All posts by Jack Brenn

  • Billy Squier’s Career Killing Video

    Billy Squier spent the early ’80s playing big arenas and burning up the Billboard charts. He released two multi-platinum Top 5 albums (1981’s Don’t Say No and 1982’s Emotions in Motion) during a two-year span and introduced...

    • Posted June 18, 2017
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  • Legendary Comic Don Rickles Dies at 90.

    #RIP Don Rickles Dies at 90.  Don Rickles was an equal opportunity comic offender. He became famous for his politically incorrect jokes, and for insulting his audience. The New Yorker described him as a tough Jew in 2004,...

    • Posted April 6, 2017
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  • CHRIS STAPLETON ’S ALL-AMERICAN ROAD SHOW

    CHRIS STAPLETON ADDS SEVEN NEW DATES, ON SALE FRIDAY Chris Stapleton’s highly anticipated new album, From A Room: Volume 1, will be released May 5 on Mercury Records Nashville and is now available for pre-order digitally and...

    • Posted April 6, 2017
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  • Chuck Barris Final Curtain Call RIP

    Chuck Barris, the producer and host of The Gong Show took his final curtain call this week.  Chuck Barris was born on June 3, 1929, in Philadelphia. Having previously worked as an assistant to Dick Clark, Barris...

    • Posted March 22, 2017
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  • Black Mirror Soundtrack: Irma Thomas

    Black Mirror is Charlie Brooker’s disturbing British science fiction anthology series about a dark, narcissistic, and dystopian world in the near future. The plots focus on technology and require the audience to consider whether technology is something...

    • Posted February 23, 2017
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  • Gordon Lightfoot Backstory: If You Could Read My Mind

    Gordon Lightfoot If You Could Read My Mind Feb 20 1971 Gordon Lightfoot was an established name in Canada by the late 60’s, but “If You Could Read My Mind” made Lightfoot a staple on American radio...

    • Posted February 20, 2017
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  • Gone But Not Forgotten: Nick Drake, Pink Moon

    45 years ago, Nick Drake’s “Pink Moon” was released. It’s the third and final studio album by the English folk musician Nick Drake. Released in the UK by Island Records on February 25th, 1972, it was the...

    • Posted February 17, 2017
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  • OFFICIAL ROCK HALL CLASS OF 2017 ROSTER.

    #RHOF YOUR OFFICIAL ROCK HALL CLASS OF 2017 ROSTER. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame is proud to announce that 6 artists from the ballot are included in the Performer Category and 1 individual is recognized...

    • Posted February 16, 2017
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  • Blondie’s Debbie Harry Reigns On The Red Carpet

    Debbie Harry, lead singer of Blondie, is 71 years old and rocks the red carpet on every occasion. She attended the Elite Style Awards Monday night and had no problem donning a crown and flaunting her status...

    • Posted February 16, 2017
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  • Lady Gaga & Metallica Rally: 59th Grammy Awards

    This rocking performance, from Lady Gaga and Metallica on last nights 59th Annual Grammy Awards Show is  filled with technical difficulties and snafus but it illustrates why artists like Mariah Carey cannot headline, or maybe even be considered to...

    • Posted February 13, 2017
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