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AMS/RRHoF Lecture: What Is The Modern Rock 500? – Counting Down the Evolution of Modern/Indie Rock & Independent Radio – Robin James

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 1100 E 9th Street, Cleveland, OH, United States

Every Memorial Day Weekend from 1989-2009, and from 2023 until who knows when, the Cincinnati-area independent (internet) radio stations WOXY and Inhailer broadcast a countdown of the top 500 songs in their library. Dubbed "The Modern Rock 500" in 1989 and renamed "The Indie 500" in 2024, the chart's contents can tell us a lot […]

“Vicariously Being There”: How The T.A.M.I. Show Invented the Concert Film

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 1100 E 9th Street, Cleveland, OH, United States

Whether we’re watching Stop Making Sense for the 100th time, catching The Eras Tour in a packed movie theater, or tuning into Coachella live on YouTube, today we take for granted that we can see live concerts recorded for screens big and small. But in the 1960s, there was no set answer to the question […]