Farewell to Eleanor Coppola, the director of the phenomenal documentary Hearts of Darkness and wife of Francis Ford Coppola.

This is nuts (and, frankly, a long time coming): Burton Cummings has pulled the performance license on the Guess Who catalog all so he can stop a group touring under that name with (almost) no original members. He’s losing royalties but may have finally killed his nemesis.

I suspect it’s a replica of Bill Kirchen’s Telecaster.

Farewell to Clarence 'Frogman' Henry, the New Orleans R&B great who could sing like a girl and sing like a frog. nola.com/entertainment_…

there was a time when just putting 'Prince' and '5th graders' in the same sentence would result in months of Senate hearings

Out of all the tributes to Nirvana that have been written over the past 30 years, I feel like Kurt would’ve appreciated David Yow’s the most

We were saddened to hear about the passing of drummer Gerry Conway on March 29. Gerry played with Paul, Linda, Denny Laine, Jimmy McCulloch and Mike McCartney on Mike's wonderful McGear album, and nearly joined Wings in 1974. Our condolences to his family & friends. RIP Gerry.

Every time I see that 'Perfect Album from the 90s' prompt--which is very, very often--I get stopped cold by the inclusion of Alice In Chains.

You know who else went from a country album to sea shanties
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January 1972.

Joe was soooo f'n funny. Very sad to hear this. Very thankful I was given an opportunity to tell him how much his work meant to me. An inspiration. Sammy Maudlin was the best. Joe Flaherty, ‘SCTV’ and ‘Freaks and Geeks’ Actor, Dies at 82 nytimes.com/2024/04/02/art…

John Lennon & Yoko Ono's appearance at the John Sinclair Freedom Rally at Ann Arbor's Crisler Arena on December 10, 1971. (Lennon's 'John Sinclair' appears around the 11:45 mark.) youtube.com/watch?v=Yi4VDl…

in honor of john sinclair's passing, here is abbie hoffman jumping onstage during the who's set at woodstock to protest his recent bust, and pete's reaction: youtube.com/watch?v=Q8BYgz…

Farewell to John Sinclair, a rock & roll radical and pro-marijuana activist who was a pivotal figure in the creation of the Michigan counterculture that gave birth to the MC5 and Iggy Pop & the Stooges. freep.com/story/entertai…

I told him I bought this album. He said “You’re the one!” RIP my hero Joe Flaherty.

samples + interpolations + covers + features + you're gonna see 3-4 heads on a mainstream country song + world upside down if it's bad to have raphael saadiq, nile rodgers, ian fitchuk, no id, tyler johnson, and arlo parks in the room + let delegators delegate

Good Christ, this is an awful idea.

My latest S**S**** Newsletter: BEYONCÉ's #COWBOYCARTER , The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis, The Black Crowes reunite, Liam Gallagher & John Squire discover their musical soulmate and hot Mojo Nixon gossip I heard on the streets of SXSW 2024.

My latest S**S**** Newsletter: BEYONCÉ's #COWBOYCARTER , The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis, The Black Crowes reunite, Liam Gallagher & John Squire discover their musical soulmate and hot Mojo Nixon gossip I heard on the streets of SXSW 2024.