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This is about Creed from the hit NBC series The Office (2005-2013). That guy, believe it or not, is a rock star. Best known to modern audiences for playing a homeless, mung-bean eating miscreant named Creed Bratton opposite series stars Steve Carell and John Krasinski, the real Creed Bratton is actually a veteran of ‘60s…
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Happy Thanksgiving, friends! This holiday marks a few of my favorite traditions–football, gorging, and the airing of long-simmering family tension. It’s also a great time to reflect on history–the good, the bad, and the ugly. Casey Kasem’s Top 40 Countdown for Thanksgiving week of 1982 has a bit of all three. November 20th, 1982—The Week…
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From Billie Holiday’s “Strange Fruit” to Public Enemy’s “Fight the Power,” from Neil Young’s “Rockin’ in the Free World” to The Sex Pistols’ “God Save the Queen,” a chronological history of American protest music.
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From the Beach Boys to the Beatles, from the Stones to the Ramones, here are the 25 greatest rock bands of all time.
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The songs included in the narrative hereafter tell the story of that which came before rock and roll, that which made it possible, and that which suggests the spirit of rock and roll is far older than the genre itself. A companion Spotify playlist is included for your listening enjoyment. Though you may be tempted…
