Random music news for Friday, March 6, 2026
Scientists have figured out how to make 200,000 living human brain cells play Doom. I’m sure this will be fine. (Via Larry) Music news for March 6, 2026, looks like this. BONUS: We’ve
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Random music news for Saturday, December 27, 2025
There was a windstorm in Colorado that caused the official time in America to glitch by 4.8 microseconds. Here’s an explanation, followed by music news for December 27, 2025. BONUS: Now that Christmas
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The dustiest place in the house is…really? This is a shock? Music news for April 15, 2025, is somewhat more useful. More music news? Go here. BONUS: This is the mathematical/scientific formula for
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*Sigh* The day after Labour Day. Let’s just get on with music news for September 3, 2024. BONUS: Why are there so many chiropractors? Maybe because back in the 60s, we had things
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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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More music news? Look here. BONUS: Green Day playing at a high school on May 10, 1990.
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This jacket keeps you cool in the heat by using beer. No, really. Moving on to music news for September 25, 2023… More music news? Check here. BONUS: The CIA has secretly been
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Ongoing History Daily: When it comes to music vs. tech, tech almost always wins (part 4)
Here’s one more story about how musicians fought technology and lost. In the 1970s, Barry Manilow would take a large orchestra on tour in order to faithfully reproduce all his hit songs. This
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Maybe we should try music to end the truckers’ occupations
Music can be a very effective crowd control device. The American military used Metallica played very, very loudly to flush out Manuel Noreiga from his hideout in Panama. Guantanamo Bay prisoners have been
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Random Music News for Thursday, April 6, 2017
Once more ’round the sun. And now music news. Paul O’Neill, leader and guitarist of the Trans-Siberian Orchestra has died at age 61. Prince’s wife says she never saw him use any kind
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Random Music News for Friday, February 12, 2016
Gravity waves? Einstein was right again. That makes music news a little less, well, universe-shattering. Still… Here’s a great story on what it was like to rock in the Soviet Union. (“In the
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