Daily Newsletter, January 4, 2025

The first weekend of the year edition part 2

Ljubinko Zivkovic
January 04, 2026

55 Facts That Blew Our Minds in 2025

We’ll never look at potatoes the same way again.

www.theatlantic.com/science/2025/12/55-science-health-tech-facts-2025/685418/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=flipboard/magazine/Flipboard+Picks

Five Motown songs from 1968 that sound even better today

Looking back on five incredible Motown anthems from 1968 that sound even better today than they did during the far out age of soul, hippies, and LSD trips.

faroutmagazine.co.uk/motown-songs-1968-sound-even-better-today/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

The Top Selling Albums of 1971: Superstars - Best Classic Bands

Recordings made by some of the biggest classic rock artists of the era dominated the list of top-selling albums in the U.S.

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Five songs from the 1970s that paved the way for the '80s

Amid a spectacular decade for music, we select five cut from the 1970s that anticipated the 1980s' rock and pop soundtrack.

faroutmagazine.co.uk/five-songs-from-1970s-that-paved-the-way-to-sound-of-80s/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

Bad boys (and 1 girl): 15 rock legends with a criminal record

Big hits, bad behaviour. Robin Askew introduces 15 rock legends with a rap sheet

www.classical-music.com/rock/rock-stars-with-criminal-records?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy%20music

Time Capsule: Lisa Germano, 'Geek the Girl'

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www.pastemagazine.com/music/lisa-germano/time-capsule-lisa-germano-geek-the-girl?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

The classic Bangles song that was recorded entirely in the nude

Susanna Hoffs recorded The Bangles' classic 'Eternal Flame' in the nude after being told that Olivia Newton-John sang her best songs the same way.

faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-bangles-classic-that-was-recorded-entirely-in-the-nude/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=FarOutMagazine/magazine/Far+Out+Music

‘Stranger Things’ and Prince: The Complicated Road to Bringing ‘When Doves Cry’ and ‘Purple Rain’ to the Show’s Finale

Obtaining permission to use two iconic Prince songs for 'Stranger Things' was like a Rubik's Cube for the music supervisor — here, she explains why.

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“I told Kurt Cobain that I was going to write a song that had more 'yeahs' in it than anything he’d written.” How a joke between R.E.M. and Nirvana's mercurial frontmen resulted in a 90s classic

Stipe had writer’s block on this Automatic For The People standout until a stroll round Seattle opened the floodgates for one of his band’s biggest anthems

www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/how-a-joke-between-michael-stipe-and-kurt-cobain-helped-inspire-an-r-e-m-classic?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic/entertainment

The 20 best David Bowie books

Comic books, illuminating analyses, worthy biographies… Bowie continues to contain multitudes for authors to draw on

www.uncut.co.uk/features/lists/the-20-best-david-bowie-books-152664

A Critic’s Year in Film: Kaveh Jalinous’ Top 10 of 2025

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Wuthering Heights to The Odyssey: 16 of the most exciting films coming up in 2026

From Emerald Fennell's divisive Wuthering Heights to Christopher Nolan's anticipated ancient Greek epic, here are BBC critics' picks of the films to see in the year ahead.

www.bbc.com/culture/article/20251230-films-to-watch-in-2026?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FFilm+%26+TV

10 Artists Influenced by Edward Hopper's Nighthawks

https://www.mentalfloss.com/art/10-artists-influenced-edward-hoppers-nighthawks

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