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Madness frontman Suggs talks bonkers lost sitcom, how they could have been the new Monkees and their songs’ hidden meaning By

When MTV premiered almost 40 years ago, British ska band Madness were early stars of the fledgling network – the opening “don’t watch that, watch this!” command of their 1979...

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The Day After Podcast with Jeffery Austin: Week of 3/29 By

After taking a mini-hiatus so my cohost Jeffery Austin could move to Nashville and become neighbors with Kris Allen, David Cook, and Paul McDonald, “The Day After” is finally back to...

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Ringo Starr on his best drumming moments, the one that’s ‘not bad,’ and wanting to be Frank Sinatra By

The Beatle chats with me about his new EP, Zoom In, and reveals his favorite drumming moments of his career....

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John Oates on lost cult-classic ‘She’s Gone’ video: ‘Most hysterical thing we’d ever done’ By

The soft rock/soul/pop legends looks bck on how Hall & Oates made one of the first viral music videos.. even if it took decades for the bonkers “She’s Gone” to...

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The Day After Podcast with Jeffery Austin: Week of 3/8 By

It was a packed reality-TV week, as Hanson and Kermit the Frog made their debuts on a “game-changing season” of The Masked Singer, we found out the final four on...

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SisQó talks ‘Thong Song’ legacy: Victoria’s Secret sales spike, Halle Berry’s fashion inspo and the real meaning of ‘dumps like a truck’ By

Vice’s The Story of Thong Song is a deep dive, so to speak, into the history of SisQó’s biggest hit single. We learn that the instrumental bed was inspired by...

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The Day After Podcast with Jeffery Austin: Week of 3/1 By

This is The Voice…  Yes, this week my “The Day After” co-host, The Voice Season 9 top four finalist Jeffery Austin, and I are back to celebrate 10 years of The Voice, ...

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The Day After Podcast with Jeffery Austin: Week of 2/21 By

Kieran, dim the lights. Thisssss…. is American Idol! Yes, this week my “The Day After” co-host, Jeffery Austin, and I have left the Pork Chop Loading Dock — at least...

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Mary J. Blige on how ‘reliving’ her pain helps others heal: ‘I don’t mind that being my job on this Earth’ By

Blige is known for throwing herself into her musical performances, often exorcising her demons through her intensely personal lyrics that chronicle her experiences with depression, addiction, heartbreak, and abuse; this...

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Jimmy Jam & Terry Lewis on how ‘Control’ and Janet Jackson ‘revolutionized female artistry’ 35 years ago By

Thirty-five years ago, Janet Jackson unleashed Control, one of the most important pop albums of the ‘80s, or really of any decade. The album not only served as her her...

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