90s music
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Billy Corgan the Tease
Billy Corgan has really been stirring the pot of Smashing Pumpkins reunion rumors, to the great emotional distress of 90s nostalgists everywhere. A recent video showcased an especially blatant tease: Well last time I said anything about SP news, it turned into…
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Song of the Day: “Fade Into You”
“Alternative rock” group Mazzy Star reached their commercial peak during the early 90s, a period when American music was dominated by grunge and Nirvana. The creative core of Mazzy Star consisted of guitarist and producer Dave Roback and lyricst and multi-instrumentalist…
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Word of the Day: Froward
(adj.); willfully contrary; not easily managed; rebellious; from Middle English “Vowel sounds work like those sliding puzzle games where you have to unscramble a picture by sliding one piece of it at a time. As soon as you move one…
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The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Caitlin Moran
Caitlin Moran chats with the Rumpus Book Club about how Wolverhampton has changed over the years, the forthcoming film version of her new novel How to Build a Girl, chapatis, and how Blur hogs the pool table.
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What About Bob?
The King of the Sidetrack, the Master of the Interview Hijack, a Self-Described Hack and One Lovable Sad Sack, Mister Bob Mack
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PJ Harvey Tuesday #2: “Rid of Me”
“I very much wanted to write songs that shocked,” PJ Harvey recently told Spin about her early career. “All I wanted to do was shock with my artwork. When I wrote ‘Rid of Me,’ I shocked myself.”