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CAT POWER Released Her 3rd Album ‘WHAT WOULD THE COMMUNITY THINK’ Today 30 Years Ago

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10 September 2026

CAT POWER (born named Charlyn Marie “Chan” Marshall, 54 years ago in Atlanta, Georgia) released her 3rd full-length WHAT WOULD THE COMMUNITY THINK on 10 September 1996, today 30 years ago.

The album was produced by Sonic Youth drummer Steve Shelley,
who also provided drums during the recording sessions.

The album has been noted for its variety of musical styles,
ranging from alternative rock to folk and blues. Though not
a commercial hit, the album received unanimous critical
acclaim.

The cover artwork was created by Power herself out of a postcard:

“I just needed a cover and I had this postcard that I’ve had for a long time. It’s this woman from the ’70s in New York and they did this collage of cigarette ads and she whited out the eyes and instead of a cigarette she had a whistle. It’s no big deal, I just cut out the center of her face and put mine on top. It made it look more real.”

Entertainment Weekly said: “Power Thraises goose bumps on What Would the Community Think with bluesy, traumatized songs on which she whispers laments over a spare arrangement of guitar and drums. A sudden fervent holler — to the father of her unborn child or to her own lacking papa — interrupts the calm like thoughts of mortality in the night.”

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R.E.M. – 30 Candles Today For Their 10th Album ‘NEW ADVENTURES IN HI-FI’

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9 September 2026

Rock celebs R.E.M. (1980–2011) from Athens, Georgia
released their 10th album NEW ADVENTURES IN HI-FI
on 9 September 1996, today 30 years ago.

The members of R.E.M. consider the recorded album representative of the band at their peak, and fans generally regard it as the band’s last great record before a perceived artistic decline following drummer Bill Berry‘s departure. It has sold around seven million units, and has grown in cult status in the years after its release, with several retrospectives ranking it among the band’s best work.

Mike Mills bassist: “It usually takes a good few years for me to decide where an album
stands in the pantheon of recorded work we’ve done. This one may be third behind Murmur and Automatic for the People.”

AllMusic wrote: “New Adventures in Hi-Fi feels like it was recorded on the road. Not only
are all of Michael Stipe’s lyrics on the album about moving or travel, the sound is ragged and varied, pieced together from tapes recorded at shows, soundtracks, and studios, giving it a loose, careening charm.”

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JOHN LENNON Released His 2nd Solo Album ‘IMAGINE’ Today 55 Years Ago

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9 September 2026

JOHN LENNON released his 2nd solo LP IMAGINE
on 9 September 1971, today 55 years ago.

It was co-recorded by Lennon, Yoko Ono and Phil Spector.
It topped both the UK and US charts.

The LP’s lyrics reflect peace, love, politics, Lennon’s experience with primal scream therapy and, following a period of high personal tensions, an attack on his former writing partner Paul McCartney in “How Do You Sleep?”.

Lennon: “I used my resentment against Paul to create a song not a terrible vicious
horrible vendetta. I used my resentment and withdrawing from Paul and The Beatles,
and the relationship with Paul, to write ‘How Do You Sleep?’. I don’t really go ’round with
those thoughts in my head all the time.”

MOJO magazine said in retrospect: “The album contains both the best and the worst of Lennon – the idealist and the ranter, the righteous and the vindictive anger – and as such remains more patchy than its iconic status might allow.”

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SUEDE – Their Flawless Firework Guitar-Pop Album ‘COMING UP’ Came Out 30 Years Ago Today

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2 September 2026

Band: SUEDE (London)
Active: 1989–2003, 2010–present
10 studio albums so far.

Anniversary Album: COMING UP
Their third LP.
Released: 2 September 1996 – 30 years ago today
Score: #1 in the UK, Sweden and Denmark.

After the departure of guitarist Bernard Butler and the lack of commercial success with their 2nd LP Dog Man Star – still their masterpiece to my ears – and its singles, they were being somewhat dismissed by the British music press with Oasis, Blur and Pulp taking the limelight.

Determined to bring Suede back into the mainstream, frontman Brett Anderson decided that the sound of the new album would be the complete opposite of Dog Man Star. “I think the next album will be quite simple, actually. I’d really like to write a straightforward pop album. Just ten hits.”

