Category: Taylor Swift

78: A Guitar Virtuoso, a Pop Boyband, and Unforgiving Fans

      Every band starts somewhere. Whether they are a contestant on a hit show like Britain’s Got Talent or if they did it touring in a beat-up van and had to play in a dingy club where five people are in the audience or an open-mic night where they get heckled off the stage. Sometimes… Continue reading 78: A Guitar Virtuoso, a Pop Boyband, and Unforgiving Fans

72: Big Bands, Small Planes, and The Missing Leader

     During the Second World War, everybody did their part. Even the most famous of people. Alfred Hitchcock made pro-allied propaganda films, French actress Josephine Baker was a part of the French resistance, and James Doohan or Scotty from Star Trek stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day in 1944. It wasn’t just the film… Continue reading 72: Big Bands, Small Planes, and The Missing Leader

42: Sweden, Maps, and Comebacks

   Max Martin is one of the biggest producers in the world right now. He is the third all-time hitmaker on the Billboard Hot 100 only behind pop royalty such as Paul McCartney and John Lennon. It hasn’t always been singing and dancing for the producer as in the mid-2000s he hit a lull in hitmaking… Continue reading 42: Sweden, Maps, and Comebacks

35: Rivalries, Award Shows, and The Tabloids

There have always been rivalries in music. The Beatles vs. the Rolling Stones, East Coast Rappers vs. West Coast rappers, and The Backstreet Boys vs. *NSYNC the list goes on throughout the ages since music notes started to play. Although rivalries aren’t anything new in music it’s rare to see them spill out at awards… Continue reading 35: Rivalries, Award Shows, and The Tabloids