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Will.i.am claimed that Michael Jackson thought Prince was a "meanie." – 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)

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

Ryan Reed

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

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

Ryan Reed

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

Culture, Media

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

Ryan Reed

7/20/2025
U2 singer Bono embraces a fan pulled out of the crowd during the band's 1985 performance at Live Aid. – Photo credit: Screenshot from Live Aid YouTube video

Culture, Music

40 years ago Bono’s Live Aid stage antics ended up saving a female fan from being crushed

Ryan Reed

7/20/2025
Boomers on the front lawn and Gen Z with a coffee – Photo credit: Image via Canva – Photos by theboone and dodotone

Culture, Media

These 5 major habits clearly define Boomers but Gen Z doesn’t want any part of them

Mark Wales

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

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

Ryan Reed

7/17/2025
After 50 years, Jack White finally has a cell phone. – Photo credit: Raph_PH via Wikimedia Commons, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0, cropped / Canva, Laproid from Pexels, edited (cell phone graphic)

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

Ryan Reed

7/15/2025
The Beastie Boys smashed their own gold-record plaque and found something strange. – Photo credit: YouTube screenshot from Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend podcast / Canva (graphics)

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The Beastie Boys smashed their own gold-record plaque and made a weird, hilarious discovery

Ryan Reed

7/15/2025
Freddie Mercury wrote a bouncy—but divisive—Queen song about his beloved cat. – Photo credit: Canva, asalastamayo from pixabay, cropped (left) / Carl Lender via Wikimedia Commons, cropped, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 (right)

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Freddie Mercury’s cat inspired this playful Queen song that their drummer ‘hates’

Ryan Reed

7/14/2025
Everyone should avoid being the stereotypical annoying people at rock concerts. – Photo credit: Canva, Aja Koska (left) / Canva, maxbelchenko (right)

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The 8 most irritating people at every rock concert and how to avoid being one of them

Ryan Reed

7/11/2025

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