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“We Are the Best!”: Little anarchists start a band
July 16, 2014Clearly, "We Are the Best!" is a remembrance of someone's 1982 life on the cusp of womanhood.
Read moreCirque Du Soleil’s The Beatles LOVE Show
July 15, 2014Once the show begins, "somebody calls you... A girl with kaleidoscope eyes," into a production that's more an evocation of the Beatles, their music and philosophy, than a chronological narrative.
Read moreToday in labor history: Blues legend Big Bill Broonzy born
June 26, 2014Lee Conley Bradley, who became known as Big Bill Broonzy, was born on June 26 in 1893, as he later said, or possibly in 1905 as family records suggest.
Read moreToday in history: World-changers McCartney, Mbeki born
June 18, 2014Two world-changing figures from the worlds of politics and music were born 72 years ago today, June 18, 1942.
Read moreDid homophobia cut singer, LGBT activist Otep out of metal festival?
April 4, 2014It may be no coincidence that the festival's main sponsor is Rockstar Energy Drink, a corporation with ties to a homophobic, conservative political pundit.
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