Random music news for Thursday, January 1, 2026
Facebook has found a new way to be evil. They’re testing charging users for sharing links. Heckuva way to start music news for January 1, 2026, isn’t it? BONUS: Thoughts about this? Do
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Ongoing History Daily: Was this the cleverest hidden track of all time?
Part of the reason Tool takes so long to record new music is because they insist on insane levels of complexity in their songwriting. That includes everything from strange time signatures to writing
Read MoreOngoing History: Jack White’s hidden songs
When you own your own record label and vinyl pressing facility, you have a chance to experiment with some really weird things. Jack White is one of those guys. If you go back
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The Ongoing History of New Music encore presentation: Hidden tracks and Easter eggs
You have music you don’t know about and never asked for. And no, I’m not talking about a U2 album. It’s the stuff that’s buried in your CD collection places you would never,
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Here’s the one thing I miss most about CDs
The first time I ran into a hidden track on a CD was with an early edition of Nirvana’s Nevermind. I was in the car and after the last strains of “Something in
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The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 715: Hidden Tracks
You have music you don’t know about and never asked for. And no, I’m not talking about a U2 album. It’s the stuff that’s buried in your CD collection places you would never,
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The History of the Hidden Track
Back when CDs ruled, it became a thing for artists to hide tracks somewhere on the disc. These Easter eggs were rewards for those who spent time listening to an entire album. A
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