National DJ Day | Social and Cultural Events | Jan 20
National DJ Day takes place on January 20th each year. The day celebrates amateur and professional Disc Jockeys who spin the records and play the best music. The most common types of DJs are club DJs, radio DJs, party DJs, and turntablists — who scratch and manipulate sounds by playing records on turntables. The first ….
Silents Synced: R.E.M. Music Used to Soundtrack Buster Keaton Silent Comedy Film Sherlock Jr. | Feb 1, 2025
Fresh off the pairing of Radiohead albums with screenings of Nosferatu, Blue Starlite Entertainment’s Silents Synced series continues with rock group R.E.M.’s music. In February of 2025, the band’s albums Monster and New Adventures in Hi-Fi are being used as soundtracks for screenings of the 1924 Buster Keaton comedy Sherlock Jr. R.E.M. co-founder Peter Buck ….
Prince, The Clash, Roxanne Shante, Taj Mahal, Frankie Beverly and More Honored at The Recording Academy 2025 Lifetime Achievement Awards Celebration | Feb 1, 2025
The Recording Academy’s Special Merit Awards Ceremony celebrating the 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award, Trustees Award and Technical GRAMMY Award recipients takes place during GRAMMY Week on February 1, 2025 at the Wilshire Ebell Theatre. Frankie Beverly, The Clash, Dr. Bobby Jones, Taj Mahal, Prince, Roxanne Shante, and Frankie Valli are the Recording Academy Lifetime Achievement ….
Martial Arts Legend Bill “Superfoot” Wallace to Host Panel During Elvis Presley 90th Birthday Event | Jan 10, 2025
Martial arts legend Bill “Superfoot” Wallace – who worked for Elvis Presley during the 1970s – shares his favorite stories and memories of Elvis, during the event Conversations on Elvis, on January 10, 2025. The event is part of Elvis Presley’s Graceland celebration of the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll’s 90th birthday. The celebration includes ….
Soundtrack to Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus is Released on Vinyl | Feb 21, 2025
For almost everyone, the entry point for discovering the music of Q Lazzarus came via the song “Goodbye Horses.” The song first appeared in 1988, by way of the Jonathan Demme film Married to the Mob, but it would not become fully lodged into popular consciousness until it later appeared in Demme’s The Silence of ….
Q. Lazzarus | Deaths | Jul 19, 2022
At the time of Diane Luckey’s, a.k.a. Q. Lazzarus’, unexpected death on July 19th, 2022, she was finishing work on the feature documentary Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus, centering on her life and music, with filmmaker and friend Eva Aridjis Fuentes. She had also been planning to release an album of songs, ….
Q. Lazzarus | Birthdays | Dec 12, 1960
Diane Luckey, who went by the stage name Q. Lazzarus, was born in Neptune, New Jersey on December 12th, 1960 to parents James and Willie-Mae Luckey. The second youngest of seven siblings, Diane grew up in Neptune and attended Neptune High School and Mount Pisgah Baptist Church. Following in the footsteps of her parents and ….
Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus | U.S. Theatrical Releases | Feb 21, 2025
Goodbye Horses: The Many Lives of Q Lazzarus is a documentary film centered on the life and music of Neptune, New Jersey-born singer-songwriter Diane Luckey, also known as Q Lazzarus. Q sang the hit song “Goodbye Horses,” which appeared in the Jonathan Demme films Married to the Mob and Silence of the Lambs. After years ….
Gene Simmons Band | Concerts | May 5, 2025
Simmons was inspired to become a rock star when he saw a televised performance by the Beatles. He put his first band together, The Missing Links, with classmates while attending Joseph Pulitzer Middle School. As a teenager, Simmons formed several bands including The Long Island Sounds and Bullfrog Bheer. He met fellow KISS co-founder Paul ….
Mötley Crüe Dr. Feelgood 35th Anniversary Vinyl Boxed Set Released | Nov 22, 2024
The 35th anniversary celebration of Mötley Crüe’s #1 Billboard Top 200 and 6X platinum album Dr. Feelgood includes the hit singles, “Kickstart My Heart,” “Dr. Feelgood,” “Don’t Go Away Mad (Just Go Away),” “Without You,” and “Same Ol’ Situation (S.O.S.).” With five hit singles that kept radio and MTV request lines busy, the Dr. Feelgood ….
