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You won’t convince me that the only heroin songs out there are the obvious ones. It’s almost guaranteed that somewhere, some good-guy songwriter is kicking back, having pulled off such a well-disguised smack anthem that no one even noticed it. My mission is to uncover some of these sneaky writers (music blog) ... read more |
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Earlier this week, the music world lost Pink Floyd keyboardist and founding member Richard Wright to cancer. Which makes the occasion of this Tuesday’s release of David Gilmour's first live album as a solo artist all the more sad, as it is likely Wright’s last appearance on record. David Gilmour’s Live In Gdansk will be in record stores this Tuesday September 23 ... read more |
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Pink Floyd founding member and keyboardist Richard Wright has died of cancer. He was 65 years old. With Wright’s death, fans already dim hopes for a more permanent reunion of the notoriously feuding band would now appear to be dashed for good. Richard Wright, dead at 65, will certainly be missed by music fans ... read more |
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Fans looking forward to reunion tours and albums from two of the biggest rock bands of all time, may just have to wait a bit longer. In two reports published within 48 hours of each other, both Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page and Pink Floyd’s David Gilmour appear to have squashed persistent rumors of the two most anticipated rock reunion tours ever...at least for now. ... read more |
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I guess that inflatable pig that floated into California’s desert sky at the end of Roger Waters’ three-hour set at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival wasn’t exactly intentional Concert organizers are now offering a $10,000 reward and four free lifetime tickets to the Indio festival for the person who returns the lost prop unharmed ... read more |
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These are the songs I consider to be the ten worst in my iTunes. Call me a music snob all you wish, but I can no longer force myself through Hanson or N’ Sync. I can’t remember the last time Drive Thru Records sent me an update. There’s something about the nineties into the early 2000s that keeps these songs alive for me, at least alive enough to keep me from hitting the delete button ... read more |
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Recorded by legendary sound engineer Alan Parsons, Pink Floyd’s Dark Side Of The Moon is the sixth highest selling album of all time. Over forty million copies have been purchased in the last thirty-five years, and it continues to move an average of 9,500 discs a week. People just can’t get enough of its weird sound effects and trippy lyrics. One of those people still obsessed: Floyd’s own bassplayer Roger Waters ... read more |
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