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Musicians Say “No” to Trump

From “YMCA” to “Happy,” songs don’t always land well on the campaign trail

With its Wagnerian orchestral soundtrack, exceptionally low camera angles, and sweeping shots of white marble columns reaching up toward the heavens, the recent Republican National Convention served as an answer to the question, “What would happen if the producers of “The Apprentice” did a remake of Leni Riefenstahl’s “Triumph of the Will?” Which makes sense, given that two […]

Posted inCulture

My Grandma Liked the Beatles!

Good Ol’ Freda tells yet another story about the fab four

Perhaps some of the most iconic images of rock music aren’t even about the music, but about the fans—grainy black and white footage from the early years of the '60s; teenage girls shrieking for the Beatles as if possessed. And, in a time before Facebook “likes,” when managing a fan club meant much more than […]

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