Music

Linkin Park’s Not-So-Musical Endeavor
Launches the Venture Capital Firm “Machine Shop Ventures” I remember, back in the mid-2000’s, when YouTube was still new and the biggest thing on the block, watching countless gameplay videos of all my favorite PC and Xbox games, including Call of Duty, Halo 3, World of Warcraft, and, most especially, RuneScape. While most to all […]

Chance the Rapper: A Break in Normal Business
The Style, Stance, and Sound of Chance There are two sides to the argument of record labels’ interfering with artist creativity: the corporate side needs to be contained, or the artists need to be tamed. The latter may sound a little ridiculous, but what else would labels be saying when their signed artists are […]

History of Drugs in the Music World
Jimi Hendrix died choking on his own vomit after getting so drunk he could barely make it back to his hotel room, Pinky Floyd guitarist Syd Barrett was accused of not playing at all during some performances because of his excessive LSD use, and Ozzy Osbourne snorted a line of ants. “High off Music” Regardless […]