AvatarJohn23 hours agoGreen Day pitches in to help Bay Area bar on verge of closureSFGate - Timothy KaroffAs a classic Oakland blues and punk club teeters on the verge of closure, Green Day is chipping in to help. Last week, the owner of Eli’s Mile High Club, an anchor of the East Bay music scene, started a GoFundMe to keep the venue’s doors open. On Monday night, Green Day singer Billie Joe Armstrong …
AvatarJohn1 day ago“The Axeman Cometh”: This Month in 1919, New Orleans Residents Play Jazz All Night to Placate a Serial Killeramericansongwriter.com - Lauren BoisvertIn 1919, New Orleans was terrorized by a jazz-loving serial killer called the Axeman who demanded citizens play jazz music for him.The post “The …
AvatarJohnMar 12Spotify Paid Over $4.5 Billion to Music Publishers Over the Last Two Years, So Why Are Songwriters Struggling?Variety - Jem AswadSpotify announced earlier this year that it paid out a record $10 billion-plus to the music industry in 2024, bringing its total to nearly $60 …
AvatarJohnJ. Geils Band frontman drops names by the ton in new memoircleveland.com - Gary GraffCLEVELAND, Ohio -- Anyone who’s seen Peter Wolf perform, or has just listened to a J. Geils Band live album, knows the man can tell a grand story. …
AvatarJohnMolly Ringwald Says ‘Pretty In Pink’ Was Inspired By A Night At Kingston Mines With John Hughesblockclubchicago.org - Patrick FilbinLINCOLN PARK — The night Molly Ringwald spent dancing at famed Chicago blues club Kingston Mines sparked the creation of filmmaker John Hughes’ ’80s …
AvatarJohnStream It Or Skip It: ‘Tom Petty: Heartbreakers Beach Party’ on Paramount+, a Cameron Crowe-directed romp from 1982 rescued from the MTV archivesDecider - Johnny LoftusA 1982 profile helmed by music journalist-turned-filmmaker Cameron Crowe about Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers has in 2025 resurfaced from obscurity to …
