look for a march release of of funky 70s nigerian music. it took some serious digging to put it together.

Watch a pre-NIN Trent Reznor covering “Eyes Without a Face” in the ’80s. his Billy Idol impersonation sounds like some random guy imitating Trent Reznor doing a billy idol impersonation. This was his band called , from right after he moved to cleveland from erie PA. Around 1985/86.

Also, who knew there was a ??

Mid-80s Trent Reznor not as scary as his later incarnations...

enjoyed this classic today. “bedbugs and ballyhoo”:

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i enjoyed this project quite a bit.

Playing any musical instrument well takes years of practice, but there’s something especially challenging about mastering the drums. Perhaps it is having to develop four-limb independence–for most grownups, after years of becoming reliant on our dominant hand, it’s nearly impossible to learn how to do four things at the same time.

Children are said to have better rhythm skills than adults. They love to dance and move whenever they hear a beat. This might be part of the reason why some kids learn to excel on the drums at a very early age. There’s something fascinating, wonderful, and totally demoralizing about seeing someone under age 10 playing better than I could ever dream to.

Here are ten young drummers that make me want to quit drumming altogether.

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