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This Week In Music History (February 3 – 9)

Beatles & Ed Sullivan

Beatles & Ed Sullivan

My latest “This Week In Music History” feature went out again this week over at the Spinner.

In this edition the Beatles fight Apple Computers, John Lennon has a run-in with the U.S. government, and Britney Spears has a run-in with sanity.

To read about these things as well as a bunch of other stuff that made music history, click here.

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This Week In Music History (January 27 – February 2)

Beatles on the roof

Beatles on the roof

My latest “This Week In Music History” feature went out again this week over at the Spinner.

In this edition we celebrate the Beatles last live performance ever… on a rooftop, remember that time Michael Jackson‘s hair caught on fire, and lament The White Stripes packing it in.

To read about these things as well as a bunch of other stuff that made music history, click here.

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Concert Censorship: A Brief History Of ‘The Man’ Trying To Shut Down The Rock

Religious protesters want Lady Gaga to go to hell

Religious protesters want Lady Gaga to go to hell

On any given day, in any town or city, anywhere in the world, there’s probably some crackdown/protest/sinister bullshit happening that’s attempting to prevent people from rockin’ and dancin’.

Basically, the people behind these crackdowns hate music and they hate life and they’re assholes.

Anyway, in lieu of the latest round of anti-Lady Gaga protests in the Philippines and such, Sarah was tasked to find other examples of The Man cracking down on rock ‘n’ roll.

It turns out there were no shortage of examples, from Elvis Presley to Eminem to The Beatles to you name it. Basically, the government is afraid of musicians.

To read about this story, head over to Spinner by clicking here.

 

 

 

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