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
Browsing the "Cool!" Category
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)
Marc Martel sounds JUST like Freddie Mercury. That’s a very good thing these days
February 26th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Canadian Marc Martel, a former member of a Christian rock band, sounds a LOT like Freddie Mercury. And today, as
Chapters 10 and of the Brother Rock comic strip
February 25th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Here’s the latest instalment of Brother Rock from Nashville-based cartoonist Randy Gibbard. To get caught up, just enter “Brother Rock” in
Here’s a fun post-long weekend timesuck: Which of these songs have been played the most on Spotify?
February 19th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Music fans pride themselves on knowing exactly what’s going on at any given time. We sense the zeitgeist and instinctively
An all-female Led Zeppelin band has launched The Led Zeppelin Learning Channel
February 17th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Zepparella has spent the last fourteen years deconstructing and then performing Led Zeppelin songs both live and in the studio,
Bruno Ganz, who played Hitler in Downfall and all those Hitler parodies, has died at 77.
February 16th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Bruno Ganz, who became internationally famous for his portrayal of Adolf Hitler in the 2004 movie Downfall, has died at
Looking to re-do your bathroom? Then you might want to consider this record player sink.
February 13th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Okay, it might be a bit kitschy, but if I were doing my office bathroom again, I might actually consider
A CanCon Coachella, 2000s edition
February 4th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Cameron Gordon of Completely ignored contributed an extremely popular post a few weeks back imaging what an all-star all-CanCon Coachella
Chapter 9 of the Brother Rock comic strip
February 4th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Here’s the latest instalment of Brother Rock from Nashville-based cartoonist Randy Gibbard. Get caught up here
This drummer is AMAZING. And he’s FOUR YEARS OLD.
January 28th, 2019 | by Alan Cross
Meet Justin Wilson II. He’s four. Watch him kill it as part of a demonstration at this week’s NAMM event
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