Check out these young kids KILLING it with their cover of NIN’s “Wish”
This young’uns do a great job with “Wish” by NIN. Yes, they perform all the lyrics. There’s hope for the future.
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Author: Alan Cross
Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox go back to Survivor for Sunday Lunch.
It’s another encore from the kitchen featuring Robert Fripp, Toyah Willcox, and guest guitarist Sidney Jake (how can he breathe?) on Survivor’s “Eye of the Tiger.”
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Our naive and sweet opera singer reacts to “Black Dog” by Led Zeppelin
As album openers go, “Black Dog,” side one, track one of Led Zeppelins fourth album in 1971, is a killer. It’s been a staple of rock radio for well over 50 years. Yet
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Halfway through 2025, these acts are the box office leaders.
Since we’re almost at the halfway point of 2025, Pollstar, the publication that keeps tabs on the live music world, has published a list of the box office leaders so far. (actually from
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Bonarroo Festival has been completely canceled because of bad weather
Along with Coachella and Lollapalooza, Bonarroo is one of America’s mega-festivals. This year, however, it is not thanks to bad weather. On Friday (June 13, ominously), an evacuation order was issued because of
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ICYMI: Things I posted elsewhere this week (14 June 2025)
It’s another busy week of generating content. Here’s some of that material found elsewhere ICYMI. Weekly Global News Column: It’s time to talk about the hideously difficult process of choosing a name for your
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Random music news for Saturday, June 14, 2025
Today’s the day of Trump’s pity parade of the military in DC. What are the chances of someone in a chicken suit carrying a taco getting arrested/hurt/shot? It’s sad that I’m not making
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Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry, episode 042: Ticket Scalper Crimes
A concert ticket is a simple thing. It symbolizes a contract between you and an artist that allows you admission to a performance set for a designated venue at a specific time. That’s
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Muse teases their next album with the live debut of a new song.
I was just thinking the other day, “Gee, it’s been a while since we’ve heard from Muse. It’s been, what, three years?” And then a day later, the band started teasing a new
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Here’s a metal way to teach your kid the ABCs.
It’s never too early to start the little sprog on his/her/their way to a lifetime of reading. That, of course, starts with learning ABCs. Here’s a metal way of doing that. I heartily
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The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: The Last Moments Of… part 3
We don’t like to think about our favourite musicians as being mortal. Because let’s face it, we believe that they do extraordinary things and make us feel in ways we otherwise wouldn’t. Rock
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