Ljubinko Zivkovic August 18, 2025
Has social media ruined the mystique of the rock star?
Social media might have been successful in bridging the gap between artist and consumer, but it has also dissolved the ideal of the rockstar.
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Best Woodstock Performances: 15 Acts That Defined The Festival
The best Woodstock performances mark the high point of 1960s counterculture, underlining the festival’s groundbreaking contribution to music.
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8 popular songs from the 1980s that are still awful now
Some of these hits from the 1980s were bad from the start, and others just wore out.
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Iggy Pop on the man who combined Joni Mitchell, Chuck Berry and Bob Dylan
Whilst Iggy Pop has many favourite musicians to him, one was so special that he "mated Joni Mitchell and Chuck Berry", with a hint of Bob Dylan thrown in.
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The #1 Albums of 1974: Room at the Top - Best Classic Bands
No less than 25 different titles were at #1 for at least one week in the U.S. The two artists with the most weeks at the top might surprise you.
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The Monday Morning Brew #116
This week’s Monday Morning Brew playlist features music from Mermaid Chunky, TRÚ, The Memory Band, Jesca Hoop, Crescent, Tanya Davis, Jad Fair with Tenniscoats & Norman Blake, Weyes Blood and more.
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How Rick Rubin turned a Tom Petty warm-up riff into a global hit
A look at the effect Rick Rubin has on his production work, and how his work on the Tom Petty solo album 'Wildflowers' sums up his genius.
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A Former CIA Covert Action Officer Reveals the Best Spy Thrillers You Need to Read
(This is a sneak peek of an article posted on The Real Book Spy’s Substack. To read the whole long, and to get full access to all exclusive, premium content, including book reviews, author
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I'm captivated by Google AI's take on Hopper's Nighthawks, but it shouldn't exist
AI art just stumbled across another ethics red line.
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