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An album is usually considered to be an artist’s beautiful baby; but sometimes it can also be their ugly stepchild. Deformity, after all, is a part of nature, and the contrast only helps to accentuate the instances of unabashed beauty. Here are 10 artists who vied for some ugliness to really make their albums shine: 10. [...]

Every musician has to evolve.  If the music you put out in 2012 is the exact same crap as you put in 1982, then you’re either an unoriginal, talentless hack, or AC/DC.  It’s expected that your art grows and matures as you grow and mature as well. Some musicians, however, take that idea to the [...]

They say behind every great man, there is a woman holding him up. That may be true.  It has certainly been true in the case of many musicians, especially rock musicians.  Following are some of the greatest women of rock and roll history – not performers, but the women who inspired the songs we all [...]

Like young love, some bands aren’t meant to be. However, that doesn’t make music any less enjoyable, love any less pleasant, so much as the people involved weren’t conducive to a healthy discourse. With the death of a band, the chance to create anew is given, something perhaps even better than before. And sometimes musicians [...]

Playboy magazine launched in 1953, reaching its largest circulation in 1972 when it was distributed to 7.2 million readers. Today, it has over 1.5 million readers and over 5 million people visit playboy.com each month. Owner Hugh Hefner has described Playboy magazine as a “handbook for the urban male.” Each issue contains articles on politics and culture, [...]

In today’s society, it can be difficult for new directors to make a name for themselves.  With film schools pumping thousands of graduates every year, getting recognition as a promising new talent is essential to survive in the film industry.  Here is a list of ten directors who are relatively new to the game but [...]

Musicians often get laughed at for having aspirations to act in film, and usually it’s pretty easy to see why. After all, no one’s basing acting classes around Britney Spears’ performance in Crossroads or Mariah Carey’s turn in Glitter, and even most of Elvis Presley’s movies are best forgotten. Still, there have been a number [...]

Human beings are not one-dimensional and sometimes we need another persona to express different facets of our personality. They also make terrific drama! Some are comic; some are terrifying. Some are misguided. There are things that only the alter ego could get away with. In some cases it is hard to distinguish which character is [...]

Why do we love singer songwriters? There is something special about listening to a good singer, singing his or her own words. Often, it is a bearing of the soul. The romantic image is that of a tortured being, hunched over an acoustic guitar, lamenting a doomed love affair or the state of the world. [...]

Let’s get one thing straight: I’m a man. A tough-as-nails manly man who lifts weights and watches Sportcenter and kills spiders with my bare hands – unless, of course, I’ve just gotten my nails done. And I am secure enough in my manhood to publicly acknowledge that the following sad songs can make me sob [...]