Frances Bean Cobain, by name and birthright, is the royal princess of the kingdom of flanel. She's the daughter of Kurt Cobain, legendary frontman of Nirvana, and Courtney Love, the multimedia proto late-stage Randy Quaid of the nineties. After Kurt's death, Frances was raised by a single mother...
Read MoreTracy Chapman is well regarded as a thoughtful, introspective singer-songwriter, producing tracks like "Fast Car" and "Give Me One Reason." So what happened?
Read MoreThe Gilgo Beach Killer may have been responsible for 10 or more murders, and his identity remained a mystery for decades.
Read MoreAlthough they lack the pizzazz of lightsabers, polygraphs — better known as lie detectors — work on the equally fantastical premise that a machine can definitively say whether the subject of the test is lying or not ... and the Supreme Court ruled against them in 1998.
Read MoreTron: Legacy should've been a huge hit. It had everything that its target demo of nerdy dudes were looking for. Then, the unthinkable happened.
Read MoreR&B diva Erykah Badu still commands a presence. Despite the fact she's still actively making and performing music, though, she's also working a relatively normal job — namely, Badu is a doula.
Read MoreWe can all be grateful to Blue Öyster Cult for a couple of things. Umlauts and cowbell. But when it comes to their timeless classic "Don't Fear the Reaper", what does the song actually mean?
Read MoreYou probably remember the basics: David, a shepherd boy with a heart of gold and God on his side, accepts the call to battle Goliath, a pretty big guy.
Read MoreA bit of music history was made October 18, 1926, in St. Louis, Missouri. That was the day that Charles Edward Anderson Berry -- you probably know him as Chuck -- entered the world and began a life journey that would alter popular music as we know it. But his youthful innocence would soon fade.
Read MoreScottie Pippen repeatedly rose to basketball's highest peak, but he had a very rough life. Here's the tragic story of Scottie Pippen.
Read MoreIf you've ever been to a concert and in between a song break or a lull in the show, heard someone shout from the back of the crowd, "Free Bird!", there's actually a fascinating history behind it.
Read MoreMick Jagger is a lot of things. As the singer of the Rolling Stones, he is the voice of legendary hits like "Sympathy for the Devil," "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction," "Jumpin' Jack Flash," and "Gimme Shelter." He's also reportedly ... an enemy of the Queen?
Read MoreThe New York Times started as a penny paper in 1851 and went on to become one of the world's most influential newspapers. But it wasn't always smooth sailing.
Read MoreThe Wild West was a bit more nuanced than tough, no-nonsense dudes talking some god-fearin' sense into a wild and unforgiving land. Here's what life was really life for explorers.
Read MoreBillie Jean King is known as not only one of the greatest tennis players in history, but her struggles have paved the way for women and LGBTQ athletes today.
Read MoreAll airplanes must eventually touch down and refuel, before charting a new course. Such was the case with Jefferson Airplane, which became "Jefferson Starship."
Read MoreDespite Fiona Apple's stunning success, her childhood was anything but easy.
Read MoreIt's been just six years since the release of The Amazing Spider-Man 2, and Andrew Garfield's turn as New York's favorite webhead is already buried in the subconscious of the memories of filmgoers, who are now five movies deep in a new new Spider-Man's story. Why?
Read MoreThe fur trade dates far back in North American history. This is the crazy true story of the North American fur trade.
Read MoreThe history between the US and Native Americans doesn't make the US look like the shining hero it pretends to be. This is the messed up story of Wounded Knee.
Read More"Robert Smith is famous for three things: wearing make-up, having big hair, and writing and singing some of the loveliest songs in the English language," TimeOut London wrote about the vocalist in 2018. But personally, Smith wasn't always a huge fan of the style.
Read MoreBack in March, some envisioned a world in which we resorted to toilet paper as the base of our bartering. Now, however, NPR reports that a new fashionable shortage has arrived, meaning we will monetize... Well, money. Specifically coins.
Read MoreWhen famous bands reunite, it can be wonderful or horrible. These are the stories of the band reunions that were a terrible idea and never should have happened.
Read MoreHe comes from the land down under, does Buddy Murphy. The Australian native, born Matthew Adams, originally wrestled in his home country under the name Matt Silva. Now he's climbing the ranks in the WWE.
Read MoreIn the post-war economic boom of 1950s America, consumerism took center stage. While some items found in the average home are still the standard to this day, other fads were just plain bizarre. Let's dig in and find out about the things Americans in the 1950s couldn't live without.
Read MoreIggy Pop: Sometimes a singer, sometimes an actor, sometimes a producer, pretty much always shirtless. Stripped? Usually. Strapped for cash? Hardly.
Read MoreThe Rolling Stones and Truman Capote seem to have first met at a party thrown for Jagger's 29th birthday. It didn't take long for Keith Richards to decide he wasn't a fan of the writer.
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