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(Photos by Nicky Steidel) When Hilly Kristal opened CBGB OMFUG on the Bowery in 1973, he served his special chili—cooked in the presence of the chef’s pet rat, “Hilly’s Chili” contained surprise seasonings like cigarette ashes and bodily fluids. But the venue was known for the music, not the menu—the Talking Heads, Blondie, and The…
Tim Westergren, founder of Pandora Media, speaks during an interview in October 2015. Photographer: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg Bloomberg / Getty Images cache hit 281:single/related:badc38340fa71907b825e2f63cd2a7aa empty Internet radio services like Pandora will have to pay more to artists and their representative groups, according to a decision released today by the Copyright Royalty (CRB). The basic per-song rates paid by Pandora will…
Ally Burguieres, an artist from New Orleans, is accusing Taylor Swift of using one of her designs to promote Swift’s album 1989. The design Burguieres is referring to is a picture of a cute little fox. Last year, while Swift was promoting the release of her new album, the singer would post images to her various social accounts along…
New EP â1749â coming January 29th. Download âCloserâ on iTunes: http://smarturl.it/LemaitreCloser?IQid=YT.1749 Download Lemaitreâs âSingularityâ EP: http://s… Lemaitre – 1749 EP Teaser – out Jan. 29th – YouTube.
*** CONTENT STARTS HERE *** Who bought the most expensive album ever made? Who bought the most expensive album ever made? It was one of the greatest sales pitches the music industry has ever heard. In March 2014, Robert Diggs, better known as RZA, the producer and de facto leader of the Wu-Tang Clan, the…
The Notorious B.I.G.‘s Life After Death is one of the greatest rap albums of all-time, and it’s likely that when the asteroid that wipes out our civilization finally hits, it’ll be remembered by future generations as a landmark in American music. Likewise, the first Star Wars film will always be remembered as one of the…
A couple months ago, you may have seen a commercial for Apple Music floating around the internet, perhaps accompanied by a praise hands emoji or an all-caps “SLAY.” Unlike previous ads for the streaming service, it eschews the global “everyone listening to the same Pharrell song all the time” vibe and aims for the hyper-relatable: just a…
In 2001, two unlikely friends created a music festival in Mali that drew the likes of Bono and Robert Plant. Then radical Islam tore them apart. When Mohamed Aly Ansar studied international law at the University of Bamako, in the capital of Mali, he spent his days thinking about how to bring development to his…
The “Jem and the Holograms” comic books have a lot to say about power, what it means to be girly, and what comics can do. Credit Image courtesy IDW Publishing Barrier Status: ‘none’ If you want to see an exuberantly colorful all-ages tribute to girl power—colorful as in candy-floss pink and lime green—where serious ideas…
He may not have walked into a party like he was walking onto a yacht, but Warren Beatty did inspire at least part of Carly Simon’s iconic song, “You’re So Vain.” Simon has kept the inspiration to her song a secret for 44 years, but now she’s finally letting out at least part of her…