in the Direction of Compassion’
Sitting with Yahoo and poring over his glossy new coffee table book, Queen in 3-D, guitar god and stereoscopic photography enthusiast Brian May pauses on page 88, gazing at...
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RuPaul Talks Punk, Politics, and Pulse: ‘Most People Are Still Living in the Dark Ages’
RuPaul Charles’s days in Wee Wee Pole, the band he fronted when he was a fixture on Atlanta’s early-’80s queer new wave/punk scene, are long gone. And lamentably, he...
Twenty years ago, Michael Trotter Jr., a U.S. Army veteran and one-half of married Americana duo the War and Treaty, nearly competed on American Idol. “I tell this story all...
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When 18-year-old country crooner John Foster took a risk and performed an original song on American Idol Season 23’s “Songs of Faith” Easter episode, it was a turning point for...
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It seems wrong to call Jamal Roberts’s victory on the American Idol Season 23 finale a “surprise,” since he is without question one of the greatest male vocalists to ever...
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New American Idol champion Jamal Roberts barely had time to brush the confetti off his sequined waistcoat before he met with Lyndsanity and other Idol reporters backstage at Sunday’s Season 23...
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I am thrilled and actually quite shocked to announce that I have received 11 nominations for the Los Angeles Press Club’s 2025 Southern California Journalism Awards, including independent/freelance Online Journalist of the Year! Five of these nominations...
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Pioneering synthpop act Blancmange are about to embark on a U.S. tour — which includes a set at Pasadena’s post-punk Cruel World festival alongside their British peers New Order, OMD,...
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In 2024, singer-songwriter Andy Grammer was in the middle of doing Greater Than, a one-man show largely focused on grief and his own experience with losing his beloved mother, children’s...
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Sorry, Dos Equis guy, but Kurt Deimer might be the actual most interesting man in the world. Perhaps no rocker has had such an unorthodox career as Deimer. He worked...
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Music Book Club is a social community, live author events hub, newsletter/magazine, and support group founded by entertainment, tech, and food journalist Tamara Palmer. This week, I was honored to chat with Tamara about the autobiography...
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View this post on Instagram A post shared by LICORICE PIZZA RECORDS (@licoricepizzarecords) During the 13th season of American Idol, a 15-year-old singer-songwriter named Briston Maroney raspily belted the Rolling Stones’...
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