Earlier this week, an 11-disc David Bowie box set was announced covering the period from 1992’s Black Tie White Noise through his lost 2001 LP, Toy, which will finally come out as part of this set. It’s packed with rare live cuts, remixes, and studio outtakes along with two discs …
Read More »Flashback: Bob Seger Plays 'Still the Same' on Final Tour in 2019
Bob Seger turns 76 today, but don’t expect any sort of public celebration. He’s kept largely out of sight since his Roll Me Away farewell tour wrapped in November 2019 and his social-media platforms do little beyond promoting vinyl reissues of his old albums, though he did pop up unexpectedly …
Read More »Flashback: Captain Picard Meets Q on 'Star Trek: The Next Generation'
Star Trek fans were given some amazing news yesterday when Paramount+ announced that not only has the new season of Star Trek: Picard started production, but John de Lancie will be returning as the omnipotent Q. “Despite 178 episodes of The Next Generation and four feature films,” Patrick Stewart said …
Read More »Flashback: The Who Perform 'Another Tricky Day' on German TV in 1981
Forty years ago this week, the Who‘s Face Dances debuted on the Billboard 200 where it was beaten out by the likes of Styx’s Paradise Theater (Number One), REO Speedwagon’s Hi Infidelity (Number Two), Rush’s Moving Pictures (Number Three), the Police’s Zenyatta Mondatta (Number Seven), and Blondie’s Autoamerican (Number 12). …
Read More »Flashback: Dolly Parton Sings Dusty Springfield's 'Son of a Preacher Man'
On March 31st, 1969, 50 years ago this weekend, Americans got their first chance to hear Dusty in Memphis, the new album by British singer Dusty Springfield and her first after signing with the powerful R&B-centric Atlantic Records. Although the early Sixties afforded her hits “I Only Want to Be …
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