Elgin Baylor Lumpkin, better known by his stage name Ginuwine, has been making music since 1991. His sultry R&B tunes have topped the charts and earned him a loyal following over the years. He’s a singer, songwriter, and dancer, but he’s also made a few acting appearances. He started his career as part of the…
In Flames is a Swedish heavy metal band formed in 1990 in Gothenburg, Sweden. The band has undergone several lineup changes over the years, but vocalist Anders Fridén and guitarist Björn Gelotte have been with it since its inception. In Flames has been categorized as alternative metal, melodic death metal, and metalcore, but the band…
Boogie Nights hit theaters in 1997. Even though the movie is fiction, it’s loosely based on the life of John Holmes. In the film, an adult film director, played by Burt Reynolds, meets a working-class guy, played by Mark Wahlberg, and gives him a shot to act in his productions. The movie was nominated for…
In 1958, a Las Vegas booking agent spotted Wayne Newton (who was still in his junior year at high school at the time) and his brothers performing on a local TV show. He signed them up to perform in Vegas for two weeks. The two weeks turned into decades, Newton ended up becoming a breakaway…
The Alan Parsons Project consisted of Alan Parsons, Eric Woolfson, and an ever-evolving line of session musicians and vocalists. Active between 1975 and 1990, they never made too much headway in their native UK, but enjoyed greater success in the US with hit singles like Eye in the Sky, Time, and Old and Wise. Over…
The video game, Doom Eternal, serves as a sequel to the original first-person shooter game, Doom. It is actually the fifth game released in the Doom series, all published by Bethesda Softworks. Doom Eternal was released on March 20, 2020, as a multi-platform game that can be accessed by PlayStation 4, Stadia, Xbox One, and…
As far as musicals are concerned, there are some that just stand out more than others. One of the more popular examples includes a standout jukebox musical from 2008, “Mamma Mia.” Of course, a musical is only as good as its soundtrack, and this one certainly didn’t disappoint. In fact, the entire musical takes the…
Music is subjective, and the world of popular music is even more subjective. Opinions can be found everywhere about everything. It takes a certain kind of song to be able to transcend the feelings of its audience, creating a timeless message that will remain with people for their entire lifetimes. Conway Twitty is a country…
Jack Black and Kyle Gass have been rocking out together since 1994 when Tenacious D was created as a part of Tim Robbins’ “A Night of Comic Relief” benefits. Tenacious D is best known for the song they performed on their HBO series: ‘Tribute.’ The song received heavy radio play and topped Billboard’s Mainstream Rock…