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Music News 

Bad Religion becomes an open book in new biography

August 20, 2020August 20, 2020 Amber Healy 0 Comments Bad Religion, Biography, Books, cornell university, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Punk, Punk Rock

Bad Religion isn’t going anywhere. Four decades after hitting the scene in LA, the punk band is kicking ass and

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Music News 

Relive — or learn for the first time — the days of British Hardcore Punk with this new book

September 27, 2019September 27, 2019 Amber Healy 0 Comments BHP, Books, British Hardcore Press, Frank Turner, Music Books, Punk Faction

Sometimes the brightest lights can only burn for so long.  That’s the case of, among other things, British Hardcore Press

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Cool! Music News 

Meet the man who wrote the encyclopedia on Canadian music

March 22, 2019March 21, 2019 Amber Healy 0 Comments Books, Canadian Pop Music Encyclopedia, CanPop Encyclopedia, Chris Jameson, Jaimie Vernon, Record Collecting, The Record Vault

For a small country, Canada has a music history and heritage that can fill an encyclopedia. Jaimie Vernon has written

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Recommended Reading 

Calling all Radiohead fans: New book coming out in May

March 20, 2019March 19, 2019 Amber Healy 0 Comments Amnesiac, Books, Hail to the Thief, In Rainbows, Kid A, OK Computer, Phil Rose, Radiohead, Rock books, The Bends

Just in time for the band’s introduction to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Phil Rose is about to

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Gift Guide 

Recommended Reading Week: Jeff Woods lends his voice to Radio, Records and Rockstars

November 27, 2018November 26, 2018 Amber Healy 0 Comments Audiobook, Bob Seger, Books, David Bowie, Fleetwood Mac, George Thorogood, Jeff Wood, Pink Floyd, Radio Records and Rockstars, Reading, Rush

Canadian legend Jeff Woods released his book Radio, Records and Rockstars two years ago, but why stop at good when

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Gift Guide 

Recommended Reading Week: Old Records Never Die ask whether it’s possible to reclaim your past and your records

November 26, 2018November 25, 2018 Amber Healy 3 Comments Books, Chicago, Eric Spitznagel, Questlove, Record Collecting, Records, The Replacements

Eric Spitznagel was perfectly content with his choice to sell his album collection. It was something he didn’t really need

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Recommended Reading 

It’s not just musicians who are having their stuff pirated. It’s novelists, too.

April 10, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Books, Novels, Piracy

[Graphic from CNET] A couple of years ago when she was between jobs, my wife started working on a series

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Recommended Reading 

Music, Movies and TV Shows Aren’t the Only Things Being Pirated. Books Are, Too.

October 24, 2017October 23, 2017 Alan Cross 2 Comments Books, Piracy

When my wife found herself out of work a few years back, she took the opportunity to fulfill a life-long

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Music News 

The Only Year-End Top Ten Lists You’ll Ever Need

December 21, 2016December 21, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2016, Albums, Books, Movies, Songs, Top 10

Late December is the slowest time of the year for any kind of news, so many media outlets default to

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Tech 

Playster: the Streaming Service Dubbed “The Netflix of Everything”

September 24, 2016September 23, 2016 Nerhys 0 Comments Books, Games, Movies, Music, Playster, Streaming

There’s a new streaming app in town and it’s being dubbed “the Netflix of everything”. Playster, licensed by Sony and

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Recommended Reading 

Monday Reading: Five Books for the Punk Fan

July 4, 2016 Nerhys 5 Comments Books, Punk, Recommended Reading

Do you enjoy reading all about punk? Here are five books with high ratings. 1) Please Kill Me – Legs McNeil

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Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

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Podcast – The Backstage Project

The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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