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A trapped festivalgoer.

Hipsters Trap Themselves In Wristbands Weeks Before Hip Thing

Music festivals are sometimes not fun.

Cara Giaimo May 5, 2016

Elvis' Long, Failed Quest to Meet J. Edgar Hoover, His Hero

It wasn't meant to be.

JPat Brown May 4, 2016

Found: A Surprise David Bowie Left for Fans on His Last Album

A black star turns into a starscape.

Sarah Laskow May 4, 2016

Ma Rainey in 1917, sporting one of her trademark beaded gowns.

The Queer Black Woman Who Reinvented The Blues

In the 1910s and 20s, Ma Rainey took the stage with an ostrich feather in one hand and a gun in the other.

Cara Giaimo April 27, 2016

Found: Rare Footage of the Beatles Obsessing Over Their Hair

It's all about the sideburns.

Sarah Laskow April 27, 2016

How Prince Took Over Minnesota

On the singer's long devotion to his home state.

Erik Shilling April 21, 2016

Watch a Japanese Man Play 'Amazing Grace' on a Cabbage

Junji Koyama makes musical instruments out of vegetables.

Ella Morton April 21, 2016

Trippy Blacklight Posters From the Psychedelic Heyday

Whoa man. Is this poster glowing? Wait. Is that a centaur?

Eric Grundhauser April 15, 2016

The Mighty Wurlitzer

El Segundo, California

Old Town Music Hall

The Mighty Wurlitzer organ continues to belt out the tunes at downtown El Segundo's historic home for silent and classic movies.

A 1970s-era advertisement for Environments.

The Man Who Recorded, Tamed, and Then Sold Nature Sounds to America

A forgotten 1970s-era hippie polymath named Irv Teibel created the "soothing" vibe of the great outdoors.

Cara Giaimo April 5, 2016

The Hottest Music in China is About President Xi Jinping

Like "Hamilton" but...different.

Jessie Guy-Ryan April 3, 2016

The Rare, Retro Cover Art of Albums That Were Never for Sale

Vintage albums made for television were pretty groovy, man.

Anika Burgess April 1, 2016

Goodspeed Opera House

East Haddam, Connecticut

Goodspeed Opera House

This opera house along the banks of the Connecticut River has two Tony Awards to its credit but it’s never staged a single opera.

Hoyt-Schermerhorn Subway Station

Brooklyn, New York

Hoyt-Schermerhorn Subway Station

Michael Jackson got Bad and Crocodile Dundee walked on heads in this iconic Brooklyn subway station.

Fantoft Stave Church

Fantoft Stave Church

The burning of this 12th-century church kicked off a campaign of Norwegian Black Metal terror.

Sekino rocks out for some devoted fans.

Japan's Coolest Pastor Moonlights As A Rock Star

His Lutheran hard rock band, Boxi Rocks, draws hundreds.

Cara Giaimo March 25, 2016

A Brief History of Rock Stars Destroying Guitars

From Pete Townshend to Caleb Followill.

Ernie Smith March 21, 2016

Meet Auntie Litter, the Rapping, Recycling Hero From My Childhood

Her "reuse, reduce, recycle" chant stuck in my head for years.

Sarah Laskow March 18, 2016