Ongoing History Daily: Songs inspired by TV shows
Like anyone else, musicians spend a lot of time watching TV, especially on those long bus rides between gigs. Occasionally, a TV show will inspire a new song. (1) The
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Random music news for Wednesday, July 9, 2025
Scientists have come up with a death date for the universe. Time to party like it’s 33.3 billion years from now. Meanwhile, today is the shortest day in history by
Read MoreOngoing History Daily: Another look at the origins of band names
It’s time again to investigate where bands got their names. Three Doors Down came from a sign in Foley, Alabama, that read “Doors Down” but most of the letters were
Read MoreOngoing History Daily: The accidental millionaire hardcore lyricist
If you got back to the turn of the millennium, you’ll run across a band called American Nightmare who released some pretty powerful punk and hardcore material, largely written by
Read MoreRandom music news for Wednesday, July 12, 2023
A mathematician has created the ultimate swear word–it’s brand new–using a computer algorithm. Want to be the first to use it? Go here. Maybe you can apply it something today.
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Fall Out Boy has just released an updated version of Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire”
We know all know the original from Billy Joel, right? That is, unless you learned it from Peter Griffin. Or maybe it was this. Or this? Wait. I’ve got it
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Russian spy whales. They’re a thing. So is music news for June 1, 2023. BONUS: Well, this is different.
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Fall Out Boy releases a vinyl record destined to be big with collectors for a weird reason
If you’re the kind of person who trolls Discogs.com for rare and interesting releases, expect to see this new piece of vinyl from Fall Out Boy in the future. They’ve
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Well, this just made the prospect of dating more interesting–and terrifying. Distract yourself from that by browsing through music news for August 5, 2021. Remember that smartass who tried to
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Dude, you do NOT call 911 because mom changed the password on your Xbox. Chill out with some music news for March 12, 2021. Is the worst still to come
Read MoreRandom music news for Thursday, January 21, 2021
Dinosaur butts. That is all. Now let’s look at music news for January 21, 2021. Drake is the first artist to pass 50 billion Spotify streams. Among Donald Trump’s final
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