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2019 (ALTERNATIVE) ROCK & ROLL HALL OF FAME INDUCTION
Last week, on Friday March 29, 2019, the
Rock & Roll Hall of Fame held their formal induction ceremony, at the Barclays Center in
Brooklyn, New York.
While the inductions included bands and artists that are now
considered staples of classic rock and whom one would generally expect to be in the
Rock Hall, including Stevie Nicks and Def Leppard, and we’re definitely not discounting
these artists, there was a strong inclusion, this year, of bands that have
pioneered the altern
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7th Apr 2019
DAVID BYRNE LAUNCHES NEW VIRTUAL REALITY EXHIBITION
Acclaimed musician, David Byrne, just launched a new virtual reality science project, titled Neurosociety. The exhibit is currently housed at the Pace Art + Technology gallery building in Menlo Park, CA. When visiting Neurosociety, the visitor puts on a virtual reality headset and experiences a room from the perspective of a doll. To accomplish this project, David teamed up with tech investor, Mala Gaonkar, and visited a number of large number of research labs to see th
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16th Feb 2017
DAZED AND CONFUSED SEQUEL??!! Well...Kind Of
Are you a fan of the 1993 classic rock infused stoner film, Dazed and Confused, about the last day of school for a bunch of Texas teens, set in 1976? I don't know a music or movie buff who isn't. It was a pioneering film that launched the careers of
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2nd Jun 2015
New York City: Artistic Springboard or Over Developed Wasteland
Throughout
the history of Rock 'N Roll, there have been a number of cities synonymous with
launching the music form's defining sub-genres and/or artists. These include
Detroit with Motown, Seattle with Grunge, Philadelphia with Chubby Checker,
Frankie Avalon and more recently Hall and Oates along with Cinderella. And of
course, New York City, best known, in the history books of Rock 'N Roll, for
being the launching pad of American based Punk Rock and New Wave, during the
1970s
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29th Aug 2014