Steve Packosky
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CENTRE ISLAND, N.Y. — Popular singer/songwriter Billy Joel revealed that his 1973 hit “Piano Man” is actually about a nightmarish…
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Steve Packosky
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To this day, you vividly remember that Sunday evening twenty years ago. You were out to dinner when your Motorola…
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Tim Sheard
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It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday, which is the time of the week I get particularly randy. My name is…
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Joe Rumrill
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WILLISTON, N.D. — Participants of a weekly karaoke night cringed in disbelief as a local businessman’s booze-fueled “We Didn’t Start…
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Ted Pillow
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OYSTER BAY, N.Y. — An enraged Billy Joel responded to Fall Out Boy’s update of “We Didn’t Start the Fire”…
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Dan Bookbinder
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“River of Dreams” was released on August 10, 1993, but The Hard Times is looking back at Billy Joel’s final…
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Eli Johnson
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The attacks on September 11, 2001 forever changed the United States, and American popular culture was not immune, particularly music.…
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Dan Rice
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In an age when even hard copy media is a luxury, one benevolent corporation continues its sacred mission to preserve…
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Louie Aronowitz
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OYSTER BAY, N.Y. — Legendary singer/songwriter Billy Joel’s classic song “Piano Man” was originally crafted to be a pitch for…
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Next to living way too long, avoiding blame seems to be the primary skill of the baby boomer generation. From…
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