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E Street Band guitarist and Sopranos star Steven Van Zandt, 50, is one of garage rock’s high-profile supporters. Here, he tells why the music still revs his motor. Define garage rock. I can tell you what it’s not. It’s not synthesizers. It’s not drum loops. It’s not keyboards in general, unless it’s a Vox Continental or Farfisa organ. It’s guitars and bass and drums and harmonicas and maracas. It’s real people playing real music. Read More...
E.T. stars, then and now Bruce McBroom/Universal Pictures In 1982, audiences fell in love with Steven Spielberg's wide-eyed extraterrestrial with a heart of gold, stranded on Earth and searching for his way home. The film, which won four Oscars, was deemed one of cinema's greatest in TIME's All-TIME 100 list, inspired a hit ride at Universal Studios, and even got a shoutout in Star Wars: Episode I—The Phantom Menace—or at least E. Read More...