Do the Time Warp again! Mick Rock’s 50th-anniversary Rocky Horror photo collection takes you behind the scenes with Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon & more—glam, chaos, and pure cult joy. zurl.co/ybV5F

This is nothing more than a continuation of the president’s desperate weaponization of our justice system. I am not fearful — I am fearless. We will fight these baseless charges aggressively, and my office will continue to fiercely protect New Yorkers and their rights..

Oh, brilliant RFK Jr., the self-appointed medical genius, has spoken! Apparently, every pediatrician, neurologist, and autism researcher in the world missed this groundbreaking discovery that circumcision causes autism. How could we have overlooked it?

Wolfgang Van Halen announces his third album ‘The End,’ out Oct 24 via BMG. Recorded at 5150, written & played entirely by Wolf—pure rock precision with a modern edge. zurl.co/rgDRT

On this date in 1987, Columbia Records released Bruce Springsteen’s Tunnel of Love, and album many saw as reflecting Springsteen's troubled marriage to his then wife. . . . www.chimesfreedom.com/2014/10/09/t...

Craig Clark, 79, calls himself the "Tech Fairy." Clark spends his time refurbishing old laptops and giving them away for free to people who need them. n.pr/48ihZvq

Ray Charles & Barbra Streisand: “Crying Time” (Duet of the Day). www.chimesfreedom.com/2019/03/18/r...

"Kids! come down for dinner! The ham and bananas hollandaise is ready!"

Henry Wallace -- a former U.S. VP and presidential candidate -- was born on this date in 1888. Had Wallace not been removed from running with FDR a final time, he would have become president instead of Truman . . . www.chimesfreedom.com/2018/07/11/t...

12 Fascinating Facts about Jamaica’s First International Star Millie Small

“Song Sung Blue” stars Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson in true-life story about the life struggles of a Neil Diamond tribute band. www.chimesfreedom.com/2025/10/01/s...

Jim Mitchum, ‘Thunder Road’ actor and Robert Mitchum’s son, dead at 84. nypost.com/2025/10/05/e...

One of the delights of working for the Voice of America in the Cohen Federal Building was the New Deal era frescoes and murals. Along with VOA and its staff, it now appears these treasured American works of art are to be a DOGE casualty. newrepublic.com/article/20120... #SaveVOA

A majority of the surviving Nez Perce were finally forced to surrender on Oct 5, 1877, after the Battle of the Bear Paw Mountains in Montana. "Hear me, my chiefs, I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun now stands, I will fight no more forever." en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nez_Per....

How a simple question about American hotels led to ‘the greatest immigration story never told’. www.cnn.com/2025/10/04/t...

Maybe the best song with October in the title, Matthew Ryan's "3rd of October". www.chimesfreedom.com/2011/10/03/3...

Amazon have removed the guns from their Bond posters, giving the tantalising impression that Sean Connery and Pierce Brosnan think you’re a wanker.

On this day in 1954, Stevie Ray Vaughan was born. Widely hailed as one of the greatest guitarists of all time, the blues-rock legend led Double Trouble and left an enduring legacy with albums like Texas Flood and In Step.

“Song Sung Blue” Stars Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson As a Neil Diamond Tribute Band. www.chimesfreedom.com/2025/10/01/s...

Upon reflection, if there’s one criticism of this film, @neckties-of-noir.bsky.social got it right. 🎯 Hymns like ‘Old-Time Religion’—used to express the townspeople’s religious fanaticism—are overdone and intrusive. I think director Stanley Kramer went overboard to make his point of intolerance.

“Song Sung Blue” stars Hugh Jackman and Kate Hudson in true-life story about the life struggles of a Neil Diamond tribute band. www.chimesfreedom.com/2025/10/01/s...

On this date in 1958, Buddy Holly produced a record in New York for an unknown singer named Lou Giordano. Holly and Phil Everly (of the Everly Brothers) sang backup, but disguised their voices because they were under contract .. . . www.chimesfreedom.com/2012/09/27/b...

The @Reds have defied the odds to earn October baseball!

How Bob Dylan Kept Reinventing His Songwriting Process, Breathing New Life Into His Music

On this date in 1954, Willie Mays made one of the greatest and most famous catches in baseball history during the first game of the World Series between the Cleveland Indians and New York Giants. www.chimesfreedom.com/2016/09/29/s...

