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Music News 

“Echoes of the Flame” exhibit of Hip-inspired artwork opens in Toronto 

December 1, 2022December 1, 2022 Amber Healy 0 Comments Art, Daniel Lanois, Echoes of the Flame, First Nations, Gord Downie, Indigenous, Reconciliaction, Reconciliation, Song-Word Art House, The Tragically Hip, Tom Wilson, Tsi Tyonnheht Onkwawen:na Language and Cultural Center

Four months after it opened in Muskoka, a collection of 18 artworks inspired by the Tragically Hip are on display

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Events Music News 

Monsters, Movies and Metallica’s Hammett

May 17, 2019May 17, 2019 Amber Healy 0 Comments Art, Cosmo Music, Horror Movies, Kirk Hammett, Metallica, Sci-fi movies

Kirk Hammett, Metallica’s lead guitarist since the dawn of time, is a world-class collector of horror and sci-fi movie memorabilia.

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Cool! 

Here’s something to do with cassettes that I can get behind

August 13, 2018August 12, 2018 Alan Cross 2 Comments Art, Cassettes

Readers of these pages know well of my hatred for cassettes. They were a great technology for their day–hey, it

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Music Industry 

Your Marxist Lesson for Today: Music and the Decline of Capitalism

August 10, 2017August 9, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Art, Capitalism, Music, Socialism

SocialistRevolution.org has this interesting look at how they believe capitalism is screwing art, specifically music. Capitalism’s protracted global crisis, now

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Music News 

David Bowie’s Amazing Art Collection Goes Up for Auction Today and Tomorrow

November 11, 2016November 10, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Art, Auction, David Bowie, Sotheby's

Sotheby’s is going to make a good buck selling these 350 pieces. Oh, to be in London (with a lot

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Music History 

A Video Montage of Kurt Cobain’s Non-Musical Art

June 8, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Art, Kurt Cobain

Kurt’s fascination with art always extended far beyond music. Even as a kid he dabbled in all kinds of visual

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Controversy 

No Pop, Counter Culture and The Great Feedback Loop

May 16, 2016 Larry Lootsteen 0 Comments Anger, Art, Lonely Vagabond, Music, No Pop, Punk

I have my passions. I love music. What it can do. What it can mean. What it can change. I

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Music News 

Radiohead Shares Art Inspired by New Album

May 14, 2016May 13, 2016 Nerhys 0 Comments A Moon Shaped Pool, Art, Radiohead

With their latest album released last weekend, Radiohead announced on both Twitter and Instagram that they are going to share

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Music News 

Iggy Pop Poses Nude for an Art Class

March 1, 2016February 29, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Art, Iggy Pop, Nude

Iggy Pop has led a hard life, every second of which is etched in his skin. At the same time,

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Music News 

A Woman Who Creates Celebrity Art (Including Musicians) Out of Cornflakes

November 22, 2014November 22, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Art, Cornflakes

I guess everyone needs a hobby. See more at the New York Post.

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Music News 

Slipknot’s No. 3 Moves into the Art World

June 14, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Art, Drums, SceneFour, Slipknot

Chris Fehn, better known as No. 3 and the drummer with Slipknot, is the guy behind most of the band’s

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