Ongoing History Daily: Cage the Elephant Facts
Cage the Elephant comes out of Bowling Green, Kentucky. That’s not a very famous place for music. They have some good high school sports teams and the plant where GM builds the Corvette
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Tomorrow is National Album Day in the UK. Oasis has a new lyric video.
I’ll say it again: No one loves music more than the English. Tomorrow (October 14) is another big celebration across the kingdom known as National Album Day. Everyone is being encourage to spend
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Coldplay devastated by England’s ouster from the World Cup
All England needed was for Harry Kane to pot that penalty kick. Nope. And Coldplay (via Chris Martin) had something to say about that.
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The Wendy’s logo has gone emo. Seriously.
One of the most famous logos in the world of fast food is this one. This is a representation of Melinda-Lou “Wendy” Thomas, the daughter of founder Dave Thomas. This logo has remained
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Random music news for Friday, July 9, 2021
Getting my second shot today! AstraZenca + Pfizer, which is supposed to turn me into Spider-Man. Or The Hulk. I forget. Music news for July 9, 2021. This guy combines the styles of
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Random music news for Saturday, July 14, 2018
On this day in 1976, capital punishment was abolished in Canada. July 14, 2018, will be remembered for this sort of music news. Here are my weekly music picks for GlobalNews.ca. Still hurting
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On this day in 1994, Aerosmith became the first major rock band to offer a song for free download. “Head First” took up to 90 minutes to download through one of those old
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My New Announcer Hero is Gudmundur Benediktsson, Play-by-Play Guy for Iceland at the Euro Cup
There’s a school of thought that says play-by-play announcers should remain neutral, even if they’re the home team’s official guy. Gudmundur Benediktsson, the man doing the announcing for Iceland’s national broadcaster during Euro 2016,
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London’s 40-Year Obsession with Punk
As I have business to do in London Monday, I took the redeye in Sunday morning, which gave me the day to read the papers and what around on what was an extraordinarily
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Britain Triumphs Over Germany Again, This Time in a Battle of Ukuleles
One of the great introductions to a newspaper column appeared in the Daily Mail on July 30, 1966, on the morning of the World Cup final between England and Germany. If you believe
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The English 2014 World Cup Song is Out
It”s called “Greatest Day”–but rather than being something original, it’s a cover of a Take That song. I’ll tell you what I think: it ain’t no “World in Motion.” Watch it here.
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