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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: Compadre Edua’h via Wikimedia Commons (Brian May) / Goldberg via Wikimedia Commons (Thom Yorke), Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 2.0 – Inspired by Queen's Brian May as a kid, Thom Yorke tried to build his own guitar.

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Radiohead’s Thom Yorke was so inspired by Queen as a kid, he tried to build his own guitar

Ryan Reed

5/18/2025
Photo credit: Conan O’Brien YouTube screenshot (photo), Canva (graphic) – After Conan O'Brien lost his job hosting 'The Tonight Show,' Robin Williams gave him an "absurd" but thoughtful gift.

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After Conan O’Brien lost ‘The Tonight Show,’ Robin Williams gifted him an ‘absurd’ pick-me-up

Ryan Reed

5/15/2025
Photo credit: YouTube screenshots from Good Hang podcast – Jack Black reflects on his wild, unrealized plan to audition for 'SNL' as a superhero.

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Jack Black recalls his absurd, aborted plan to audition for ‘SNL’ as a superhero

Ryan Reed

5/12/2025
Photo credit: Wikimedia Commons (cropped publicity photo via CBS Television Network), Canva (headphones) / YouTube screenshot of ‘The Jeffersons’ clip – 'The Jeffersons' star was such a prog rock fan, he danced to an obscure song on the show.

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When ‘The Jeffersons’ star Sherman Hemsley danced to obscure prog-rock on his hit sitcom

Ryan Reed

5/9/2025
Photo credit: Canva (UFO), Tony Barnard, Los Angeles Times via Wikimedia Commons / CC-BY 4.0 (John Lennon) – In 1974, John Lennon had a vivid UFO sighting that left a major impression.

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John Lennon had a UFO sighting so vivid, he referenced the phenomenon in a song

Ryan Reed

5/8/2025
Photo credit: YouTube screenshots from ‘Top of the Pops’ performance – Nirvana's subversive 'Top of the Pops' performance belongs in a TV-music time capsule.

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Nirvana’s subversive performance on a teen pop show is one of the funniest TV-music moments ever

Ryan Reed

5/7/2025
Photo credit: Canva – A kid accidentally ordered 30 massive cases of lollipops on his mom's phone.

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An 8-year-old ordered 70,000 lollipops on his mom’s phone. Here’s how she got out of the mess.

Ryan Reed

5/7/2025
Photo credit: screenshot from David Gilmour YouTube video – David Gilmour avoided a guitar-strap disaster with masterful calm.

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David Gilmour’s guitar strap broke during ‘Comfortably Numb.’ He handled it masterfully.

Ryan Reed

5/4/2025
Photo credit: screenshots from Drumeo YouTube video – John Stamos improvised his own drum part to a famous nu-metal song.

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Watch John Stamos improvise a wild drum part to a 2000s nu-metal hit he’s never heard

Ryan Reed

4/30/2025
Photo credit: Matt Becker via Wikimedia Commons (Neil Peart), Canva (motorcycle photo) – After suffering two tragic losses, Rush drummer Neil Peart grieved by hitting the open road.

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Rush’s Neil Peart, after suffering two tragic losses, grieved during a profound motorcycle trip

Ryan Reed

4/26/2025

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