The mission arrived with less than 24 hours notice, the way the best ones always do. Just a text, a phone call, and a travel budget to Spokane, Washington. My mission, should I choose to accept, was ...

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Recorded during the same sessions as its latest album, bones, the trans-fronted rock outfit Rainbow Kitten Surprise expands on the album’s sound with “Never Have I Ever.” The single released last ...

Paul Weller was born; the West Side Story soundtrack went No. 1; George Lucas' Star Wars debuted in theaters; and the Hollies recorded "He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother," today in music history.

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