Ongoing History Daily: Album excesses
When it comes to releasing an album, most artists are fine with something of a standard length, something that can fill a single CD. However, there are those who believe they need to
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Ongoing History Daily: Reuniting The Clash
The Clash never really formally broke up. They just kind of…evaporated sometime in 1986 with no official announcement or farewell. For some, this left the door opening for a possible reunion. And there
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Did the KGB use punk rock to try to destabilize the West? Let’s look at this conspiracy theory.
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Soft power — the use of culture to influence the other side by burrowing into an adversary’s society and psyche — can be very
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The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: The great KGB punk conspiracy
[We’re taking a one-week pause for a COVID mental health break. But new shows will resume again next week. -AC] You may be aware of a podcast that came out in the spring
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Watch a long-lost black-and-white gangster film by The Clash
The Clash made a black-and-white Italian noir gangsters movie? Yes, they did. It dates back to 1983 shortly after drummer Topper Headon was kicked out of the band. The rest of the band
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There’s new music from Joe Strummer. Sort of.
It’ll soon be twenty years since Joe Strummer dropped dead after a walk with the dog, thanks to an undiagnosed heart condition. His memory, however, will be with us forver. A new compilation
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Random music news for Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Today’s Groundhog Day? So what? The last year has been nothing but Groundhog Days. And there are still a lot more to come. I hate COVID. I do love bring you music news,
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Ongoing History of New Music Daily: The end of The Clash
The Clash were one of the most influential bands in the history of alternative music, so it’s kind of surprising at how quietly they broke up and how little anyone seemed to care.
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In the beginning, the Clash, like most of the punk brethren back in the middle 1970s, was poor. And I mean REALLY poverty-stricken. During the winter of 1976, the band was living in
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The Clash’s Sandinista album was released 40 years ago. There’s now a new video for “The Magnificent Seven.”
It was December 11, 1980 when The Clash released the follow-up to London Calling, the sprawling triple called Sandinista. To commemorate things, Clash confidante and filmmaker Don Letts has created a new music
Read MoreRandom music news for Friday, December 11, 2020
To start the weekend, here’s a puppy riding a rooster. Now let’s try some music news for December 11, 2020. Coronavirus update 1: AEG, the number two promoter in the world, has plans
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