“He is a modest man who has a lot to be modest about,” Winston Churchill allegedly said about rival Clement Atlee.
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“He is a modest man who has a lot to be modest about,” Winston Churchill allegedly said about rival Clement Atlee.
After many years of estrangement, Ric Ocasek finally gave us the Cars reunion we’ve been waiting for.
Now she’s got bad blood! And it’s not with Katy Perry or Nicki Minaj…
Duran Duran’s latest “comeback album” could be the swansong for one of the best guitarists of our time.
I can’t decide whether Nate Ruess is great or grating.
I recently went to London to cover the 800th anniversary celebration of the sealing (no, King John never signed it- but I bet he still had that sourpuss expression on his face) of the Magna Carta for the ABA Journal.