A Journal of Musical ThingsNeil Diamond Archives

This is turning out to be a big year for retiring rock stars of the 60s and early 70s.

April 4th, 2018 | by Alan Cross

Music has never seen anything like this: mass retirements and farewells from major stars. Elton John. Lynyrd Skynyrd. Paul Simon.

January 25th, 2018 | by Alan Cross

On this day in 1995, we almost ended up in a nuclear war because of a series of mistakes and

January 23rd, 2018 | by Alan Cross

At 76 (77 as of tomorrow), Neil Diamond is just as popular as ever. How many times have you seen/heard

May 9th, 2017 | by Alan Cross

It was on this day that The Pill was approved for use in the US. That didn’t change society much,

April 16th, 2014 | by Alan Cross

As someone who is currently abroad–Mauritius, to be exact–I am extremely aware of how expensive it is to operate my

January 31st, 2014 | by Brent Chittenden

I love movies and music and sometimes there are great combinations of those things or an artist does a cameo