Why solitude is good (and necessary) for musicians
June 20th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
[Another helpful guest post from Jess Walter. – AC] Solitude and its Immense Benefits to Musicians One of the most esteemed
Browsing the "Cool!" Category
Collecting Massey Hall stories
June 17th, 2019 | by Amber Healy
Every seat in Massey Hall has been filled, for more than 120 years, by someone who has a memory of
Yesterday was the 40th anniversary of the release of Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures. A radio astronomer celebrated by doing this.
June 16th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
When Joy Division released Unknown Pleasures on June 15, 1979, people were a little confused by the packaging. There was
A cool new twist on album cover artwork: Albums in Motion
June 14th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
This dude has figured out a way to add animation to album covers and is willing to do the same
These fake band posters scream to be used by real artists
June 11th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Mark Slater has a thing about old-school poster art for musicians and bands. He’s so into it that he creates
As Canada prepares for tonight’s Raptors’ game, there’ this musical tribute
June 10th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
As the post says, it was a successful business trip to Oakland. Let’s see if the Raptors can bring it
This indie band made a TV pilot about being in an indie band
June 2nd, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Titus Andronicus has been around for five albums with a sixth (entitled An Obelisk coming out later this summer. On
This will haunt your dreams: Robot band plays “Smells Like Teen Spirit.”
May 27th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
They’re coming. And there’s nothing you can do to stop them. Via Technabob
Scientists create “the loudest sound possible.”
May 20th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
The loudest sounds I’ve ever heard date back to the early 80s when I saw Anvil play at the Norlander
The most complicated mechanical rhythm machine in the world. Look.
May 12th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Normally, MartinMolin spends his time in a band called Wintergarten. When he as time on his hands, he builds steam-punky
Another Tuesday timesuck: A rap battle between Freddy Krueger and Wolverine
April 23rd, 2019 | by Alan Cross
A crew called “Epic Rap Battles of History” has made these sort of videos their joint. Best just to sit
Tuesday timesuck: A video history of internet memes since 2004
April 23rd, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Tuesday is the roughest day of the workweek. Do yourself a favour and take a look at this video history
What if Coachella held was held in Canada back in the 80s?
April 12th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
This is the first weekend of Coachella, which has evolved from a mostly rock-based event to one dedicated mostly to
Can you DJ using just 78 RPM records? Yes. Yes, you can.
April 7th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Being a DJ these days can involve everything from premixing material on a laptop, to live mixing digital tracks using
Cool! Sounds of NASA.
March 25th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Who knew that NASA had a SoundCloud account? The US space agency has uploaded hundreds of hours of audio so
What if Brexit was sold the same way as the Fyre Festival? Then it might look like this.
March 22nd, 2019 | by Alan Cross
It’s been almost a year since the Fyre Festival debacle. As bad as that was, it’s a grain of sand
Meet the man who wrote the encyclopedia on Canadian music
March 22nd, 2019 | by Amber Healy
For a small country, Canada has a music history and heritage that can fill an encyclopedia. Jaimie Vernon has written
Queen’s Brian May has released another space video
March 19th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Queen guitarist Brian May–that’s Dr. May, by the way; he has a PhD in astrophysics–has been involved in a number
Could this be the world’s longest song recording? It lasts for 999,999 hours.
March 16th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Pi Day (March 14 or 3/14) was Thursday, but the excitement(?) from the event continues. First Google released their calculation
It’s Pi Day! An AI program has composed a song just for the ocassion
March 14th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
It’s March 14, or 3/14. Close enough to… …math’s favourite irrational number. Taken to 1000 digits, pi is actually 3.1415926535897932384626433832795028841971693993751082097494459230781640628620899862803482534211706798214808651328230664709384460550582231725359408128481117450284102701938521105559644622948954903819644288109756659334461284756482337867831652712019091456485662346034861045432664821339360726024914127372458700660631558817488520920962829254091715364367892590360011330530548820466521384146951941511609433057270365759591953092186117381932611793105118548074462379962749567351885752724891227938183011949129833673362440656643086021394946395224737190702179860943702770539217176293176752384674818467669405132000568127145263560827785771342757789609173637178721468440901224953430146549585371050792279689258923542019956112129021960864034418159813629774771309960518707211349999998372978049951059731732816096318595024459455346908302642522308253344685035261931188171010003137838752886587533208381420617177669147303
The next time you fly through EWR, make sure you check out the Stevie Van Zandt hologram
March 8th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Newark Liberty International Airport is not one of the nicest airports in the world, but it is one of the
Hand it to this dude for his sheer joy of dancing
March 7th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
The guy’s got some moves to this Post Malone song. No wonder this has gone viral. (Via Popsugar)
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