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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: The rise of band logos

January 2, 2023January 2, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Band Logos, Beatles, Chicago, Doors, Logos, Love, Monkees

If you’re a musician, you’re also a brand, whether you like it or not. And for a brand to stick

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Dave Matthews and the poop dump

August 22, 2022August 21, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bridge, Chicago, Dave Matthews, Sewage, Tour Bus

One of the gross things about tour buses—and there are many gross things—is that at some point you have to

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Music News 

A security guard faked a mass shooting report to get out of work

August 6, 2022August 7, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Chicago, Lollapalooza, Mass Shooting, Terrorism

I understand that there are some days that you just don’t want to go to work. But this is not

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Music News 

There’s a disturbing music angle to the July 4th mass shooting in Chicago

July 5, 2022July 5, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Awake, Chicago, Ferris Bueller, Highland Park, Rapper, Shooting, Smashing Pumpkins

With six people dead and more than three dozen injured in a mass shooting in Highland Park, Illinois (the affluent

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Music News 

Will Lollapalooza end up being a COVID superspreader event?

August 3, 2021August 3, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2021, Chicago, Covid, Lollapalooza, Superspreader

Give what you know about the rise of the Delta variant of COVID, would you have gone to Lollapalooza last

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Music News 

Some are calling this year’s Lollapalooza “COVIDpalooza”…

August 1, 2021August 1, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2021, Chicago, Covid, Lollapalooza

…and you can see why. The AV Club also has this story. “Is it safe?” That’s the number-one question I

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Music News 

America is confident it’s in a post-COVID music festival world. Behold and be jealous. [UPDATED]

May 19, 2021May 19, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Chicago, Concerts, COVID-19, Daytona Beach, Festivals, Firefly, Lollapalooza, Louder Than Life, Riot Fest, Rockville

The US has been vaccinating people against COVID-19 like crazy. It’s to the point where the CDC says it’s okay

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Music News 

Random music news for Wednesday, February 24, 2021

February 24, 2021February 24, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Barack Obama, Bruce Springsteen, Chicago, Dee Snider, Facebook, Fleetwood Mac, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Twisted Sister, Twitter

Here’s a new twist on the JFK assassination. Wrap your head around that and then move to music news for

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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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Music News 

Bono falls down some stairs in concert. He doesn’t miss a note.

May 26, 2018May 25, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bono, Chicago, U2

A couple of years ago in Vancouver, The Edge didn’t look where he was going and walked right off the

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Music News 

Jack White, Arctic Monkeys, The Weeknd and Bruno Mars are the big headliners for Lollapalooza 2018

March 21, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2018, Chicago, Lollapalooza

Ever since Lollapalooza made Chicago’s Grant Park its permanent home, the festival has thrived. This year’s event, set for the

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