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OUR GIFT GUIDE GOES TO 11! Seventy Rocking Gifts!
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When Philip Oakey formed the Human League in 1977 with his Sheffield, England art school mates Martyn Ware and Ian Marsh, the art collective/theater group/band were dedicated to the idea of creating detached electronic music using only synthesizers. It...
Retroreview: Prince, Live at The Forum – Inglewood, CA 2011
Retroreview: Prince, Live at The Forum – Inglewood, CA 2011 "There was no way Prince was getting more of my money. That was, until I read tickets were just Twenty Five Bucks!..." With his recent passing, we savor the memories of our time with The Purple One at...
