Daily Newsletter, February 5, 2024

Like David Ackles, some artists don't reach a wider audience, even though they should

It was 60 years ago next week: On Feb. 9, 1964, The Beatles made their historic American TV debut on The Ed Sullivan Show. More than 73 million people tuned in to the Sunday night broadcast, a record at the time. The Fab Four played five songs during the broadcast — All My Loving, Till […]

Many rock albums tend to take a Herculian effort to make, but these albums were all made with the lowest morale possible.

Syd Barrett’s contribution is absent in an edition that sticks religiously to 1969 template

Looking at the life and career of Lizzy Mercier Descloux, the musician and writer who was at the forefront of the New York no wave scene in the late 1970s.

Fifty years ago, Manhattan dive bar CBGB began to become the home of a new musical scene – making the careers of Patti Smith, Blondie, the Ramones and many more.

Celebrate 60 years of of Beatlemania, take a trip with Journey, get down with The Bee Gees, get the word from Ralph J. Gleason, enjoy a slice of U2’s giant lemon, head for the country with Sawyer Brown — and more musical musings for the latest edition of your reading list:   Livin’ Just to […]

EJ Moreno looks at ten controversial movies and the drama around them… What makes a movie controversial? Is it the buzz around the film, or what actually happens during its runtime? For this list, I’ll look at some of the most infamous movies ever and figure out what was the root of the conversations. Don’t […]

A brief history of the grand old American tradition of banning books. | Lit Hub History “Tell me, O Muse, of the man of many devices”: Olivia Rutigliano on Paul Giamatti. | Lit Hub Film Rick Bass o…

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