Weird news of the week is that the Canadian Industrial rock group Skinny Puppy has sent an invoice to the US Department […]
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RIP: Pete Seeger
“It is better to have struggled and lost, than never to have struggled at all.” – Pete Seeger in the film “Seeing […]
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YMCA lyrics “not specific to gays”
UPDATE 2024: see end of article. Against the backdrop of Russia’s anti-gay laws, someone had the fun idea of asking lyricist and […]
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Paving slabs with Lostprophets lyrics to be torn up
Following the conviction of Lostprophets singer Ian Watkins on 13 pedophilia-related charges, including two attempted rapes of a baby, his hometown is […]
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Bruce Springsteen and re-writing
As I’ve also worked on movie scripts, I can say with some authority: writing is re-writing. I say this for two reasons. […]
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Company uses Beastie Boys music and name for ad without permission
Songwriters, you have to be careful out there. The web is alive with another case of writers getting the hard edge of […]