Random music news for Tuesday, August 20, 2024
Did we really need this update? We got it, anyway. (Via Tom) Moving to music news for August 20, 2024… BONUS: There’s a new Paul McCartney and Wings doc coming.
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50 years ago today, Casey Kasem debuted his American Top 40 countdown
It was fifty years ago today when Casey Kasem hosted the first American Top 40 countdown. It quickly grew into one of the most-syndicated radio programs in history. NPR takes a look. “On
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Random music news for Tuesday, July 30, 2019
On this day in 1962, the Trans-Canada highway opened for business, making it the longest national highway on the planet. As for music news on July 30, 2019… The widow of the late
Read MoreRandom Music News for Monday, June 26, 2017
I’m trying to ignore that the days are getting shorter. I know, I know: glass half-full, right? And now the music news for June 26. Monday timesuck: The secret history of Radiohead’s OK
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Random Music News for Friday, November 27, 2015
Happy Black Friday. Let us all engage in an orgy of rabid consumerism. And now, the music news. Speaking of Black Friday, here’s a list of all the special records that have gone
Read MoreRandom Music News for Monday, May 25, 2015
Business takes me to the Gold Coast of Australia this week. As far as you’re concerned, I’m standing upside down. The Edge from U2 explains how he came to fall off the stage
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The Purgatory of Casey Kasem
On June 15, 2014, Casey Kasem finally died after a long and horrible illness. But his death was the beginning of one of the longest and strangest posthumous journeys a body has taken
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A Christmas Miracle! Casey Kasem is FINALLY Laid to Rest
Back in June, legendary DJ Casey Kasem died at the age of 82 after a long illness. But his last months were fraught with all kinds of family fighting, battles which did not
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Geeks&Beats Episode 85: The One Where We Plead for Someone to Bury Casey Kasem
A week ago, I was basking in the sunshine of the NE Caribbean Command Outpost. As I type this, I’m in my old bedroom in my parents’ basement in a small town outside
Read MoreWait: You Mean They STILL Haven’t Buried Casey Kasem?
Nope. He’s lying in a morgue in Norway, still awaiting burial. And this sad saga from the Dept. of WTF is still a long, long way from being over. And it’s getting even
Read MoreRandom Music News for Monday, October 13, 2014
Happy Thanksgiving. And why are so many US states still celebrating Columbus Day? Why is that still a thing? What will the Foo Fighters do when they’re besieged with more requests like this?
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