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Whoopee! Bob Eubanks talks mortgaging his house for the Beatles, touring with the Stones, managing Dolly Parton, meeting Richard Nixon, and, yes… THAT notorious ‘Newlywed Game’ question By

  You may know Bob Eubanks at the long-running host of The Newlywed Game or Rose Parade, but you may not know that he got his start in rock ‘n’...

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Devo on how their message resonates today: ‘It wasn’t supposed to be that way. We were hoping that things would right themselves.’ By

In 1981, Devo’s “Whip It” music video — a deliberately offensive and over-the-top send-up of Reagan-esque cowboy machismo, featuring singer Mark Mothersbaugh sadomasochistically whipping a stuntwoman on a rowdy dude...

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Belinda Carlisle opens up about ‘bittersweet’ covers LP, ‘chaotic’ childhood, working with Brian Wilson, possible Go-Go’s biopic, and more By

“It was sort of bittersweet recording some of these songs. It brought back a lot of memories, singing these songs that I used to listen to as a young girl,”...

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Trailblazing Madonna collaborators Tracy Young, Niki Haris, and Donna De Lory express themselves: ‘It’s so important to tell our stories and make sure we keep them out there’’ By

Superstar DJ Tracy Young is Zooming from a Kansas City Margaritaville resort, but she’s hardly wasting away in Margaritaville. In fact, her career is in currently in full swing. Five...

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Siouxsie and the Banshees’ Budgie on death, divorce, and his startlingly candid autobiography: ‘It’s truth, it’s real, and it’s neither good nor bad. It just is.’ By

When Peter Clarke, aka legendary Siouxsie and the Banshees/Creatures percussionist Budgie, has done recent in-store events promoting his gripping new autobiography, The Absence – Memoirs of a Banshee Drummer, he...

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Baha Men discuss the uncaged legacy of ‘Who Let the Dogs Out’: ‘Even if we wanted to push it aside, we couldn’t’ By

“I didn’t really feel like this song was going to be big until we were preparing to be on The Jenny Jones Show,” Baha Men singer Rik Carey tells Gold...

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Indie-pop artist Slimdan on growing up Modern Orthodox and how eating a non-kosher hot dog changed his life: ‘When I realized I wasn’t going to die, it broke the whole illusion for me’ By

Slimdan, aka indie-pop singer-songwriter Danny Silberstein, is sitting at Studio City’s Licorice Pizza Records, not far from the Wienerschnitzel on the corner of Magnolia Blvd. and Laurel Canyon where he...

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Lyndsey Parker talks Taylor Swift’s ‘The Life of a Showgirl’ album announcement on Fox 5 NY news By

On Tuesday, Aug. 12, as Taylor Swift teased the release of her 12th album The Life of a Showgirl and forthcoming appearance on her boyfriend Travis Kelce’s podcast “New Heights,” I joined...

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David Archuleta talks coming out, embracing his sensuality, and leaving the LDS church: ‘I thought it was worse to be gay than to experience life’ By

When David Archuleta became an overnight teen heartthrob in 2008 via American Idol and his No. 2 pop single “Crush,” he was extremely uncomfortable with all the attention from his...

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Lydia Night interview for FLOOD magazine By

  For FLOOD magazine, I had the pleasure of chatting with former Regrettes frontwoman Lydia Night about her fantastic debut solo album, Parody of Pleasure. She was very open, discussing...

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