While you were sleeping, U2 dropped another surprise EP
At 12:06 am EDT, a note from Universal Music dropped into my inbox with news of another surprise EP from U2, the second of the year. Given that it’s Good Friday, it makes
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The war between Bruce Springsteen and Trump is escalating fast
Bruce Springteen has no time for Trump, calling him out as a fascist, an authoritarian, and as an anti-constitutional monster. He’s right, of course. And he’s taken his crusade on the road with
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1079: The 50 biggest all-time alt-rock one-hit wonders (40-31)
There are certain things that will happen only once in a lifetime—your first steps or those of your child, your first kiss, your first real heartbreak. You can never repeat those. There are
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Ongoing History Daily: The David Bowie book club
When he was alive, David Bowie was a voracious reader: novels, history, biography, art, the classics, philosophy, politics, economics—you name it, Bowie read it. Sometimes he’d become so engrossed in something that he’d
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Random music news for Friday, April 3, 2026
Want to track your dog via satellite? Now you can. Off to music news for April 3, 2026. BONUS: Please get better, Eugene.
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Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham attacked by a woman on a street LA.
Lindsey Buckingham has had issues with stalkers–one women in particular–over the last number of years, a situation that nearly broke up his marriage. On Wednesday (April 1), Lindsey arrived for an appointment in
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This is your weekly Canadian CD and vinyl sales report. Streaming numbers, too. (02 Apr 2026)
Where we at with Canadian CD and vinyl sales this week? What about streaming? Let’s ask Luminate. (Note that his numbers reflect the release of the new BTS album.) Streaming numbers:
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Apple turns 50 this year. Here are some prototypes that never saw the light of day.
Apple has released some amazing products over the last five decades: The Mac, the iPod, the iPhone, the iPad, and so on. There have been some dogs, too (Newton, a speaker system that
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Time for more Donald Trump parody songs because he deserves it
I’m in SE Asia where entire countries are in danger of running out of all manner of fuel thanks to the insane unprovoked war by the US and Israel against Iran. The rage
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Ongoing History Daily: The Lorde [sic] of baseball
Despite being a teenager from New Zealand, Lorde has some interesting connections to Major League Baseball. Her hit “Royals” was actually named after the team – kind of. She spotted a photo of
Read MoreRandom music news for Thursday, April 2, 2026
This strippers says US soldiers revealed invasion plans while she was giving them lap dances. You cannot make this up. Music news for April 2, 2026 looks like this. BONUS: Now I need
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