Native Americans condemn Pentagon move to preserve Wounded Knee medals: www.reuters.com/world/us/nat...

The famous Stanley Brothers song “Rank Strangers to Me” has a mysterious meaning that inspired Bruce Springsteen writing about the alienation of modern politics. www.chimesfreedom.com/2025/06/17/t...

George Hardy, last of the Tuskegee Airmen's World War II combat pilots, dies at 100

Coldplay will re-release their full catalog on EcoRecord vinyl, each made from nine recycled plastic bottles. Out now, the sustainable LPs cut emissions by 85% while delivering the same high-quality sound. zurl.co/pCWuJ

Fifty years ago, on Sept. 26, 1975, The Rocky Horror Picture Show flopped at the U.S. box office — then became the longest-running theatrical release in history.

Stephen King’s “The Life of Chuck”: A Few Thoughts for Those Who Haven’t Seen the Film . . . and a Few for Those Who Have. www.chimesfreedom.com/2025/09/11/s...

Marty Brown's Songwriter version of "To the Moon"(Brown/Clark) recorded by George Strait: youtu.be/Ncmpc8PpTU0?...

We were so beautiful we forgot we were human In dusk and fear amen We found our undoing. Matthew Ryan, "The Last Event" youtu.be/kshGSmPnqZc?...

Kerry James Marshall’s blockbuster survey across nearly five decades at the Royal Academy of Art in London tackles Black history in all its complexity.

“Under a Big Sky”: Digesting Songs on Springsteen’s “Tracks II: The Lost Albums” www.chimesfreedom.com/2025/07/24/u...

English-American indie filmmaker Henry Jaglom has died at 87. While his dialogue-driven films had their supporters, I most enjoyed how his friendship with Orson Welles was parlayed into Peter Biskind’s readable and recommended book My Lunches with Orson. #RIPHenryJaglom

Watch Finding Your Roots story of Mario Lopez's grandfather who was trying to come to America at the same time. It sounds similar to today. It was repeated last night on PBS. Some of his earliest decedents were Conquistadors. Mario's half European and half Native American. youtu.be/N9a7j7q0INI?...

Darius Rucker is slated to team up with R.E.M. co-founder Mike Mills and The Black Crowes drummer and co-founder Steve Gorman to form a super group — Howl Owl Howl. www.pennlive.com/entertainmen...

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I guess they no longer trust Hegseth with Signal? Jokes aside this is v freaking weird. Calling them in from around the world?

Hearing the early reports about the recent shooting in Texas, I can't help thinking of Woody Guthrie's song about the nameless deportees in the song “Plane Wreck at Los Gatos (Deportee)”: www.chimesfreedom.com/2013/09/05/n...

Jimmy Kimmel's first lines opening his show last night was a nod to late night history and Jack Paar: www.thewrap.com/jimmy-kimmel...

The vaccine situation in the U.S. has become confusing and chaotic. Here are some of the most common vaccine questions we received from readers, answered by New York Times health and science reporters.

Outlaw pop trailblazer Devora drops her fiery new single “Cocaine Karaoke,” now on all platforms, and announces fall U.S. tour dates starting October 30 in Indianapolis. zurl.co/Us3xI

“It’s All In the Game”: The Hit Song Co-Written By a Vice President. www.chimesfreedom.com/2017/01/22/g...

Man Ray was a painter, photographer, gizmo-maker, draftsman, filmmaker, chess-set designer, writer, poet, editor, publisher, adman, cartographer, prankster. He also had a habit of inventing niche art forms—one of which is now on display at the Met.

I have a new phrase: "getting pumpkin'd." Used as in "I went to the grocery store and surrounded by everything in pumpkin flavor, it led me to buy X in pumpkin flavor. But the only thing that should be pumpkin flavor is pumpkin pie. I was pumpkin'd."

Sonny Curtis, Buddy Holly’s The Crickets frontman who sang ‘The Mary Tyler Moore Show’ theme, dead at 88. nypost.com/2025/09/21/e...

The Last Simon & Garfunkel Concert. www.chimesfreedom.com/2023/05/31/t...