Random music news for Saturday, September 1, 2018
Now that it’s September, I wonder how long it’ll be before some radio station flips to its annual all-Christmas format? Don’t laugh. I’ve heard of it being done as early as late September.
Read MoreNow that it’s September, I wonder how long it’ll be before some radio station flips to its annual all-Christmas format? Don’t laugh. I’ve heard of it being done as early as late September.
Read MoreA long weekend here in Canada. I’m trying not to remember that this is the third of our four summer long weekends and that Labour Day is just a month off. Time for
Read MoreThe end-of-summer season sales are now on. I’m not ready for this. I can, however, offer some music news for July 24, 2018. Weekly Canadian music sales numbers vs. this time last year:
Read MoreHBO’s Silicon Valley–the best show ever about the modern tech industry–will soon be back for its fifth season. With a new season starting March 25, teaser trailers have begun to appear.
Read MoreIn the UK for the weekend with a visit to the Pink Floyd exhibit at the V&A museum tomorrow. And now, the music news for September 28. As you get ready for the
Read MoreJesse Hughes and the rest of Eagles of Death Metal will never forget the events in Paris on November 13, 2014, when terrorists tortured and killed nearly a hundred concert-goers. Now HBO films
Read MoreHBO has announced a four-part documentary chronicling two people who some might not immediately associate with each other but they should: Dr. Dre and Jimmy Iovine. There are deep roots there and those
Read MoreI had such high hopes for Vinyl when it premiered back in February. I mean Scorsese and Jagger were behind it, fer crissakes! Terrance Winter–Sopranos, Boardwalk Empire–was the showrunner. The full pallet of sex,
Read MoreMy wife: “The women’s beach volleyball teams play in bikinis?” Me: “Yes.” My wife: “And the men are in shorts and tank tops?” Me: “Uh, yeah.” My wife: “Well, that’s not right, is
Read MoreAlmost all of today’s music news is consumed with stories of Prince. But there are a few other things going on. Okay, here’s another Prince story: The time when Prince almost made it
Read MoreI’ll just come out and say it: I enjoyed the first season of Vinyl, the Martin Scorsese/Mick Jagger look at the record biz of the 1970s. It’s about bloody time that there was
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