Random music news for Saturday, May 18, 2024
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Kurt Cobain died 30 years ago today.
As far as anyone can know, Kurt Cobain went to the room above the greenhouse in the backyard of his house at 171 Lake Washington Boulevard East in Seattle sometime
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Ongoing History Daily: When Duff met Kurt
When Duff McKagan was with Guns N’ Roses, he had a chance meeting with a guy named Kurt Cobain. On April 2, 1994, Duff was flying home to Seattle on
Read MoreRandom music news for Saturday, August 15, 2020.
That’s a lot of money for a pair of sneakers. But I guess everyone needs a hobby. Mine is collecting music news. Here’s what’s happening for August 15, 2020. Coronavirus
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Random music news for Monday, June 3, 2019
I’ll be in conversation with Rush’s Geddy Lee about his Big Beautiful Book of Bass at the Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts tonight. Tickets here. Now some music news
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Seattle’s Showbox in danger of being demolished —UPDATED
Great news, everyone! On Monday night, the Seattle City Council voted to extend the historic district protections near Pike Place Market to include the Showbox. This is a great step
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What if you were switch the guitar parts in “Sweet Child ‘O Mine?”
“Sweet Child ‘O Mine” by Guns ‘N Roses is a true hard rock masterpiece. Everything–the songwriting, the lyrics, the performance, the production–all come together perfectly to create a song we’ll
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52 Albums That Changed My Life (and other Exaggerations) Chapter 10: Iggy Pop’s American Caesar
I’ve been lucky enough to see Henry Rollins a number of times doing his talking shows. At one particular show, he began a story by saying something to the effect
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A Round-Up of Miscellaneous Prince Stories
The Prince-related stories keep rolling in. I’ll update this page as long as it seems to make sense. Here’s an unsupported gossip item making the rounds. Take it with a
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Random Music News for Thursday, April 21, 2016
Happy 2,769th birthday, Rome! And now, some music news… Ireland’s oldest raver has died at age 99. Yes, 99. Trivia question: Which Game of Thrones character is based on Liam
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Guns ‘N Roses Played on the Original Accordion (And By Not Just Anyone)
Yes, that’s Krist Novoselic of Nirvana and Duff McKagan of Guns ‘N Roses. So it’s okay, then…
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