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'The most fun': OG Big Dog reflects on iconic suit as he faces MND battle

"They might be able to shut your body down, but they're not going to take my sense of humour.

Newcastle Herald

"After the Grammys, I was stood in McDonald's waiting in line and a guy came up to me and said, ‘You bought me my house’": Jimmy Jam on sampling, AI, and his new EastWest drum machine plugin

Alongside co-producer Terry Lewis, Jimmy Jam shaped the sound of the '80s and '90s. Now he’s got the future in his sights

MusicRadar

“I'm like, ‘OK, put the drum machine in.' When I played it, she said, ‘Oh, I like that. I like that.' And she said, 'I want to do a song about the nasty boys’”: How Janet Jackson and Jam & Lewis made Control – with a little help from the Ensoniq Mirage

“We were like, let's make a record like we're making it for a rock and roller or a rap artist. Let's make the beats super hard"

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Friday essay: I grew up fearing Queensland cops. Then I hung out with 17 Gold Coast detectives

If you grew up in Queensland, Australia, in the late 20th century, you were taught to hate cops. It’s not like they did it in school or there was a standard issue training camp or anything. Knowing happened in things you saw.

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“Prince was always scared that we were going to give The Time’s sound away”: Prince’s close association with the LM-1 drum machine influenced Jam and Lewis’s decision to switch to the Roland TR-808 on one of their early ‘80s hits, says Jimmy Jam

“We were like, ‘no, no, we're going to do something totally different, you know'"

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MTV VMAs 2025: Doja Cat goes back to the ‘80s with a keytar and Kenny G as Yungblud, Steven Tyler, Joe Perry and Nuno Bettencourt perform a tribute to Ozzy Osbourne

Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande and Sabrina Carpenter all won big at last night’s ceremony

MusicRadar

Prince was a master guitarist with a singular musical vision, but he didn't always go it alone on the instrument. These are the oft-overlooked players who joined him onstage, and in the studio

From Dez Dickerson's timeless Little Red Corvette solo, to Wendy Melvoin's sublime work on Purple Rain, a number of guitarists made significant contributions to Prince's stage and studio output. Here's a guide to all of them

Guitar World

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Yolanda Adams is still in the blessing business with 'Sunny Days'

Gospel music superstar Yolanda Adams has used her faith and smile to sustain her through life’s ebbs and flows

The Independent UK

“I tend to think if you wouldn’t sing it, don’t play it”: Session player turned Mamas Gun guitar slinger Terry Lewis on the enduring majesty of the 335 semi-hollow and what he learned from Larry Carlton

A formidable session guitarist and teacher at BIMM, Terry Lewis is the virtuoso presence behind London neo-soul quintet Mamas Gun

Guitar World

Disgraced Queensland former police commissioner Terry Lewis, who died aged 95, remembered as 'an evil man'

The first serving Australian police commissioner to be knighted was jailed in 1991 for official corruption after being named in the Fitzgerald Inquiry.

ABC News

Former Queensland police commissioner Terry Lewis, Joh Bjelke-Petersen's top cop, dies at 95

He was once the top law enforcement officer in Queensland, before being thrown in jail for corruption and stripped of his knighthood following the Fitzgerald Inquiry. Here's a look back at Terry Lewis's life.

ABC News

Former 'buzzing' Long Eaton nightclub to become new flats

Erewash Borough Council has granted permission for The Factory, in Long Eaton, to be turned into flats. The old nightclub was formerly known as Manhattans and in 2019 it underwent a revamp and was turned back into The Factory

Nottingham Post

Highlights you may or may not see in HBO broadcast of this year's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction

LOS ANGELES — Highlights of Saturday's Rock & Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremonies will be broadcast on HBO Nov. 19. Good luck trimming the five-and-a-half-hour marathon to three hours or so.

Tribune News Service

'Cool, sophisticated' Duran Duran enter Rock Hall of Fame

Duran Duran has stumbled into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

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The Rock Hall of Fame opens to Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis

The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame this year will induct Eminem, Dolly Parton, Lionel Richie, Carly Simon and two guys in sunglasses who have scored more No. 1s on the Billboard Hot 100 than all of those others combined

Tribune News Service

Journey to Hall of Fame started in Minnesota for music moguls Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis

MINNEAPOLIS — They sealed the deal with a handshake. No contract, no lawyers. A 50-50 split on finances and credits, no matter who contributed what. That's one of the secrets to the partnership of Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis. Equal partners.

ABC News

Katherine James spoke out against corrupt Queensland cops, then disappeared. Now she's ready to speak

Katherine James kept her identity a secret when she testified against corrupt police at Queensland's famous Fitzgerald Inquiry. Then she disappeared for 35 years — until she came forward for this exclusive interview with the ABC.

ABC News

For 30 years, crooked cops extorted and intimidated these sex workers. Until the women fought back

For decades, a group of crooked Queensland cops known as the Rat Pack ran a murky system of bribes and extortion. But they never dreamed that the sex workers they exploited would bring about their downfall.

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When dentist Harry Akers took on the Joh Bjelke-Petersen Queensland government and its anti-protest agenda

At 2:45am on April Fool's Day, 1978, Harry Akers marched 100 metres down a dark, empty street in Bundaberg, accompanied by his dog, Jaffa, and wielding a placard saying: "The majority is not omnipotent. The majority can be wrong. The majority is capable of tyranny."

The Conversation

An 11-year-old Prince spoke out in support of his striking Minneapolis teachers – a historian of the city's music scene explains why

For Prince fans around the world, the recent discovery of the singer speaking out at age 11 on behalf of striking Minneapolis public schoolteachers is an exciting piece of Prince pop cultural iconography. Like his vault of unreleased music, it’s a find that enriches the public’s understanding of who he…

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