It’s been 10 years of A Journal of Musical Things
Back in 2011, I found myself in something of an employment wilderness for the first time in my life. After more than 30 years of having a radio microphone, in
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It Was Ten Years Ago Today That Apple Started Selling the iPhone
Rumours were everywhere, but Apple wouldn’t comment. Would the company make a mobile phone? If so, what would it look like? Would it have a physical keyboard? What would it
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As Twitter Celebrates Its 10th Birthday, Musicians Dominate the Follower Tables
On March 21, 2006, Twitter founder Jack Dorsey sent the first tweet: “just setting up my twtter.” Since that moment, Twitter has become a habit of millions of social media
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This May Make You Feel Old: Green Day’s American Idiot is Now Ten Years Old
In the fall of 2004, I and a bunch of other people were trooped into a boardroom at Warner Music Canada’s headquarters for an album listening session. The record in
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