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If All of the Raindrops...
Today was a long day in many ways, and it took a lot out of my inner “battery,” so I was feeling a little grumpy by this evening... however, while tucking my kids into bed, a song came on their music box that I just really felt the urge to share with my readers.
By Adora Hooper20 days ago in Beat
The Crucial Three
Introduction The Crucial Three were a short-lived band that existed for approximately six weeks in early 1977. They are nevertheless notable on account of the individual success of all three founding members: Julian Cope formed The Teardrop Explodes and has enjoyed a long and successful solo career as an author, photographer and singer, Ian McCulloch formed the very successful Echo & the Bunnymen, while guitarist Pete Wylie formed Wah! Heat (and various subsequent incarnations of Wah!) and enjoyed major chart success with "The Story of the Blues". In those early days, McCulloch sang, Cope played bass, and Wylie played guitar. A drummer, Stephen Spence, also joined at some point in their brief life.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 months ago in Beat
The Shot That Changed Everything
On the evening of May 25, 2020, a routine police call in the city of Minneapolis unexpectedly turned into a tragic event that would soon dominate global headlines and ignite one of the largest waves of social protest in modern history. A 46-year-old man named George Floyd had been detained by officers from the Minneapolis Police Department after a local store employee reported that a customer had allegedly used a counterfeit twenty-dollar bill. What initially appeared to be a minor investigation rapidly escalated into a deadly confrontation that was captured on video by bystanders standing nearby on the street.
By The Curious Writer8 months ago in Beat
