Friends, Family and Longtime Colleagues Mourn the Passing of Ric Ocasek on Social Media
Alice Cooper, Courtney Love, Weezer, Billy Corgan and Martha Quinn are just a selection of names paying homage to the New Wave icon
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The Cars
New Wave’s Ne Plus Ultra: The Cars’ Candy-O Turns 40
With their second LP, the Boston band downshifted into mainstream success
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The Zen of Elliot Easton
The legendary Cars guitarist remains just what we needed
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A Facebook meme that didn’t bug the shit out of me
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Great Songwriter and Just Plain Great Writer Jim Vallance
Master craftsman Jim Vallance. (Kaitlyn Flannagan) We have entered a political season in which just about everything seems to divide us from one another. Friends, here is a photo that depicts something upon which EVERYONE can agree. And that something is that Summer of ’69 is one of the greatest songs ever. And this guy’s the one who wrote it! Ladies and gentlemen, Mr. Jim Vallance! Vallance visited New York
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