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  • When Jimi Hendrixโ€™s Lulu Show Performance Got Him Blacklisted by the BBC

    On January 3, 1969, The Lulu Show was about as far from Jimi Hendrixโ€™s usual stomping grounds as you could get. The show was a high-profile, family-friendly TV programโ€”clean-cut, conservative, and far removed from the chaotic energy that defined Hendrixโ€™s live shows. The producers of The Lulu Show likely envisioned a performance that would fit…

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  • Building the Beeb: The Fascinating Story Behind the BBC’s Formation

    In the gritty, post-war streets of London, where jazz clubs thumped beneath a veneer of stiff collars and bowler hats, a quiet revolution was brewing. It wasnโ€™t in the smoky speakeasies or the avant-garde art galleries, but in the hushed workshops of wireless engineers and the boardrooms of ambitious businessmen. On October 18, 1922, as…

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