Random music news for Monday, September 7, 2020
The bad news: It’s Labour Day, the unofficial end of summer. The good news: This is the latest day on the calendar that Labour Day can possibly fall, so that’s something. The bad
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Random music news for Monday, August 24, 2020
Meanwhile, in Iceland. Hey, I laughed. Here’s music news for August 24, 2020. Coronavirus update 1: And here come the COVID-19 infections from the Sturgis motorcycle rally. Coronavirus update 2: A study says
Read MoreRandom music news for Saturday, July 25, 2020
THAT is one smelly poo. This music news for July 25, 2020, is much less stinky. Corornavirus update 1: Uncle Dee says “WEAR A F**KING MASK!” Coronavirus update 2: The pandemic is pushing
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Random music news for Tuesday, February 18, 2020
Wearing a face mask to keep from being sick but frustrated that your iPhone’s Face ID won’t work? Try this. Producer and DJ Andy Weatherall has died at age 56. Ozzy has canceled
Read MoreRandom music news for Thursday, December 5, 2019
In 1952, The Great Smog descended over London on this day. It was truly awful. Moving to music news for December 5, 2019… You know it’s getting close to Christmas when someone makes
Read MoreRandom music news for Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Anyone else having trouble with Chrome over the last 24 hours? Some sort of update broke some programs/access. Just askin’. Let’s see if anyone can actually access this post for music news for
Read MoreRandom music news for Thursday, February 7, 2019
Back on this day in 1962, the US banned Cuban cigars. They’re still banned, right? Moving to music news for February 7, 2019… This woman was a victim in the Bataclan massacre. She’s
Read MoreRandom music news for Saturday, January 12, 2019
Ever had one of those weeks where computers seem to hate you? I had one of those. But I still found a way to post music news for January 12, 2019. Here’s a
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Guest post: Who will be the Bob Marley of hip-hop?
[Another guest post as I lollygag somewhere in southern Thailand where the music of Bob Marley can be heard more often than you’d think. This one comes from Chris Donaghue. – AC] Hip-hop
Read MoreThere was an assassination attempt on Bob Marley in 1976. Now there’s a documentary on what happened.
Netflix has always been documentary-friendly to the music fan. Come October 12, a new series called ReMastered will look at a series of topics over the course of music history, starting with the
Read MoreRandom music news for Friday, June 8, 2018
On this day in 1949, George Orwell’s 1984 was published. Back to the future: music news for June 8, 2018. The new Sonos Beam smart speaker hits the Apple HomePod where it hurts.
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