When Nintendo’s NES gaming console was unleashed on American shores in October 1985, few could have predicted its cultural impact. Nintendo had originally released a system
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On Oct. 21, 1995, Blind Melon singer Shannon Hoon was found dead on his tour bus, his life coming to an end after only briefly scraping its
Released five months after its parent record arrived on Oct. 23, 2000, “Out of the Silent Planet” ended up as a cut-down single, chopped from
On Halloween 1982, CHiPs aired one of the most hare-brained, lovable episodes of its six-season run, with the stars getting involved in the life of a rocker
On Oct. 24, 1995, five different rock artists — Ozzy Osbourne, Smashing Pumpkins, the Pretenders, Bob Seger and Anthrax — put out notable albums. The
On Oct. 25, 1990, The Simpsons unleashed its first “Treehouse of Horror” episode, launching a Halloween television tradition. When formulating their concept, show creator Matt Groening
Over the course of the past 50 years, it’s become increasingly apparent that, for many people, satire is one of the best ways to understand American
Like many Rush album covers, Power Windows started with a pun and ended with a compromise. Hugh Syme, the prog-rock trio’s art director since 1975, began with
Rush art director Hugh Syme wanted to playfully reference a famous cartoon on the cover of Exit … Stage Left, the prog-rock trio’s 1981 live
Given Hugh Syme’s work — designing album covers for some of the world’s biggest rock and metal bands — it wasn’t uncommon to encounter strange, occasionally