“Try Not to Breathe” is a pretty bleak command. And, indeed, the second track from R.E.M.’s Automatic for the People is about death. But the
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There is a legend that Aaron Spelling, who produced more television shows than anyone in history, once said, “Do you know what our suicide rate
The Season 3 premiere of Saturday Night Live was a showcase for fan-favorite SNL host Steve Martin. But it was also a testament to Dan Aykroyd’s
An enduring Saturday Night Live recurring sketch comes together with a mysterious alchemy. Dan Aykroyd and Steve Martin’s Festrunk Brothers are an example of a
As R.E.M. were completing work on their eighth studio album, Automatic for the People, in the late spring of 1992, the quartet’s members grew concerned
When the Foo Fighters began recording their sixth studio album, Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, they did so not only from a position of abundance, but also
Being booked as a musical performer on Saturday Night Live has always been a gamble. While SNL‘s initial variety-show approach to late-night live TV has
When Led Zeppelin broke up in 1980, Robert Plant was left to answer a complicated question: What do you do when you have already reached the
When talking about R.E.M.’s Automatic for the People, bassist and keyboardist Mike Mills claimed the band recorded its 1992 album “in the four corners of the
INXS closed out their world tour on Sept. 27, 1997, with a headlining show at the Star Lake Amphitheater in Burgettstown, Penn. The Australian band