The music industry writes its share of tragedy; careers swallowed by obscurity, addiction, or simple bad luck. But buried in those same archives are stories that move in the opposite direction: the forgotten artist rediscovered, the fallen star reclaimed, the voice that found its way back. This series explores some of music's most remarkable second acts. Tina Turner did not just stage a comeback; she invented the very template of the modern musical resurrection. By the late 1970s, she was argu...

Go down enough rabbit holes and the music industry reveals itself as a graveyard of genius; brilliant, genre-defining artists who shaped much of what we love and received almost nothing in return. Some never knew their own influence. Most never saw a fair wage. This series exists because their names deserve to outlast their obscurity. Because naming them matters. Because perhaps, just perhaps, telling these stories honestly means we make it harder for the industry to pull the same trick twice. T...

Tricky Dicky is best known for the Watergate scandal. Arguably (though don't argue it, them's the rules...) the least successful of the American presidents, certainly the only one not to serve his full term while still being alive, made one of the most scientifically important decisions of the 20th century. The story goes that at a time of post Apollo (how badly the Moon landings set back space exploration is another discussion) and Vietnam war induced budgetary tightness, NASA came to the noto...

In amongst fixing random bugs, there's been some significant addition of content. For example there are: Baseline countries for all 170 odd, and my fancy flags (yeah had those disc thingies made many many years ago). 10 countries with detail. 150 odd cities, in those 10 countries, with detail and many with pictures. Around 20-30 clubs in a large city in each of those countries. Cape Town London Dubai Barcelona New York Tokyo Berlin Warsawa Paris Stockholm Istanbul ...

People like to categorise, it's part of our pattern seeking brains. And, with the modern access to instruments in general and electronic music in particular there is an astounding variety of music out there to be categorised. But are there really 6000 music genres? Looking at you Spotify. Also, trying coding that! Speaking of coding genres, there is an idea floating around to have sub genres, which could be interesting. And there's the ever present problem of one person's uplifting trance being...

After what seems like a lifetime of coding the new site is up. Upgraded and expanded. Starting from a clean slate, although will pull some old data where necessary, you're welcome to add. What's new? A looooot! I'll list some highlights, and go into depth in an edit of this article once I've made a few more tweaks to what makes me twitch. Firstly everything has been brought onto the latest technology, it's fast and secure. The entire site is now on a custom wiki system for adding, but this is ...