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3 Underrated Rock Supergroups You Must Hear
As a kid growing up in the Bronze Age of comic books, I formed an affinity for dramatic superhero partnerships.…
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New Song Mocks ‘Friends in Safe Spaces’
A new song parody hit the web this week, and the usual comedy suspects had nothing to do with it.…
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7 Songs Micky Dolenz Crushed with The Monkees
The Monkees aped the Beatles in more ways than one. Four madcap boys. Music backed by zany videos. Power pop…
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Melodramatic Fools: Green Day Should Call It a Day
Green Day is making noise again with “Revolution Radio,” but it’s the kind of punk that comes in bubble wrap.…
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Here’s Lady Gaga’s Most Subversive Super Bowl Moment
Roughly half the nation watched Lady Gaga’s Super Bowl performance through half-closed eyes. They wanted to see what the pop superstar…
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Watch: Eco-Hypocrite Sting Lecture on Climate Change
Sting isn’t afraid of tackling big issues in his music. Child slavery (“Children’s Crusade”). Nuclear war (“Russians”). Englishmen in New…
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Why Rocker Chris Holly Gets Those Choice GOP Gigs
Chris Holly was too busy living the rock star life in the ‘80s to get political. Long hair metal beckoned,…
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HiT Podcast No. 1: Singer/Songwriter Seth Swirsky
When I decided to create the Hollywood In Toto podcast I knew right away who I wanted for my first…
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Why Kenny Loggins Wants Your Kids to Get ‘Footloose’
The singer-songwriter, now 68, first developed his songwriting chops while growing up in Alhambra from age 7 through college. He…
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‘Gangstas’ Author Reveals Rap’s Unlikely Capitalists
Ben Westhoff’s “Original Gangstas: The Untold Story of Dr. Dre, Eazy-E, Ice Cube, Tupac Shakur, and the Birth of West…
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