#CREEM, legendary rock magazine, relaunches after 33 years

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“CREEM, legendary rock magazine, relaunches after 33 years” More than three decades since it was last printed, this iconic rock ‘n’ roll magazine has been born anew. CREEM, launched out of a derelict Detroit bank in 1969, made a name for itself as the underground editorial project that could before suspending production in 1989. Now,…

#Charles Mingus is still the great American rebel, 100 years on

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“Charles Mingus is still the great American rebel, 100 years on” Charles Mingus, born 100 years ago Friday, was jazz’s ultimate firebrand. As an African American artist, he gave no quarter to the establishment in the 1960s. One of this country’s greatest composers, Mingus could also lead a band like a peerless field general. The…

#Anya Taylor-Joy’s ‘Last Night in Soho’ costume inspirations

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“#Anya Taylor-Joy’s ‘Last Night in Soho’ costume inspirations” Murder never looked so good. “Last Night in Soho” — the latest horror film from “Shaun of the Dead” director Edgar Wright, out Friday, Oct. 29 — features a modern-day fashion student Eloise (Thomasin McKenzie) who at night finds herself transported to 1960s London. There, she follows…

#How Tom Jones still keeps it ‘panty throwing’ sexy at 80

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“#How Tom Jones still keeps it ‘panty throwing’ sexy at 80” Sir Tom Jones may go down in history as the only knight who once had panties thrown at him onstage. But the 80-year-old Welshman who crooned such ’60s classics as “It’s Not Unusual” and “What’s New Pussycat?” — as well as the 1971 hit…

#’Godfather of Harlem’ meets the ‘French Connection’ in Season 2

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“#’Godfather of Harlem’ meets the ‘French Connection’ in Season 2” It’s been 16 months since “Godfather of Harlem” ended its maiden run on Epix. The Season 1 finale in December 2019 left some unanswered plot points, since the drama starring Forest Whitaker as real-life Harlem gangster Ellsworth “Bumpy” Johnson, hadn’t yet been renewed (that happened…

#Frank Zappa, unlikely rock star, subject of new documentary by Alex Winter

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“#Frank Zappa, unlikely rock star, subject of new documentary by Alex Winter” Frank Zappa was always waiting to get zapped. With his eccentric, experimental music, the rock iconoclast believed that, for all of his influential innovation, he was seen as a “threat” in the industry. “Basically, my career has been, year after year, waiting to…