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Song Map

Here is one map Goggle maps or your GPS device will not find. The Song Map pays tribute to famous songs past and present. A…

Be Street

Business as usual. Be Street, the French urban magazine.

Help Corin Raymond

Canada has two currencies. The second unofficial is Canadian Tire money. It’s like monopoly money for the Canadian Tire chain in Canada. Instead of getting…

No Robert Johnson, No Rock and Roll

Robert Johnson: Devilish Detail on Nowness.com. Ever since Robert Johnson made a deal with the devil, music has never been the same. To celebrate the…

Vintage Brazilian Records

As Brazil becomes more of a powerhouse, the world is set on this mystery country of rich culture unique within the Latin quarters in South…

Last Days Here

Many rock groups make it big, but there are more that do not make it out of their parent’s basement. This is the story of…

Rock and Roll Hair

Hair has always played a significant roll in rock and roll folklore. From the Comets to Lady Gaga, just how well do you know your…

The White Stripes Are No More

The Seven Nation Army have disbanded. The White Stripes have officially called it quits. It was just a formality, Jack White has found greener pastures…

Grace Slick Dangles Baby by the Feet

Photographer John Olson in the year 1968 associated with LIFE magazine took a picture of Grace Slick, sharing the frame with her mother and a delightful new addition to the family, little upsidedown China.

Lady Gaga and the Telephone Children’s Book

Andrew Kolb took Lady Gaga’s song “Telephone” and superimposed the lyrics onto a discarded forgotten children’s book. The images and lyrics are a perfect marriage of…

Smoke on the Water is Beethoven’s Fifth Backwards

How did Deep Purple come up with the famous Smoke on the Water riff? Ritchie Blackmore comes clean and confesses he stolen the riff from Beethoven's 5th Symphony. He claims he loosely played Beethoven's 5th backward. The rest is history as Funky Claude was running in and out pulling kids out the ground, Deep Purple ran to the bank with their biggest hit ever. Poor Beethoven never saw a royalty check. Rock historians will point out that Smoke on the Water was based on Iggy Pop's Stooges song "Loose" and borrows many melodic elements from the song released two years earlier. You have to have a keen sense of musical hearing for that one.

Ray Davies: See My Friends

Ray Davies and See My Friends is perhaps an oddity of sorts in rock and roll recordings, a tribute to Ray and the Kinks. The…

The 20 Worst Songs of 2010

The Village Voice has released their 20 worst songs of 2010. It’s good to see Ringo Starr still doesn’t have a lick of talent even…

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