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Van Conner, co-founding bassist of alternative rock band Screaming Trees, has died at 55. Conner’s brother and bandmate, Gary Lee Conner, shared the news in a social media statement. “Van Conner, bassist and songwriter of Screaming Trees, died last night of an extended illness at 55,” he wrote. “It was pneumonia that got him in the end. He was one of the closest friends I ever had, and I loved him immensely. I will miss him forever and ever and ever.” Born in 1967 in Apple Valley, Calif., and raised in Ellensburg, Wash., Conner formed the band Explosive Generation in...

Nick Cave, the seminal Australian rock figure who helmed the Bad Seeds, had plenty to say about ChatGPT, the text-based chat tech developed by buzzy San Francisco startup OpenAI. In a letter published Monday in his "The Red Hand Files" newsletter, Cave talked about the humanity of art, the “emerging horror of AI” and ChatGPT’s “grotesque mockery” of his oeuvre. A New Zealand-based fan sent him a song “written” by the already notorious bot in the style of Cave’s work. To say that the songwriter was unhappy with the song would be underselling his fury. Cave begins by noting that...

The Beatles - Let It Be (Official Music Video)

I Am The Walrus · The Beatles

Eleven-year-old Jude Kofie, of Aurora, Colorado, demonstrated a remarkable talent no one anticipated when he discovered an old keyboard and, without any lessons, began playing - a talent piano tuner Bill Magnusson termed "Mozart level." Correspondent Steve Hartman reports on generosity that was music to Jude's ear.

At an event on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Biden wanted to celebrate the birthday of MLK III's wife... and it went exactly like you'd expect 👇 VIDEOS AT LINK....................... Happy birthday dear, Valvey! Valvey? Valia? I have no clue what name he's trying to say here. But it's not Arndrea Waters King, the birthday girl's name. Only Joe Biden could see the name Arndrea and say "I'm gonna go with Valvaw!"

Baby You're A Rich Man · The Beatles

Gino Odjick, who gained a reputation during his 12-year NHL career as an enforcer and fan favorite, has died at the age of 52. Odjick had been diagnosed with amyloidosis in 2014, which attacks the organs and the heart. Odjick reportedly died of a heart attack at a Vancouver hospital

Wandering my way thru husband's flower photographs and found these. The cereus was a gift from a cousin, a descendant of 3rd great grandfather, Henry Bicker Gibson, whose railroad was one of those merged to create the New York Central. Here's a new music video of Henry B. Gibson, banker and railroadman (1783-1863). Unfortunately, I re-potted the cereus 7 years ago and it hasn't bloomed since.

Very talented man who has posted on Twitter that he is dying from vaccine injury.Mike O'MaraMike O'Mara @MikeOMara Goodbye, all. My nerves are dying, my muscle tissue dissolved, the last bits twitching as they fail. My digestion is stopped, organs failing slowly but surely. I await my last ride to my last stop for whatever final failure will kill me. Love to those who supported me. Goodbye.

A Thai transgender businesswoman and media tycoon has bought the company that runs the Miss Universe beauty pageants for $20 million.Anne Jakkaphong Jakrajutatip, the boss of JKN Global Group, a company that makes television shows in Thailand, has become the first woman to own the pageant in its 71-year history, according to an Oct. 26 press release from the company.Jakrajutatip, a reality TV star in her home country, has appeared on Thai versions of Project Runway and Shark Tank. She also helped establish Life Inspired for Transsexual Foundation, a nonprofit transgender rights group, according to The Today Show.Jakrajutatip said in...

Is there an inexpensive way to determine if poor over-the-air TV reception is due to weak signal strength vs. multipath reflections? I am trying to troubleshoot a problem with degraded OTA TV reception that has not responded to installing new cable and connectors. The antenna is fairly new and in good condition.

The official Duran Duran video for "Ordinary World" from 1993's THE WEDDING ALBUM. Directed by Nick Egan.

A casual date night for Britney Spears and husband Sam Asghari at a JOEY restaurant Friday in Los Angeles ended in a bizarre Britney “meltdown,” according to TMZ. SNIP According to witnesses, the seemingly “manic” 41-year-old “Piece of Me” singer began yelling and “talking gibberish,” prompting Asghari to storm out of the Woodland Hills restaurant, TMZ reported. SNIP In the diner footage, Spears can be seen sitting alone, muttering to herself, before leaving the restaurant with her bodyguard.

At around the 3 minute mark, this guy starts playing the various isolated tracks from the song - drums, then bass, then guitar, then vocals, etc. I thought it was interesting to hear each different component on its own, then how they all come together. Music Geek Reacts to Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams" Isolated Raw Tracks

I was surprised to learn something recently about the topic of this thread.A friend of mine reported that he tried some locally bought (at a smoke shop) delta 8 gummies. Though delta 8 is a supposedly milder form with delta 9 being the regular, stronger stuff, my friend reported to me that, after 1 gummie (100mg), he was too stoned to drive (he was at home though). This guy also said he hasn't smoked a joint in many years and never takes even over-the-counter drugs unless his doctor insists. He said he ate this gummie more as a lark than...

With his ‘Nigeria’ album, guitarist Grant Green turned in pitch-perfect hard bop performances that risked confusing his growing fanbase.As both a leader and sideman, Grant Green was undoubtedly the most prolific recording artist on Blue Note’s roster between the years 1961 and 1964, having appeared on 50 different sessions for the New York label during a supremely fertile four-year period. In 1962 alone, when he recorded the tracks for what became Nigeria, he led five more studio dates, which would yield the albums Oleo, Born To Be Blue, The Latin Bit, Goin’ West, and Feelin’ The Spirit. The St. Louis-born...

It is a dangerous time for AMs. Electric rates are at their highest point in decades and advertising is soft in some markets as clients take a wait-and-see approach to the 2023 economy where talk of a potential recession continues. The result is Townsquare Media has powered down a trio of its AM stations.“Due to economic conditions in the market, the licensee was forced to take the station off the air temporarily,” Townsquare says in each of its filings with the FCC. It is not, however, turning in the license, leaving the door open to be back on the air...

As a young music journalist, Jeff Beck was on the short list of icons who I really wanted to interview. I knew he had a repuation of being somewhat curmudgeonly so I wasn’t even sure if I really wanted it to happen. But in 1999 he was doing some interviews around his album Who Else!, and I took my shot and to my surprise, was approved. When I interviewed legendary rockers – particularly ones who have collaborated with a lot of other artists – I would always ask about the different interesting things that they did. In Jeff’s case, I...

John Fogerty has finally gained worldwide control of his Creedence Clearwater Revival publishing rights, putting to bed one of the longest, nastiest battles in music industry history. Fogerty’s legal woes began nearly 60 years ago when CCR signed to Fantasy Records, which film producer and record company executive Saul Zaentz bought in 1967. Fogerty came to see the terms of the deal as unfair and tried for years to extricate himself from Fantasy Records. To get out of the deal, Fogerty relinquished his royalties to Zaentz in 1980 and did not see a payment from them for decades. Zaentz famously...