My pal John Curley, bassist for the newly-reunited Afghan Whigs, tweeted the above video of The Who's John Entwistle playing bass on "Won't Get Fooled Again." No, that's not an epic solo. That's the isolated bass line from the song.
The Who's "Won't Get Fooled Again": just the bass
You can now buy a 31˝ color e-ink display panel, if you know what to do with it
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Collapse OS, an operating system for after the apocalypse
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Apple hardware engineering chief Dan Riccio will step down, focus on new project yet to be revealed
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Save over 35% on Apple's Powerbeats3 wireless earbuds
If a company wants to sell a better mousetrap, they build one. Or if they're a big-dog business with loads of assets, they simply find someone who's already building a better mousetrap and they buy 'em. That's what uber-rich Apple did in 2014 when they decided to bump up their headphone game by acquiring the… READ THE REST
Learn how to whip up the world's finest cocktails from this champion mixologist
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This sleek MagSafe charging dock wirelessly powers your iPhone and AirPods at once
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