Kenneth — What Is the Frequency? Although some critics at the 2004 Edinburgh Fringe Festival got a charge out of whimsical exercise in the absurd "Kenneth -- What Is the Frequency?," the entertainment ...

Inspiration can come from the strangest, saddest, and scariest places, including this odd conspiracy theory that inspired Michael Stipe to write the classic R.E.M. song, “What’s the Frequency, Kenneth ...

When CBS news anchor Dan Rather was assaulted in 1986 by an unknown assailant yelling, “Kenneth, what is the frequency?” not one but two songs were born. First, there was 1987 track, “Kenneth, What’s ...

Two weird things intersected — again — on this day in 1995, when a respected U.S. newsman sang the words an assailant had used while attacking him. And the indie rock band R.E.M. played along. The ...

In The Alternative Number Ones, I'm reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This ...

My invitation to armchair detectives to solve the mystery of the Dan Rather beating has brought a quick and large response. I haven`t been able to read them all yet, but I`ve come across at least one ...

R.E.M. rolled out plans this week for a deluxe reissue of their 1995 hit album Monster. The four-CD, one–Blu-ray set will feature a remastered version of the album, unheard demos, a new remix of the ...

THAT MEMORABLE, ZANY phrase haunted Dan Rather for years until the Daily News recently cleared up the identity of a man who attacked the CBS anchor while shouting those words. Comes now a suitable ...

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Of all the hundreds of science fiction tales I digested as a boy, nothing so firmly shaped my nascent understanding of infinity as Orson Welles’s 1938 radio adaptation of The War of the Worlds. I’m ...