102.1 the Edge

It’s not your imagine. Music really does sound better in the car.

In May of 2005 Coldplay had reached a new peak in their career, officially having become a stadium band after two incredibly successful albums and a third soon to be on store shelves. A band this big will naturally draw a crowd. A very large crowd. A crowd that overwhelmed the area around The Edge…

It’s been a long haul for the Black Keys, but they’ve stuck with it.

The development of the keyboard synthesizer was one of the most important technological developments in the history of new music. It’s hard to imagine what rock would be like today without the high-tech keyboards, sequencers and samplers musicians have at their disposal. But back in the day, not everyone thought they were a good idea….

After Oasis exploded in popularity in the mid-90s their larger-than-life personalities tended to cause some friction between them and other artists (and of course later on, between themselves). Their biggest and most notable feud was likely the one with fellow Britpop band Blur but the rivalry between Liam Gallagher and Michael Hutchence of INXS was…

The EULA–the end user listening agreement–that comes with software sometimes hides weird things.

Keith Richards has had so many brushes with the law and weirdness that we need a second episode to tell that story.

Dave Grohl and the Foo Fighters ran into an issue with the movie Wicked.

Five Songs You Must Hear This Week involves football and the mysterious frequency of 1420 MHz.

We’ve all been there. Relentlessly poring over the page in search of that one elusive man in the striped shirt: Waldo. Created by British author and illustrator Martin Handford in 1987, the Where’s Waldo? series became immensely popular and entertains readers to this day as they try to find Waldo on every page. What many…