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As seen in: Far Out Magazine, Pod À Trois - Um podcast sobre diversidade, Flipboard, Medscape, Thought Catalog, New Zimbabwe, American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, Best of Netflix, The British Music Digest
Music writer @ Far Out Magazine // “Silence is as full of potential wisdom and wit as the unhewn marble of great sculpture” - Aldous Huxley

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An interview with Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason

An interview with Pink Floyd drummer Nick Mason

In a new interview with Nick Mason, we discuss Pink Floyd, the towering influence of Ginger Baker and Mitch M…

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Adrian Utley of Portishead on future prospects, AI and more

Adrian Utley of Portishead on future prospects, AI and more

We catch up with Portishead guitarist Adrian Utley to discuss artificial intelligence, future prospects and h…

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An interview with Lias Saoudi of Fat White Family

An interview with Lias Saoudi of Fat White Family

As Fat White Family prepare to release their fourth album, 'Forgiveness is Yours', we catch up with frontman …

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Artificial Intelligence could refresh the entertainment industry

Artificial Intelligence could refresh the entertainment industry

We explore how Artificial intelligence could inadvertently refresh the entertainment industry with profession…

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Vanessa Bedoret - 'Eyes' album review

Vanessa Bedoret - 'Eyes' album review

The French export Vanessa Bedoret, now living in London, has led a fruitful collaborative career with roots i…

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Colin Blunstone discusses The Zombies, Paul Weller and more

Colin Blunstone discusses The Zombies, Paul Weller and more

Colin Blunstone, the co-founding frontman of The Zombies, discusses Paul Weller, new music and more in a new …

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The 1977 Billy Joel song banned by radio stations: “Nothing sells a record like a boycott”

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By Jordan Potter 
| Far Out Magazine
Few things have boosted record sales quite like controversy. Throughout the history of popular music, songs deemed offensive, provocative or dangerous have often attracted far more attention than their creators could ever have generated through conventional promotion. Attempts to suppress music frequently have the opposite effect, transforming relatively modest releases into cultural talking points. Billy Joel experienced this phenomenon firsthand in the late 1970s.
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The 1972 song that made Dave Grohl want to be a musician: “The most classic riff”

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By Jordan Potter 
| Far Out Magazine
Credit: Raph Pour-Hashemi Perhaps the most enthusiastic connoisseur among our living rock stars, Dave Grohl, is a fountain of knowledge and gushing reverence. Part of Grohl’s enduring appeal is his enthusiasm as a fan. Even after decades of success, he still speaks about music with the same excitement and curiosity that first drew him towards a life in rock and roll. As a child of the late 1960s, he rose to cognition just as the world recovered from the loss of The Beatles.
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The 1976 Blondie song Debbie Harry called “so dirty”

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By Jordan Potter 
| Far Out Magazine
Emerging as the beautiful figurehead of Blondie in the mid-1970s, Debbie Harry and her bandmates followed an early passion for punk rock into more stable realms as a pop act in New York’s burgeoning new wave scene. Although they embraced pop tones and even rap in ‘Rapture’, Blondie never lost contact with their roots. That balance between accessibility and attitude became one of the band’s defining strengths.
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