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  The Best Beatles Films and Some That Never Happened

  January 21 at 4 a.m.

  If 2021 wasn’t looking brighter already, the news that previously unseen Beatles content is coming soon is certainly a welcome sign that there are better days ahead. Lord of the Rings filmmaker Peter Jackson has restored over 55 hours of previously unrestored footage of the Fab Four during the recording...

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  Garth Brooks Fans Say He's 'Lost His Base' After Announcing Biden Inauguration Performance

  January 19 at 2:19 p.m.

  Turns out, Garth Brooks doesn’t have many friends in low places. During a press conference on Monday, the country star announced that he would be performing at Joe Biden’s presidential inauguration on Wednesday, Jan. 20. The lineup of talent performing at the inauguration includes Lady Gaga, John Legend, Bruce Springsteen...

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  It's Not Just a Saying – Music Does Save Lives

  January 19 at 4 a.m.

  Around the time humans started dipping their fingers in ochre and telling stories on cave walls, a group of shamans forged flutes from bone and drums from animal skin. Those shamans were, by definition, healers, and the sounds they made with their flutes and drums were part of the therapeutic...

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  Let's Stop Sugarcoating It: The Late Phil Spector Was a Murderer and Abuser

  January 18 at 4 a.m.

  Phil Spector is dead, and the world is better for it. Seemingly most nationwide press outlets have acknowledged the fact that the once-venerated producer was convicted of murder following the 2003 death of actress Lana Clarkson, but some have chosen to do so with callous soft-pedaling. BBC was scathingly criticized...

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  A Look Back at the Wildest Moments in Fleetwood Mac's History

  January 12 at 4 a.m.

  The rumours are true. Preceded by David Crosby and Bob Dylan, both of whom recently sold the rights to their entire catalogues, Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham announced last week that he'd signed away his entire discography to Merck Mercuriadis’ Hipgnosis Songs. No word on how much the deal paid, but we’re...

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  8 Best Verses and Lines That Show MF DOOM's Genius

  January 6 at 4 a.m.

  On Dec. 31, the world learned that hip-hop’s self-proclaimed “supervillain,” rapper MF DOOM, had died at the age of 49 two months earlier, on Oct. 31. Countless tributes and words have since flooded the web, trying to do justice to the artist’s legacy. One of those words is “underground.” While...