During the Rolling Stones’ 1973 tour of Europe, the band would usually end the show with their 1968 single (and Beggars Banquet album track), “Street…
Before they were Sparks, brothers Ron and Russell Mael were teenagers growing up in Pacific Palisades. More than the sunbeams, they bathed in the sound…
New Years Eve, Paris, 1968. Amidst a volatile political climate of civil unrest that nearly brought the entire country to a virtual halt, rock ‘n’…
Tupac. London-based artist Madina produces Hip-Hop designs for posters, pins, T-shirts and sweaters. He was the designer behind the best-selling GoldenEra Hip-Hop stamp collection–previously featured…
Andreas Ammer is not a famous name in the US, but in Germany he’s long been the object of acclaim. Having been a professor at…
When UCLA film student student Nettie Peña borrowed a reel-to-reel recorder from the high school where her father worked to record her friends’ new group,…
Andy Warhol and Mario Montez filming Hedy (via Continuo) On the night of January 27, 1966, the actress Hedy Lamarr was arrested for stealing $86…
Well, where do I begin with this little gem? Probably the history…. So, the Eurovision Song Contest that tacky annual sing-a-long started off as a…
Last winter, Dangerous Minds told you about Laddio Bolocko, an obscure (but important) art-damaged jazz/rock band of the late ’90s, which itself was the product…
It’s safe to say that if you reach the age of 66 and you find yourself playing a piano that is on fire, either your…