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Week 54: WU-TANG CLAN (420 to 30: A Music Retrospective)

1 Sep 2021 10 minute read 0 comments jozefkrichards

The RZA, the GZA, Ol' Dirty Bastard, Inspectah Deck, Raekwon the Chef, U-God, Ghostface Killah and the Method Man, and Masta Killa (and later Cappadonna as well) form like Voltron to make up the greatest group in hip hop, the ones with witty, unpredi...

Week 53: SAM COOKE (420 to 30: A Music Retrospective)

31 Aug 2021 8 minute read 0 comments jozefkrichards

One of the most gifted, charismatic singers of all time, Sam Cooke was also an incredible songwriter and his soulful style and passionate, inventive re-workings of the classics made him the father of a whole genre of music to follow, fittingly referr...

August 30, The Victory Day of Turkey

30 Aug 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Hephaistos

The Victory Day is celebrated on August 30 every year in Turkey, also in Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. It is a national holiday and celebrated to pay tribute to the Battle of the Commander-in-Chief in 1922, the Great Counter-Attack against the...

Week 52: DAVID WISE (420 to 30: A Music Retrospective)

30 Aug 2021 9 minute read 0 comments jozefkrichards

As video game consoles came into their own in the 1990s, their soundtracks did as well. Composers like David Wise pushed the hardware to its limits every bit as much as the programmers did, and a new sub-genre of music was born. Wise's most well-know...

Baia, the ancient Las Vegas city?

29 Aug 2021 1 minute read 10 comments Duvinca

I have seen a new of those that I like the most, curious, surprising, interesting, historical, archaeological... Did you know that there was a city that was like Las Vegas in the Roman Empire? It was the city of Baia, "the city of sin" submerged in...

Week 51: PINK FLOYD (420 to 30: A Music Retrospective)

28 Aug 2021 7 minute read 2 comments jozefkrichards

Responsible for some of the most popular and well-regarded rock albums of all time, Pink Floyd would at first seem an unlikely candidate for such wide-spread appeal. Their albums rarely featured anything resembling hit singles, instead, more common w...

Five flavors from my childhood I'll never forget

28 Aug 2021 2 minute read 2 comments RocketEnthusiast

It's a Friday night, a nostalgic one at that! What better way to look back into the past than fondly remembering some of those treats I used to enjoy as a wee lad. Of course everything on the following list was laden with sugar. What else would you e...

Week 50: FOSTER THE PEOPLE (420 to 30: A Music Retrospective)

27 Aug 2021 5 minute read 0 comments jozefkrichards

What is "pop" and what is "alternative" fluctuates from era to era. Nonetheless, Foster the People might just be both anyways. By 2010, alternative rock was no longer simply the garage band itself, it was instead the app, Garage Band. Songs weren't j...

Week 49: MORT GARSON (420 to 30: A Music Retrospective)

26 Aug 2021 6 minute read 2 comments jozefkrichards

A pioneer of electronic music and the Moog synthesizer, Mort Garson's eclectic discography is not the most widely known, but its influence is widely felt. He was among the first to push the technology of electronic music to its limits, creating rich...

Week 48: EMINEM (420 to 30: A Music Retrospective)

25 Aug 2021 9 minute read 1 comment jozefkrichards

The loss of Tupac and Biggie to the hip hop industry in the late 90s left a massive chasm to be filled by rap's next superstar to-be. That superstar was Marshall Mathers, Eminem. Famously crass, he backed it up with raw talent and an incredible flow....