Category Archives: Music

Last Link of the Day: On the Borderline

timtimfed makes wild and awesome videos, including this music video for his track On the Borderline.

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Before They Were Stars: 13-Year Old Phil Collins as an Extra in “A Hard Day’s Night”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiKj007MA0g Well, here’s a rare chance to see a legendary musician acting like a complete fanboy for another group of legendary musicians. When he was only 13 years old, Phil Collins was an extra during a concert sequence in the Beatles’ iconic … Continue reading

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Before They Were Stars: The Rolling Stones Perform a Rice Krispies Jingle

For some people, the idea of the Rolling Stones performing a cheesy jingle for Rice Krispies is probably sacrilegious. However, in 1963, the Stones were still relatively unknown and had to accept any paying gig that came their way, which … Continue reading

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Last Link of the Day: Chet Faker – Gold

I feel bad relegating this awesome music video to a filler link, but I don’t have much to say about it except “COOOOOOOOOL.”

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Before They Were Stars: Madonna: The Basement Tapes

It’s amazing to think how “Before They Were Stars” footage was treated before the Internet. Today, footage like that can be uploaded to Youtube in seconds. However, during the eighties and early nineties, if you possessed ultra-rare footage of a celebrity before … Continue reading

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Before They Were Stars: 19-Year Old Kanye West Raps at a Record Store Opening

For some reason, I find the idea of Kanye West performing at the grand opening of a record store hilarious, but such a thing did occur in 1996. When he was 19 years old and still a complete unknown, Kanye was … Continue reading

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A Tribute to Robin Williams (1951-2014)

2014 has been the saddest year for celebrity deaths that I can remember. Philip Seymour Hoffman, Harold Ramis, Bob Hoskins, Mickey Rooney, Shirley Temple, James Rebhorn, Pete Seeger, and James Avery are among those we lost this year, and now … Continue reading

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Before They Were Stars: 16-Year Old Enimem Sings “Pooh Butt Day”

I really don’t know what else to say about this except that an amateur recording was recently discovered of a rap tune Marshall “Enimem” Mathers made when he was only 16 years old. That’s right… Enimem once recorded a song called “Pooh Butt … Continue reading

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Before They Were Stars (2-for-1 Special): Rick James and Neil Young Perform with The Minah Byrds

I have to thank my fellow purveyors at Cracked.com for providing me with this material in one of yesterday’s articles: “5 Shocking Early Versions of Famous Musicians”. The Minah Byrds were a seemingly unremarkable Canadian R&B band from the 1960s who are … Continue reading

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Before They Were Stars (2-for-1 Special): Jada Pinkett Smith and Tupac Shakur Sing “Parents Just Don’t Undertand”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdzWwJMwWQk Yes, you read that right. During their teen years, Jada Pinkett Smith and Tupac Shakur attended the Baltimore School for the Arts together and became very close friends. At some point, they decided to make a home video where … Continue reading

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