“Fun, Fun, Fun” Parody by The Beach Boys…errr…Jimmy Fallon and Kevin Bacon

First Drafts of Rock takes a look at an early version of The Beach Boys' "Fun, Fun, Fun." https://youtu.be/ynKqgo-x780

The Real Story Behind Rick Springfield’s “Jessie’s Girl”

“Jessie’s Girl” by Rick Springfield is a classic song and Jimmy Kimmel has always wondered what the real story behind it was. It turns...

Full Video: Horton Hears A Who! (CBS, 1970)

The 1966 cartoon of How The Grinch Stole Christmas was so popular that director Chuck Jones (Looney Toones), followed up with Horton Hears A...

Bill Nye Reads Mean Tweets About Himself

"You pretend the global warming fairy is real even as you live in a mansion. Maybe do cartwheels for voodoo." https://youtu.be/mm4Rwyi-k08

Parrot Sings The Lego Movie’s ‘Everything Is Awesome’

Birds on Safari, a pet store in Stuart, Fla., posted a video of a yellow-naped Amazon parrot named Princess Yellowfeather that sings “Everything is...

Universal Releases Five-Year Development Plan; Lucian Grainge Stays On Until At Least 2020

Paris, July 31, 2015 Vivendi: - Five-year development plan for Universal Music Group - Lucian Grainge committed to UMG and Vivendi at least until 2020 Vivendi has agreed on...

Apple Music Uses Snapchat To Offer A Sneak Inside Beats 1 Global Studios

Apple Music's first Snapchat story. Beats 1, by the way, is a great service and loving it. https://youtu.be/wLUl71tEZMc

Bikini Kill To Reissue 1991 Cassette ‘Revolution Girl Style Now’

The original and extremely influential Riot Grrrl leaders Bikini Kill will reissue their original demo tape Revolution Girl Style Now, featuring three unreleased tracks....

Dwight Yoakam On Abstaining From Alcohol And Drugs

I never drank. It never had an allure to me. I’d been raised in a very abstinent environment. The one smart thing I did...

Listen To Peter Gabriel’s Games Without Frontiers In German

In the early ’80s Peter Gabriel wrote to the heads of his various labels around Europe and offered to re-record his vocals in their...

Bernard Sumner Says Ian Curtis Was “A Happy-Go-Lucky Bloke”

Asked to look back on the lyrics of Joy Division’s final album Closer, the New Order frontman and former Joy Division Bernard Sumner concedes...

Enjoy Tool’s “Lateralus” even more once you know this fact about the Fibonacci sequence

Just a few seconds of Tool are enough to know you're not listening to any rock and roll band. The song “Lateralus,” makes use...

Must Listen: The Human League’s Don’t You Want Me Stripped To The Bare Essentials

Sometimes less is more. Less means everything. The Human League's Don't You Want Me? is stripped down to the bare essentially, lyrically. Just listen. https://youtu.be/UD8n8e4ZnF0

AP makes one million minutes of historical footage available on YouTube

The Associated Press and British Movietone, one of the world's most comprehensive newsreel archives, are together bringing more than 1 million minutes of...

U2’s Innocence + Experience Concert Special, Documentary Coming to HBO

HBO is getting a taste of U2’s current Innocence + Experience world tour. The premium cable network has scored a pair of specials from...

The Smiths vs Tears For Fears – Everybody Wants To Stop Me If You Think You’ve Heard This Before

Two bands that I listed to a lot in the 80s and 90s and...er...2000s....and um....now, are The Smiths and Tears For Fears. Thanks to...