[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] If you’re of a certain vintage, you’ll remember how inflexibly tribal music fans used to be. If you were, say, an alternative kid, you wouldn’t
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Last Thursday, The Beatles released “Now and Then,” which is being billed as “the last Beatles song.” If you’ve been off-world for a while and don’t know what’s going on, some AI magic
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Rick Beato is never one to hold back on his opinions. He has a few things to say about Rolling Stone’s recent list of the top 250 guitarists of all time.
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[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] In this space back in August, I wondered how much Taylor Swift mania the world could take. People were talking about selling kidneys in exchange for tickets to the Eras tour.
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I offer these observations on Boomer nostalgia and culture without comment. Watch this and tell me what you think. (Via Walter)
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Burning Man has always seemed a bit weird to me. Then again, I’m hardly the audience for this kind of event, especially after the rain-and-mud fiasco that was the 2023 edition. I also
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[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca this week. – AC] It happened again at the gym. In the middle of my workout, some godawful song started playing: another wretchedly over-Auto Tuned melody-less mid-tempo mumble rap
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I was in the gym the other day when the music flipped to some over Auto Tuned mumble rap hip-hop song. I found it so annoying and…bad that I had to wait until
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That’s a harsh headline, but it does try to make a point. Hear me out. I was at the gym the other day when Janis Joplin’s “Me and Bobby McGee” came on. About
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Here’s something that could invigorate or annoy you today. Does modern music suck? (Via Walter)
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[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Before the internet, a band could break up, its members retire, and still be a profitable venture. The Beastie Boys, for example, sold so
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