Ongoing History Daily: Brandon loves Frank
Growing Up in Vegas, Killers singer Brandon Richard Flowers had a chance to soak up the, er, ambience of the
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Frank Sinatra
The first-ever Billboard Music Chart was released 50 years ago this summer–and something about the first #1 song needs to be addressed.
Back in the days of jukeboxes, several companies jockeyed for supremacy in tracking America’s most popular songs. Billboard (which began
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Random music news for Saturday, April 13, 2019
It was on this day in 1970 that Apollo 13 mentioned to Houston that they had a problem. And it’s
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Random music news for Monday, December 17, 2018
It’s the final sprint towards Christmas. How crazy is the next seven days for you? Can you take time to
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Random music news for Thursday, November 1, 2018
The sound you heard at midnight was a bunch of radio stations flipping to an all-Christmas format for the rest
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Random music news for Friday, July 13, 2018
There are two Friday the 13ths this year. Here’s the second of them. Paraskevidekatriaphobics can rest easy for the rest
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Random Music News for Saturday, October 14, 2017
The Cuban Missile Crisis began on this day in 1962. We don’t want to go through that again, do we,
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Random Music News for Monday, October 9, 2017
Happy Thanksgiving to all! (Yes, America, we do things differently up here.) And now the music news for October 9.
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Random Music News for Saturday, August 19, 2017
Two days until the Eclipse Day. Got your #14 welder’s glass yet? And now, the music news for August 19.
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Oh, GAWD. MORE Trump Inauguration Performer News? Yeah, Sorry. But There’s a LOT Going On. See?
The inauguration performer news just keeps on coming. 1a. As 3 Doors Down continues to be crucified for their decision
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Random Music News for Saturday, January 7, 2016
I’m in Fredericton NB for the Canadian University Press conference where I’m going to deliver a talk called “Long Live
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