The Daily Telegraph (English newspaper) said: “Coming Up is their defiant reminder of what made Suede so special. If Dog Man Star was Diamond Dogs, then this is Suede’s Ziggy Stardust – extravagant, steeped in glam and unashamedly poppy.”

TUTV: Many thought Suede would implode after musical force
Bernard Butler left, except for Brett Anderson. His self-confidence
went through the roof with a magnificent record of glam and
glitter firecrackers as a result. Towering trash all the way.

The ace singles.

– TRASH –

– BEAUTIFUL ONES –

– SATURDAY NIGHT –

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Summer Of 1984 – August 31th – Premiere PURPLE RAIN Movie

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Every day of this summer we go back to the same summer day somewhere in history

31 Augsut 2026

On 31 August 1981 PRINCE ‘s melodramatic movie Purple Rain opened at cinemas across the UK with special late night previews. The film grossed more than US $80 million at the box office and became a cult classic.

Perfect opportunity to play that masterpiece track again.

Summer Of 1969 – August 30th – First Day Of 2nd ISLE OF WIGHT FESTIVAL

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30 August 2026

On 30 & 31 August 1969, two weeks after Woodstock,
the second Isle Of Wight Festival took place.

Over 150,000 turned up over the two days to see The Who, Bob Dylan, The Band, Blodwyn Pig, Blonde On Blonde, Bonzo Dog Dooh Dah Band, The Moody Blues, The Nice, and more.

Tickets were 25 shillings, ($3.00). Celebrities who attended include Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, John & Yoko, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Jane Fonder, Liz Taylor and Richard Burton.

The Who were headliner on day 1, August 30th.

Summer Of 1966 – August 29th – THE BEATLES Played Their Final Concert This Day 60 Years Ago

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29 August 2026

THE BEATLES played their final concert on 29 August 1966 at San Francisco’s Candlestick Park. John Lennon and Paul McCartney were aware that the show would be their last and brought cameras on stage to commemorate the night.

Historic footage from that historic concert.

BOB DYLAN Released His Back To His Roots Album ‘MODERN TIMES’ 20 Years Ago Today

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29 August 2026

Legendary singer-songwriter virtuoso BOB DYLAN released his 32nd LP,
titled MODERN TIMES on 29 August 2026, today 20 years ago.

It topped the US Charts and peaked at #2 in the UK.

Pitchfork said: “The music legend returns with a companion piece
to 2001’s Love and Theft, offering new tracks of jazz-inspired, rockabilly-
scamming, ragtime-aping rock’n’roll, more heavily indebted to blues
and honky-tonk than Woody Guthrie and Folkways.”

Turn Up The Volume: My all-time favorite singer-songwriter goes
back to the 50s/60s on this one. Several musical genres that inspired
his extraordinary career are featured. Past rather than modern times.

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PUDDLE OF MUD – Grunge Rockers Released Their 2nd Album ‘COME CLEAN’ Today 25 Years Ago

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28 August 2026

Band: PUDDLE OF MUDD
Who: Famed grunge rockers from Kansas City
running amok since 1992 and still going strong.

Last year they released their 9th LP, Kiss The Machine.

Anniversary Album: COME CLEAN
Their 2nd.

Released on 28 August 2001, today 25 years ago.

It was POM’s biggest hit on the US Billboard 200, peaking at number 9, despite mixed critical verdicts. The album has sold over 5,000,000 copies and was certified 3× Platinum by the RIAA. It peaked at #12 on the UK Charts.

Flavorwire (NYC-based cultural magazine) said, “Sadly, grunge led straight to post-grunge,
a genre that retained grunge’s guitar sound and jettisoned everything else that made it special. The result was torpid pseudo-grunge. Like this album, for instance.”

Loudwire (US Magazine) wrote in retrospect: “Though they’ve released seve other albums since, Puddle of Mudd never surpassed the success they had with Come Clean, making it the best offering of their catalog.”

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Summer Of 1992 – August 27th – Lots Of Money For ‘A DAY IN THE LIFE’

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Every day of this summer we go back to the same summer day somewhere in history

27 August 2026

On 27 August 1992, the late genial JOHN LENNON’s handwritten lyrics for The Beatles’
24 Carat gem A DAY IN THE LIFE (the closing track on their sublime Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band LP) sold for £56,600 ($100,000) in an auction at Sotheby’s London.

Nearly two decades later, in 2010, the lyric sheet was auctioned again,
and purchased by an anonymous American buyer for $1,200,000.