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Ryan Reed

Ryan Reed is a contributing writer for GOOD residing in Knoxville, Tennessee who specializes in stories on music and pop culture. He has contributed to Rolling Stone, Relix, Revolver, SPIN and The New York Times.

Photo credit: screenshot from Gentle Giant YouTube video, with Simon Dupree & The Big Sound album cover from Discogs – Simon Dupree & The Big Sound had an awkward encounter with John Lennon and Yoko Ono at Abbey Road.

Culture

Rock band crashed Beatles’ studio and jumped on Yoko Ono’s bed. John Lennon wasn’t happy.

Ryan Reed

7/28/2025
Photo credit: John Manard for Super Festivals via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0, cropped (left) / Carl Lender via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0, cropped (right) – Rick Derringer said he was typecast after working with parody-song master "Weird Al" Yankovic.

Culture

Rick Derringer said working with ‘Weird Al’ typecast him and ‘ruined’ his producing career

Ryan Reed

7/24/2025
Photo credit: Keir Whitaker via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0, cropped (left) / mariachily via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0, cropped (middle) / penner via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0, cropped (right) – Will.i.am claimed that Michael Jackson thought Prince was a "meanie."

Culture

Will.i.am recounts bizarre story of why Michael Jackson considered Prince a big ‘meanie’

Ryan Reed

7/23/2025
Photo credit: Henry Laurisch via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0, cropped, with Radiohead album covers from Amazon – Radiohead's Thom Yorke thinks it's "offensive" to call his music "depressing."

Culture

Why Radiohead’s Thom Yorke finds it ‘offensive’ when people call their music ‘depressing’

Ryan Reed

7/22/2025
Photo credit: screenshots from ‘Russian Ark’ trailer on Madman Films YouTube channel – 'Russian Ark' is a technical marvel—and a testament to human perseverance.

Culture

This amazing Russian film is 96 minutes and one continuous shot. And it nearly fell apart.

Ryan Reed

7/22/2025
Photo credit: Phil Collins (Philippe Roos via Wikicommons), Peter Gabriel (Theo Blonk via Wikicommons) – Phil Colins and Peter Gabriel

Culture, Media

The magical 1982 Genesis reunion with Peter Gabriel was actually to save him from crushing debt

Ryan Reed

7/20/2025
Photo credit: screenshots from Dan Gheesling YouTube channel – When Dan Gheesling's iPad went missing, he tried to track it down—and posted the results online.

Culture

Former ‘Big Brother’ champ hunts down ‘stolen’ iPad using technology, charm, and instinct

Ryan Reed

7/18/2025
Photo credit: screenshot from sturat69 on YouTube – Iggy Pop may have "invented" crowd surfing in this resurfaced 1970 clip.

Culture

A resurfaced 1970 video captures the historic moment Iggy Pop ‘invented’ crowd surfing

Ryan Reed

7/17/2025
Photo credit: Canva, Deagreez from Getty Images, cropped (left) / Muttville Senior Dog Rescue (right) – A family did a DNA test on their newly adopted senior dog, and their minds were blown.

Animals

After their beloved dog died, a family adopted a lookalike. A DNA test blew their minds.

Ryan Reed

7/16/2025
Photo credit: Raph_PH via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0, cropped / Canva, Laproid from Pexels, edited (cell phone graphic) – After 50 years, Jack White finally has a cell phone.

Culture

Jack White proudly went 50 years without a cell phone. Then his wife bought him one.

Ryan Reed

7/15/2025

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