barry manilow That 1973 Barry Manilow scored Spaghetti-Os commercial where everyone is tripping balls Jason Weisberger

police Howard Stern and the Village People both fell for a satire article about the cop from the Village People Thom Dunn

poetry Beat poet Michael McClure, RIP David Pescovitz

COVID-19 Tom Waits pens touching letter to beloved, eccentric music producer, Hal Willner Gareth Branwyn

art Noah Wall paints audio portraits using the structures of New York Gareth Branwyn

COVID-19 Legendary singer/songwriter, John Prine, has died from COVID-19 Gareth Branwyn

singer/songwriter A delightful cover of "I Saw A Tiger," the insane country anthem from "Tiger King" Thom Dunn

new wave Why Yoko Ono once performed backup vocals for "Rock Lobster" onstage with The B-52's Rusty Blazenhoff

Ozzy Osbourne releases touching autobiographical video for his recent single, "Ordinary Man" (featuring Elton John) Gareth Branwyn

music Celebrate Valentine's Day with this playlist of love songs that other songwriters wish they wrote Thom Dunn

Enjoy this Star Trek fan's delightful "Ode to Spock" recorded after the Vulcan's film death in 1982 David Pescovitz

politics Passport and Nobels Jasmina Tesanovic

elon musk This ambient mix of a new sci-fi-themed Rentals song is a sonic trip to outer space Thom Dunn

science fiction RIP, Mike Resnick Cory Doctorow

deaths Gershon Kingsley, 1922-2019 Rob Beschizza

youtube Horace Goes Copyright Striking Rob Beschizza

it was a dark and stormy night What it's like to collectively write a novel Clive Thompson

music Jury: Katy Perry's Dark Horse's infringes copyright of earlier song Rob Beschizza

music On the way, collection of Prince's jams made famous by others David Pescovitz

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