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The Serendipitous Events Behind "Mrs. Potter's Lullaby"

By Dyllan Furness
Jul 19, 2016

Last time we spoke to Counting Crows frontman Adam Duritz, he told us the names in his songs actually refer to real people. Mr. Jones, Mrs. Potter, Amy, who hit the atmosphere — they’re friends and friends of friends who’ve left an impression on the artist. In a recent interview...
Michael Jackson's Pet Chimp is Living Out His Twilight Years in Florida

By Dyllan Furness
Feb 2, 2016

Bubbles plows a big blue bucket along the border of his enclosure, tracing an invisible line. His fleshy feet thud against the concrete path. "He's just letting us know he's here," one of his caretakers says. Bubbles is behind a steel-wire fence with the rest of the apes. "He's big,"...
Alt-J Blew Up and Then Faced the Consequences

By Dyllan Furness
Oct 1, 2015

Most people's first listen to Alt-J was like their first taste of alcohol: unpleasant, then interesting and eventually intoxicating. The band's lyrics and unusual sound resemble a William Blake print with its stark arches and angles and its often-grim depictions of rapture. Though Blake's genius can be credited to madness,...
Robby Krieger Brings Doors Classics, Singularity to Pompano Beach, Saturday Night

By Dyllan Furness
Aug 12, 2015

Intoxicated musings, ethereal sounds, and visceral performances made the Doors famous. The band helped drive and inspire much of music's spiritualism in the 1960s and beyond. Even today, nearly 50 years after the band formed, guitarist Robby Krieger maintains this sentiment. Krieger, touring behind his recent solo album, Singularity, began...
Burroughs Disciples Donald Fagen and Walter Becker Bring Steely Dan to Perfect Vodka on August 12

By Dyllan Furness
Aug 5, 2015

Steely Dan is a dildo. That isn't a jab at one of our favorite sardonic 1970s rock groups. It's the truth. The band Steely Dan is named after a strap-on. Its namesake wasn't just any dildo — "Steely Dan III from Yokohama" appeared in William S. Burroughs' sexually vivid novel...

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