Rock-inspired creativity in an AI-crazy world.

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Dreams turn to nightmares: Rock and Roll Reclaimed's 2025 Halloween Playlist
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Dreams turn to nightmares

This year’s Halloween playlist steps into the macabre dreamworld—ghosts, monsters, killers, and the shadowy edges of sleep. Heavy on Black Sabbath, rich with tributes, and featuring eerie newcomers, it’s a seasonal soundtrack of haunting rock, metal, and moody blues. Let the darkness in.

A recreation of an early turntable/DJ setup that might have been seen in early hip-hop - from the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s “Hip Hop at 50” exhibit - photo by Mark Dauner
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Hip-hop and human creativity

Hip-hop's creative use of sampling and remixing offers a blueprint for responsible AI adoption. Just as DJs transformed existing music into something new, we can use AI as a tool to enhance human creativity rather than replace it, learning from hip-hop's democratization of technology.

Going back to the beginning
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Going back to the beginning

I consider the legacy of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath, detailing the Back to the Beginning concert on July 5, 2025. I then weigh the significance of Black Sabbath, Ozzy's larger-than-life persona, authenticity, and humanity in creativity in the age of AI-generated content.

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Dreams turn to nightmares: Rock and Roll Reclaimed's 2025 Halloween Playlist
Listen up!!! · Featured

Dreams turn to nightmares

This year’s Halloween playlist steps into the macabre dreamworld—ghosts, monsters, killers, and the shadowy edges of sleep. Heavy on Black Sabbath, rich with tributes, and featuring eerie newcomers, it’s a seasonal soundtrack of haunting rock, metal, and moody blues. Let the darkness in.

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Going back to the beginning
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Going back to the beginning

I consider the legacy of Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath, detailing the Back to the Beginning concert on July 5, 2025. I then weigh the significance of Black Sabbath, Ozzy's larger-than-life persona, authenticity, and humanity in creativity in the age of AI-generated content.