Don’t ask me how I came across this song (classified information) but I have and it’s truly awful. Actually I only know the first minute is awful because that’s all I could stand. Just, holy jumpin’ Jesus! Crap! For some reason I felt the need to pass this along, to share my pain with you. [...]

Andre Young (Dr. Dre) was born on February 18th of 1965 in Los Angeles, California. He is well known as a record producer and as a rapper (solo, with Snoop Dogg, and with NWA.) N.W.A. was active from 1986 through 1991. The group featured Dr. Dre along with Ice Cube, Eazy-E, DJ Yella, and MC [...]

The new piece by Alice Kim Jenkins is aluminous and effervescent and just plain old calming. She figures in greatly and wildly, strange figures from outer-space. I enjoy her trifles and her other-worldly glue-gun apparatus of goodness. There are pleasant pauses in this piano-based instrumental composition from heaven. One does indeed wonder if Alice Kim [...]

Billie Joe Armstrong was born on February 17th of 1972 in Oakland, California. He is most well known as the lead singer and guitarist for Green Day. He was/is also the lead singer for Pinhead Gunpowder, Foxboro Hot Tubs, and The Network. Green Day formed in 1987 and the band has consisted of Armstrong, Mike [...]

Andy Taylor was born on February 16th of 1961 in Cullercoats, Tyne and Wear, England. He is best known for his work with Duran Duran and The Power Station. He joined Duran Duran in 1980 and became the band’s guitarist. Simon Le Bon was the vocalist, Nick Rhodes was on keyboards, John Taylor was the [...]

Conor Oberst was born on February 15th of 1980 in Omaha, Nebraska. He is best known for his band Bright Eyes. Bright Eyes’ first album was released in January 1998 when Oberst was only 17 years old. It’s title was A Collection of Songs Written and Recorded 1995-1997. Like it’s title indicates, it’s a collection [...]

Rob Thomas was born on February 14th of 1972 in Landstuhl, Germany on a US military base. He is best known as a singer/songwriter for the band Matchbox Twenty, as a solo artist, and for his work with other artists such as Carlos Santana (“Smooth.”) Matchbox Twenty has released four albums which have all had [...]

Black Sabbath’s debut self titled album was released on February 13th of 1970 (Friday the 13th.) It is considered by many to be the very first heavy metal album. The band’s debut single “Evil Woman” was recorded and released in December of 1969 but the remaining six songs on the album were recorded and mixed [...]

Ray Manzarek was born on February 12th of 1939 in Chicago, Illinois. He is best known as the keyboardist (and a co-founder) of the 1960s psychedelic rock group The Doors. The Doors were formed in 1965 by Manzarek (keyboards) with Jim Morrison (vocals), John Densmore (drums), and Robby Krieger (guitars.) The band released six studio [...]

Two days after they appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show for the first time, The Beatles had their first concert in the US. It was on February 11, 1964 at the Washington Coliseum in Washington DC. The video below includes two songs from that first US concert: “I Want To Hold Your Hand” & “From [...]