Random music news for Monday, December 22, 2025
On this planet, it rains diamonds. (Via Larry) On this page, you get music news for December 22, 2025. BONUS: I’ve seen far too many people like this at the
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Have you noticed your houseplants suddenly doing well? It could be all the Christmas music
I have a spider plant in my house that’s more than 35 years old. It joined me in my first Toronto apartment in 1986, grew to a certain size, and
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It’s not your imagination. The Christmas/holiday music season is getting longer.
It was August 27 when I received my first notification of a brand-new Christmas song for this year. About three weeks later, the first North American radio station flipped to
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Do NOT listen to this Christmas song while driving: Study.
I can see how listening to certain songs while driving could be very distracting–dangerous, even, under certain circumstances, But I did not see this coming from the South China University
Read MoreRandom music new for Tuesday, December 3, 2024
A new study says that Gen Z is spending up to six hours a day online. That’s not healthy, right? But a few minutes with music news for December 3,
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Some final words from the Christmas Music Desk
Let’s finish up Christmas music-related news before we put the whole genre to bed for another year, shall we? Brenda Lee had a good season and made millions on her
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Are these the most hated Christmas songs of all time?
We’re in the thick of Christmas music season, something that seems to have started sometime in October. It’s also time to make a list of the Christmas songs that grate
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Tired of Christmas music yet? If you are, you’re not alone.
Christmas music creep feels like it was insane this year. A week into December, so many people say they’re just sick of the holiday music that’s everywhere we go. Here
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Surprise! A lot of people want concert tickets as holiday gifts (and other musical shopping hints)
To the shock of no one, a new study (and yes, it’s one of those surveys that’s actually an advertisement for something) has determined that concert tickets will be on
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The art and science of Christmas music programming for radio
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] With American Thanksgiving, the retail carnage of Black Friday just a few days away (anyone got the over/under on how many
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Here comes the Christmas music. Yes, already.
I hate it when people try to push us out of summer. Halloween candies have been on sale at my Shopper’s Drug Mart for weeks already. Starbucks brought back pumpkin
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