My music weekend in Berlin
Several months ago, Robert Hoare, a Canadian ex-pat teaching songwriting at the Berlin School of Popular Arts, dropped me a line about my 1000th Ongoing History show. The email ended with “If you’re
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Berlin
Random music news for Friday, May 27, 2022
Love this kid. Way to go! And now let’s transition to music news for May 27, 2022. Surprise! Ted Nugent still doesn’t think there’s a gun problem in America. Meanwhile, Don McLean says
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Are ravers responsible for the new monkeypox outbreak?
Just as we’re learning to live with COVID comes monkeypox, a disease that is almost never seen outside of Africa. But as of yesterday, cases have cropped in up Canada, the US, the
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Random music news for Wednesday, October 6, 2021
So how did Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp disappear for six hours on Monday? Here’s an explainer. Once you’re done, there’s music news for October 6, 2021. Time for another list to argue about:
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Random music news for Thursday, January 7, 2020
Now that we’re spending more time indoors, this is something you might have wondered about. Once you’ve solved that mystery, try music news for January 7, 2020. Was a member of the metal
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Random music news for Thursday, November 8, 2018
It was on this day in 1972 that a new thing called “HBO” started broadcasting. As for music news for November 8, 2018… Madonna’s daughter seems to be dressing like mom. Sinead O’Connor
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Bono? What happened in Berlin?
If there’s one thing you can say about U2 is that unless it is absolutely, completely, and utterly unavoidable, they never cancel a gig. If the show doesn’t go on, it’s because Bono
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Bono Loses Voice in Berlin
Ach nein, baby. U2 are in the throes of a European leg for the eXPERIENCE + iNNOCENCE tour; all the time they’ve been spending on the road between their still-new album and last
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Random music news for Tuesday, June 12, 2018
I have an assignment today that involves drinking wine. Hey, someone’s gotta do these things. Best get in all the music news for June 12, 2018, that I can before then. Canadian music
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Random music news for Wednesday, May 30, 2018
I had a new roof put on the house 10 days ago. Now when it’s hot, it smells like tar all over the neighbourhood and all through the house. I’m not very popular
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“David Bowie Plans to Go Live”
This popped into a bunch of Facebook feeds today. A bit startling, yes? This is Bowie Berlin Week (Sept 23-30), so maybe they know something we don’t. Well, obviously they do…
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