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Here are some AWESOME musical answering machine messages brought to you by the good people at Radio Shack. 1. 21st Century Funk (0:16) 2. Rappin (0:17) 3....

It all started with a YouTube video. Three young men flipped Odd Future songs into a jazz medley in an abandoned apartment. The drummer...

A collection of hit songs from the past 2 decades which have sampled songs of previous eras or different genres. https://youtu.be/mU7kdal_-jI

Check out the $50,000 final match at the 2007 USARPS Championship in Las Vegas, the biggest throwdown in hand sport history. https://youtu.be/_eanWnL3FtM

Documents from the FBI reveal that J. Edgar Hoover took personal offense to comedian George Carlin following his appearances on “The Carol Burnett Show"...

Beats 1 was basically Trent Reznor's idea?  Zane Lowe: Yeah. I'm not sure if you've had a chance to sit  with Trent, but he's one...

In 1987, I had just graduated high school and moved from San Jose to Long Beach, CA for college. I chose Long Beach State...

WHATEVER happened to the laptop computer? Two years ago, on my flight to Las Vegas for Comdex, the annual microcomputer trade show, every second...

White Rhino's sister is not too excited about his lip-synch performance during their 7-hour road trip or his choice of music. https://youtu.be/OClAfGo_9wQ

You'd think it would be difficult for Brian Wilson to pick his favorite Beach Boys song, but he's decisive: It's "God Only Knows." In...

A great look at the most iconic visual supplement in the history of music. https://youtu.be/_st4diqjpis

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If there's one musical style that epitomizes summer, it might be the loping island style of ska. It caught fire in early '60s Jamaica,...

This video explains why most internet memes use the typeface Impact, designed by Geoffrey Lee in 1965. https://youtu.be/PzySkYQNDlI

Building on their Toy Like Me accessories, Makies has shipped 3D printed cochlear implants for your 3D printed custom doll, inwhite or pink.  Makies...

Stephen Witt's How Music Got Free is a riveting story of obsession, music, crime, and money, featuring visionaries and criminals, moguls and tech-savvy teenagers. It’s...