OK so it seems Im getting prtty useless at this blog thing havnt been updating it for over a week now I knw Im slack but on the up side it means Im having far too good a time to waste it on the internet, in fact why am i writing now when its...

When you go to Port Arthur and talk about Janis Joplin, some people rally around, others look at you like you're crazy. Joplin, Bohemian blues beatnik rocker, lead a life both blessed by a God-given talent and tormented by a Devil-driven...

No one expected the Rapture, 2003's kings of yelping punk-funk, to make an upbeat, soulful record - least of all themselves. The band tell Chris Salmon how they cheered up This is the band the NME labelled "the coolest band in the world" in 2003...

WOW! Only 36 cents per day for 7-day delivery?! The following are comments from the readers. In no way do they represent the views of the Quad-City Times or Lee Enterprises. Dave L...

Has any artist outside of Bob Dylan kept bootleggers busier than Bruce Springsteen has? In his heyday, the Boss would record literally dozens of songs for every album and not just demos and sketches, either, but proper finished songs, as well...

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Back by popular demand, it's the test for those in the know: the Mail Diary Christmas Quiz, drawn from some 1,600 exclusive items published here in 2006...