This new organization wants to promote high-quality recycled vinyl
Vinyl records are forever. Throw out a 45 or LP, and it’ll sit in a landfill until the Sun goes nova. And now that vinyl is almost in its third decade of resurrection,
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Was the WHCD “assassination” attempt faked? The Iranian LEGO video people do.
It took about 17 seconds for people to start calling the WHCD assassination attempt fake, a false flag, and staged. And damn, the internet has exploded with stories and “proof.” It was another
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The 21-year-old Austrian who plotted to “kill as many people as possible” at a Taylor Swift concert has pleaded guilty
Back in August 2024 when Taylor Swift’s Eras tour was in full swing, three-sold out shows in Vienna had to be canceled. Local authorities had received credible information from US intelligence that someone
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Spotify had another good quarter. It now has over a 760 million monthly users.
Spotify says that 293 million people around the world subscribe to its Premium Subscriber tier, which is up by more than three million from the last quarter. The biggest market for subscriptions is
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Ongoing History Daily: How Billy Idol got his name
Billy Idol’s real name is William Broad. So where did “Billy Idol” come from? There are two parts to the story. First of all, he was a terrible student in school and was
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Random music news for Wednesday, April 29, 2026
Was that Trump assassination attempt real or staged? You can probably guess what the internet thinks. Music news for April 29, 2026, on the other hand, is 100% real. BONUS: A robot prostate
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The Tragically Hip will be inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame this fall
Come September 26 at Massey Hall, the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame will induct The Tragically Hip, along with Loverboy, Feist, and Roch Voisine. Good call, all of them. The ceremony will be
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This is the future: Artists trademarking their sound and image to protect against deepfakes
Deepfakes and other forms of online fraud and identity theft are a major problem. Musicians are constantly being ripped off as others steal their sound and image. Taylor Swift is as mad as
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Twenty-four years later, we finally know who killed Jam Master Jay of Run-DMC
At about 7:30 in the evening of October 30, 2002, a couple of men walked into Jam Master Jay’s recording studio on Merrick Avenue in Queens and shot him dead. And then they
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Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry, episode 63: Great concert riots
Concerts and festivals are supposed to be safe spaces. You’re there to enjoy the music and the company of fellow fans, and there’s the very reasonable expectation that the promoters and venue will
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Ongoing History Daily: In pain? Try loud music.
Loud music is generally considered to be bad for your health, especially your ears, if you partake for too long, too often. But there are a couple of academic studies that suggest that
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