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macklemore and ryan lewis “thrift shop” locations
February 7, 2013 peter bell
For the first time since Lisa Loeb’s “Stay” off the 1994 Reality Bites soundtrack, an independent artist without a major label has made it to #1 on the Billboard charts. “Thrift Shop” by Macklemore and Ryan Lewis featuring Wanz is an ode to secondhand treasure hunting set to an infectious beat. While the song has […]
jimi hendrix locations
October 24, 2012 peter bell
Widely regarded as one of the most innovative guitarists in music history, Johnny Allen Hendrix (later James Marshall “Jimi” Hendrix) was born on November 27, 1942 in Seattle, WA. In the short 27 years of his life, Hendrix redefined the possibilities of the electric guitar as an instrument, while expanding the capacity of an artist […]
Kurt Cobain in Aberdeen, WA locations
January 18, 2012 peter bell
The first time I heard Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit,” it was on MTV. My mother had gotten cable to watch The Gulf War (thanks, CNN!) and MTV was part of the package. For any younger readers, MTV used to show music videos almost exclusively back then, before the The Real World proved wildly successful in […]