Random music news for Wednesday, September 20, 2023
So now Elon Musk wants to charge everyone for using Twitter X? Why just not shut off all the servers and be done with it? Meanwhile, music news for September 202, 2023 remains
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Billy Joel
Random music news for Wednesday, July 12, 2023
A mathematician has created the ultimate swear word–it’s brand new–using a computer algorithm. Want to be the first to use it? Go here. Maybe you can apply it something today. Now, some music
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Fall Out Boy has just released an updated version of Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire”
We know all know the original from Billy Joel, right? That is, unless you learned it from Peter Griffin. Or maybe it was this. Or this? Wait. I’ve got it now. Fall Out
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Random music news for Tuesday, June 20, 2023
People! The Titanic sank! Don’t believe what you see on TikTok. You can, however, believe what you read with my daily roundup of music news. Mostly. Here’s what’s happening on June 20, 2023.
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Random music news for Monday, June 5, 2023
A brutal truth about Al Pacino becoming a father at age 83. And here are more brutal truths when it comes to music news for June 5, 2023. More music new? Check here.
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Random music news for Friday, May 26, 2023
We sent an “alien radio message” from Mars to Earth on Wednesday. Think of it as a First Contact dress rehearsal. Meanwhile, in music news for May 26, 2023… BONUS: What if Trent
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A few final tributes to Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Lightfoot will be laid to rest in his hometown of Orillia. There’s a public visitation on Sunday at St. Paul’s United Church, 62 Peter Street North between 1 and 8pm. Anyone who
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Random music news for Tuesday, April 18, 2023
Is your phone really listening to you? Here’s what happens for all those creepily accurate targeted ads to come up. And here’s what’s happening in music news for April 18, 2023. More music
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Billy Joel hits a remarkable (and never-to-be-broken) concert milestone
Billy Joel is coming up on his 74th birthday and has been playing music professionally since–wait for it–1964. He still tours occasionally, but he prefers it when people come to him. In 2014,
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Here’s a 40th birthday salute to the compact disc
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] After more than a decade of work, building on an idea first posited in 1931 for a device known as the “optophone,” Sony of
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Ongoing History Daily: Synesthesia
Synesthesia is that interesting neurological condition where the senses overlap. Some musicians say that they can “see” musical notes in the forms of things like colours, and this can help inform them on
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