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“The rock business has become so established, and so much like a society, that I have revolted against it." After killing off Ziggy and breaking up the band, David Bowie recorded a covers album in a French castle. This is the story of Pin Ups’ creation

After Aladdin Sane, Bowie recorded Pin Ups to pacify his label – but the critics weren't impressed

Louder

“Right at the same time Radiohead came out with a song called Creep. To me, it felt like its moment had already passed": Beck says that he was "a little embarrassed" by his debut hit, which had “the most simple slide guitar riff you could possibly play”

He's been breaking down the making of it for Mix With The Masters

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“The day that I finished learning the last song on the album, I wept. I felt like a bona fide musician”: Amanda Seyfried reflects on her viral Joni Mitchell moment – and the Joni biopic she was preparing for that never happened

She learned to play the whole of Blue and earned praise from Beck

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Justice Thomas Faults The Court's Inconsistent Approach to Summary Reversals

This aspect of the "shadow" docket is largely ignored.

Reason

“My first show was 10 days after Dave Grohl called me… I was out-of-body pretty much the whole time”: How Jason Falkner went from St. Vincent and Beck to a last-minute tour with Foo Fighters

When the veteran guitarist filled in for Pat Smear, he had to learn 23 songs in four days

Guitar World

The kindness of strangers: I was a broke youth radio host who couldn’t afford a Beck ticket – then a listener called in

As a uni student my pay went towards petrol and books, with little left for fun. But I never expected anyone to buy me a ticket

The Guardian - AU

Court Refuses to Order Pam Bondi to Delete Tweeted Booking Photos in Prosecution for Interference with ICE in Minneapolis

From Magistrate Judge Elsa Bullard (D. Minn.) Wednesday in U.S. v. Doyle: On January 26, 2026, the Government filed a… The post Court Refuses to Order Pam Bondi to Delete Tweeted Booking Photos in Prosecution for Interference with ICE in Minneapolis appeared first on Reason.com.

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Matching Gary Oldman’s Krapp with a teenager’s take on Godot is a masterstroke

The Royal Court is presenting the Slow Horses star’s version of one Beckett masterpiece alongside 19-year-old Leo Simpe-Asante’s riff on another. They combine beautifully

The Guardian - UK

“A Strat with a P-90 at the bridge and a Jazzmaster pickup at the neck is not going to sound like anything else Fender makes”: Ariel Posen on Jeff Beck, amp strategies and how his thirst for fresh tones inspired one of the most unorthodox Strats ever

Posen's new album, Bannatyne, finds the Canadian flipping the script for rock guitar, exploring in full the creative potential of that quite brilliant signature Strat of his

Guitar World

“Peter had such a glorious touch thanks to his wonderful simplicity. But then he went off the rails and became a gravedigger”: How 10cc’s Rick Fenn ended up working with David Gilmour, Peter Green, Mike Oldfield, and almost all of his other heroes

The underrated guitar great looks back on the “improbable serendipities” that punctuate his 50-year career, hails the guitar he’s been playing for almost all of it, and reveals the favorite solos in his catalog

Guitar World

“If you love Hendrix, Jack White, Gary Clark Jr, Beck, Black Keys, or the octave fuzz on John Mayer’s Belief – you already know you want this”: JHS Pedals’ turns loose the Coyote, a fuzz pedal tribute to a “lost” cult classic and its maker

A two-knob fuzz that's got three modes – including some octave-up craziness – all at the turn of a dial, the Coyote replicates the circuit of the late Glenn Wylie's unique, brilliant Moonrock Fuzz

MusicRadar

3 Sci-Fi Movies At SXSW Reveal A Surprising Storytelling Trend

Three movies at SXSW use their sci-fi premises to tell human stories, some more successfully than others.

Inverse

“I didn't even mean to release it - I was working on another song and came up with the riff and then I just started freestyling”: A decade on, we analyse the inner workings of one of Beck’s most potent bangers

Released over a year ahead of its effervescent parent album Colors, Wow demonstrated that Beck’s penchant for genre-blurring was still in rude health

MusicRadar

Wolford Teases Out The Relationship Between The First and Second Amendments

The Chief Justice, of all people, compares carrying firearms on private property to a pamphleteer knocking on a door.

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The Perversity of Citing The Black Codes To Defend Gun-Control Laws

Neal Katyal and Justice Jackson were placed in the uncomfortable spot of having to explain why racist legislation to disarm the freedman was actually relevant.

Guitar World

“The Beck and St. Vincent guitar wizard will be filling in while he’s on the mend”: Pat Smear pulls out of Foo Fighters gigs due to “bizarre gardening accident” – and his replacement has been confirmed

If only the band had a guitar-themed throne that Smear could have used on stage...

Louder

"These guys are simply timeless": Triumph's Rik Emmett picks five essential guitar albums

Canadian guitar legend and founding member of Triumph Rik Emmett picks five guitar classics that inspired his own path

Sports Illustrated

Five Prospects Who Improved Their 2026 NFL Draft Stock in Week 13

Miami quarterback Carson Beck has thrown eight touchdowns and no interceptions across his past three games. Plus, a pair of SEC signal-callers take a step back.

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Stevie sings, Flea slaps and Beck blows on his harmonica: Sly Stone got an all-star tribute at the 2025 Rock & Roll Hall of Fame ceremony

Questlove, Jennifer Hudson and Maxwell were also involved

Reason

A D.C. Man Was Arrested for Mocking National Guard Troops with Star Wars' 'Imperial March.' Now He's Suing.

Sam O'Hara went viral for playing "The Imperial March" behind groups of National Guard soldiers in D.C. He also says it led to him being illegally detained.

Sports Illustrated

2026 NFL Draft QB Tiers: How the Top 15 Stacks Up

Here are the signal-callers on the radar right now, with bowl games, all-star events, the combine and pro days still ahead of us.

MusicRadar

How Beck and Nigel Godrich’s “simple and clean” philosophy produced one of the best-sounding albums of the 21st century

Beck’s surprising 2002 pivot was defined by its immaculately-recorded acoustics, and is often cited as a choice reference test by audio enthusiasts

Evening Standard

Jeremy Clarkson reveals David Beckham's savage swipe at his beer in leaked private message

The former Top Gear host, 65, launched his Hawkstone beer and cider range in 2021

MusicRadar

“I said to those guys, ‘I would like us to do something where you become Marlon Brando — where you can still be bad boys but there has to be an element of vulnerability’”: How producer Bob Ezrin added a new dimension to Kiss

"It was such a big departure for them," Ezrin says

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“It's the best song we ever did - It proves the best that you do isn't always the most successful”: 10 underrated Air tracks you absolutely need to hear

The beloved French duo behind Sexy Boy and All I Need have a deep well of spellbinding music every bit as superb as their most well-known tracks

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