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“It seemed like a good idea”: the 1993 decision that left Ted Danson’s career “in the gutter”
The article recounts how Ted Danson’s appearance in blackface at a 1993 Friars Club roast for Whoopi Goldberg caused major public backlash and damaged his reputation. It matters because the episode became a defining controversy in his career, illustrating how a performance intended as comedy was widely viewed as offensive and harmful. Danson, who was…
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‘Room on Fire’: Why is The Strokes’ impossible 2003 follow-up still so overlooked?
The article is an opinion piece arguing that The Strokes’ 2003 second album, Room on Fire, deserves far more recognition than it receives, having long been overshadowed by their acclaimed 2001 debut, Is This It. The author contends that, despite the immense pressure the band faced following the success and cultural impact of their debut,…
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No Dogs in Space is a music history podcast for true obsessives
The Verge’s weekend editor Terrence O’Brien has highlighted “No Dogs in Space”, a long-running music history podcast hosted by married couple Marcus Parks (of Last Podcast on the Left) and Carolina Hidalgo, describing it as essential listening for music obsessives despite its indefinite hiatus. The show has been dormant since July 2024, when its abbreviated…
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BRUCE DICKINSON Says His New Solo Album Will Be ‘Heavy As S***’
Iron Maiden frontman Bruce Dickinson has revealed that his upcoming eighth solo album will be a heavy, standalone work largely unconnected to “The Mandrake Project”, his long-running multimedia concept combining a solo record with a 12-issue comic book series. Speaking to VSX at San Diego Comic-Con, Dickinson explained that he now sees “The Mandrake Project”…
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Benny Blanco teams up with Selena Gomez and Becky G for summery single ‘Te Olvido (La La)’ with Danny Trejo-starring video
Benny Blanco has released a new single, “Te Olvido (La La)”, featuring his wife Selena Gomez and fellow singer Becky G, alongside a music video co-starring actor Danny Trejo. The Latin pop track is the latest cut from Blanco’s forthcoming album “Hermoso”, due for release on 14 August 2026, and marks the latest musical collaboration…
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Ariana Grande Debuts at No. 1 on Album Chart With ‘Petal,’ Earning Her Best First-Week Numbers in Seven Years
Ariana Grande has landed her seventh No. 1 album on the Billboard 200 with “Petal,” which opened with 295,000 equivalent album units — her strongest first week in seven years. The launch matters because it marks Grande’s biggest opening since 2019, comfortably beating her 2024 album “Eternal Sunshine” and reasserting her commercial dominance amid what…
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The “sub-morons and unmusical” 1960s band Frank Zappa loved working with
Frank Zappa chose to produce Grand Funk Railroad’s 1976 album Good Singin’, Good Playin’ after setting aside his poor impression of the band and assessing them directly. The collaboration mattered because it brought an avant-garde, technically demanding musician together with a commercially successful but critically dismissed hard-rock group, resulting in a more polished record during…
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“They’d say, ‘I guess you’ll be retiring? There won’t be any more tours?’ I’d write it down and bite my lip”: The Anchoress had a baby, not a lobotomy, and wrote a satirical song about it
The Anchoress (Catherine Anne Davies) has released a satirical single, I Had A Baby, Not A Lobotomy, inspired by the dismissive comments she received from others after becoming a mother. The song forms the lead track of her new album As We Once Were and reflects her frustration at assumptions that motherhood would end her…
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3 Folk Protest Songs About the Vietnam War That Baby Boomers Still Can’t Forget
This American Songwriter feature revisits three folk protest songs from the mid-1960s that became emblematic of opposition to the Vietnam War, arguing they still resonate strongly with baby boomers who came of age during the conflict. The piece highlights how folk music, rather than mainstream radio, became the vehicle for anti-war sentiment, with these songs…
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Can Music Really Bring People Together? KREATOR’s SAMI YLI-SIRNIÖ And FRÉDÉRIC LECLERCQ Weigh In
Kreator guitarist Sami Yli-Sirniö and bassist Frédéric Leclercq have discussed whether music can still unite people, in an interview with Kati Rausch of Music Interview Corner. The pair reflected on the power of music in an era of division, noting that while it may not carry the same cultural weight it did in the 1960s…