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Tag: music

On Taylor Swift and Andy Warhol: Why Fame Isn’t What It Used To Be

Posted on April 21, 2024April 23, 2024 by admin

Andy Warhol once (allegedly) said that “in the future, everyone will be famous for fifteen minutes.” This is often heralded as a prescient statement and indicative of our times, especially in an age of social media. However, I would argue that the statement needs a little finessing. It isn’t so much that everyone gets their…

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Stand Tall: Why Burton Cummings is Right About “The Guess Who”

Posted on April 13, 2024April 15, 2024 by admin

Legendary Canadian rock band The Guess Who are finally in the pages of Rolling Stone again. While the band went through several lineup changes in the 1960s and 70s, The Guess Who is most well-known for the songs they recorded while Burton Cummings was lead singer. From “American Woman” and “These Eyes” to “No Time”…

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The Beatles Albums: Ranked

Posted on August 19, 2020November 29, 2022 by admin

My first awareness of The Beatles was in Woodlawn School in Steinbach back in the mid-1980s. I don’t remember much, but the older students were doing some kind of dramatic performance in the gymnasium and, for a brief moment, “The Beatles” made an appearance. I remember asking my teacher who or what I had just…

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