The Clash was one of the first bands to merge rock with elements of reggae, dub, funk, ska, rockabilly, and more, becoming perhaps the best-known and most essential elements of the first wave of British punk rock in the 1970s and ’80s. The band emerged from London’s underground scene — their first live performance coming […]
We’ve all seen them: signs tucked under the official names of local streets, honoring a neighborhood notable with a “Way,” “Place,” or “Corner.” Unfortunately, more often than not, the people on these “co-named” street signs are often unknown to most passers-by. But a New York City agency has offered a way for those who are […]
After witnessing twenty-five hours of heavy bombardment of Fort McHenry on September 14, 1814 during the War of 1812, lawyer and amateur poet Francis Scott Key was sure that when dawn came, the British flag would be flying over Baltimore. That was not the case, and when he saw the American flag still flying, he wrote the first verse […]
