Book argues that pop culture is eating itself

W. David Marx's "Blank Space" is a lucid and entertaining — yet despairing — book about the new millennium’s flattening of ...
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"We were stupid kids, just trying to survive, with this really weird music that we were so stubborn about." How five chaos-addicted Californian misfits helped pave the way for ...

Faith No More's Bill Gould looks back on the making of We Care A Lot, his band's thrillingly unhinged debut album, now celebrating its 40th birthday ...

The story of Ziggy Stardust and the moments that made David Bowie a star

Over half a century on from his creation, Ziggy Stardust arguably remains the most beloved character from David Bowie ’s ...
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"Bowie was standing there and for a split second you could see the panic in his eyes": The story of David Bowie's Ziggy Stardust and the moments that made him a star

Having failed to crack America in January 1971, Bowie returned to the UK. Encouraged by his wife Angie and manager Tony Defries, Bowie developed the idea of the ‘ultimate pop idol’ by combining his ...

11 Musical Love Letters From Artists to Their Heroes

Hear the Replacements (on Big Star), Sonic Youth (on Karen Carpenter), Stevie Wonder (on Duke Ellington) and more.