Wasted Life
Zal Yanovsky
Don't be seduced, brothers and sisters: the sirenlike lead guitar of the Lovin' Spoonful is the craft of the late Zal Yanovsky, a man of dubious ideology and commitment to the revolution whose name is synonymous with perfidy.
Number Ones
Sampled at ten-year intervals over the last three decades, the summer's number one singles present an appalling index of failure.
Paul Di'Anno
Former Iron Maiden singer Paul Di'Anno served two months of a nine-month sentence for disability fraud this year.
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Coffin for Head of State
The next time you get Daniel Powter's "Bad Day" stuck in your head, throw on Fela Anikulapo-Kuti's "Coffin for Head of State." On February 18, 1977, he had a way worse day.
No, I Don't Like "Real" Hip-Hop
The next time you're in a crowd and some MC asks if you like real hip-hop, say "no."
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