Random Music News for Friday, April 28, 2017
Fifty years ago today, Muhammed Ali refused induction into the US Army. He was stripped of his championship and his boxing license during the prime of his career. And now, the music news
Read MoreFifty years ago today, Muhammed Ali refused induction into the US Army. He was stripped of his championship and his boxing license during the prime of his career. And now, the music news
Read MoreIf you live in Southern Ontario, the Beginning of the End of Summer is here: The opening of the Canadian National Exhibition. And now, some music news. Yes, the Prime Minister will be
Read MoreI have some friends heading to Miami today for a week in South Beach and I’ll bet that half their baggage allowance has been taken up with DEET mosquito spray. Zika has become a
Read MoreA future two-part episode of The Ongoing History of New Music is called “The More Things Change,” which is a look at how every generation has its complaints about the generations before and
Read MoreYou know that photo on the cover of the first Rage Against the Machine album? That’s a real picture of the self-immolation of a Buddhist monk named Thích Quảng Đức. That happened on
Read MoreNOW it’s tax day. No refund me me this year. And it was fifty years ago today that the Grateful Dead played their first show. Attention, hipsters. Beards are out. Seventies-style porn ‘staches
Read MoreYou think it’s just some egomaniacal quirk and odd personal affectation? Not according to science. From the Daily Telegraph: Scientists think they may have solved one of the great mysteries of the age.
Read MoreThis is from Discover magazine, so it has to be true, right? It even comes with a couple of fancy diagrams that are impressive, even though I don’t understand them. I quote
Read MoreThis is a new promo video from Hello Play, a Belgian online music platform. If you want to see how they did it, go here.
Read MoreBeware, South African hipsters. (Via Brooklyn Vegan) What’s the best beer commercial of all time? This one.
Read MoreDon’t be surprised if you see this one on the counter the next time you’re picking up an extra-hot, no-foam skinny vente chai tea latte. Meanwhile, is 2014 the year we retire the
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