Ongoing History Daily: A very strange concert cancellation
For a concert to go off without a hitch, so many things have to go right and very few can go wrong. But last month, something went very wrong ahead of a Bryan
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Stupid History
A lawyer is thinking about a class action against Tool. Here’s why.
Once in a while, I have an Ongoing History of New Music program called “Stupid History” which looks at some of the dumber aspects of music’s legacies. This one will make the next
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The Beastie Boys want all gold and platinum records for Paul’s Boutique recalled. Here’s why.
We’ve all seen those gold and platinum awards artists and others get to mark sales milestones for best-selling albums. They usually consist of a copy of that record (vinyl or CD) painted gold
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This is horrible: A musician was electrocuted after he hugged a wet fan
Ayres Sasaki was a Brazilian rocker who was playing just another show at the Solar Hotel in the city of Salinopolis on July 13. Things were going very well–so well, in fact, that
Read MoreOngoing History Daily: Eden Ahbez the strangest hit songwriter ever
This doesn’t have anything to do with rock, but the story of Eden Ahbez is fascinating. This guy was a hippie-type dude back in the 1940s who lived in acave—yes, a cave—and had
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