David Bowie Eyes One of the enduring legends around the Thin White Duke was the unearthly colour of his eyes… but the truth is rather different. When he hit superstardom in the early 1970s, David Bowie had a genuinely unearthly aura about him. His deathly pale complexion, his brightly-coloured hair and downright peculiar dress made him appear…
A pub and grassroots music venue famous for its links to Pink Floyd is to be demolished after a decade spent fighting redevelopment plans. The Flying Pig in Cambridge was regularly visited by the band’s original frontman Syd Barrett . It is said to be the place where he first met future Pink Floyd guitarist and co-lead…
Once upon a time in a treacherous land called LAX, two men met at the flying-saucer-shaped restaurant that used to hover over the tarmac. Designed by Disney Imagineers and decked out with lava lamps and fiber-optic lighting, the futuristic hot spot called Encounter was once described as “the kinda place George Jetson, James Bond, and Barbarella could…
The video for ABBA’s 1976 megahit and global anthem “Dancing Queen” has hit the memorable milestone of 500 million views on YouTube. The club-based promotional clip is now available in a long-awaited 4K HD version. The clip has taken little more than a decade to reach the half-billion threshold, having been uploaded to ABBA’s official YouTube…
Try calling to mind Nirvana’s Nevermind without its naked, swimming baby; or London Calling without Paul Simenon smashing his bass. Think of Sgt. Pepper’s or Abbey Road without thinking about their sleeves. Classic rock albums and classic, unforgettable album covers are inseparably intertwined. Imagine Dark Side of the Moon without its prism…. Hipgnosis, the design team behind the nearly 50-year-old album cover/t-shirt/poster/bumper sticker/coffee mug/etc. completely…
Cast of occult hit shares hallway with characters from other popular manga. Like a lot of long-running anime/manga hits, Jujutsu Kaisen’s story is divided up into arcs. One of them called the “Shibuya Incident Arc,” starts off in Tokyo’s Shibuya neighborhood, and in a case of life imitating art there’s a Jujutsu Kaisen happening taking place in the real Shibuya right now.…
Pink accepted the Icon Award at the Billboard Music Awards on Sunday night. The singer, the youngest recipient of the BBMA honor, was introduced by her friend Jon Bon Jovi. She began her speech with a funny anecdote about being enamored with the rock legend when she was 8 years old and said she locked herself in her bedroom…
A LED ZEPPELIN classic has been voted the greatest guitar riff of all time ahead of fellow rock gods AC/DC, Ozzy Osbourne and Deep Purple. But which classic Jimmy Page track is it? There can only be one. It’s the guitar riff that changed music forever. Led Zeppelin exploded onto the scene in 1969 with…