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Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: The history of hardcore punk

March 17, 2023March 17, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Hardcore, History, Ongoing History, Punk

One of the things that makes rock great is the energy and power that comes with the music. And depending

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Concerts 

Photos from Franz Ferdinand’s Toronto show

August 21, 2022August 21, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Franz Ferdinand, History, Toronto

[Words and photos by Alex Lupul. -AC] Celebrating 20 years of music together, Glasgow, Scotland’s Franz Ferdinand brought their aptly

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Music History 

Fun: How hip-hop has changed over the decades

June 24, 2022June 24, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Hip-hop, History

Relax. It’s supposed to be funny. (Via Boing Boing)

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Music History 

This new documentary on Moog synths looks great

February 10, 2022February 10, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments History, Moog, Synthesizers

Bob Moog spent years working on taming electricity so that it could make music. When the Moog synthesizers arrived in

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Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 940: The story of the electric guitar, part 1

January 28, 2022January 28, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Electric Guitar, History, Rock and Roll

There are few instruments more powerful than the electric guitar. When the first primitive models appeared in the 1920s, no

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Music History 

This guy plays us through the history of metal in 12 minutes

January 16, 2022January 16, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Andrea Bpccarusso, History, Metal

How did metal evolve over the decades? Multi-instrumentalist Andrea Boccarusso takes us through its history, explaining a few things along

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Music News 

Toronto gets a new and much-needed music venue this weekend

November 4, 2021November 5, 2021 Alan Cross 2 Comments History, Live Nation, Music Venues, Toronto

A couple of years ago, Live Nation bought an old off-track betting site east of downtown Toronto with the goal

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Music News 

Toronto is getting a new 2,500 capacity music venue run by Live Nation

June 8, 2021June 8, 2021 Alan Cross 2 Comments Drake, History, Live Nation, Venues

Years ago, Live Nation bought a building in the Beaches area of town that used to house an off-track betting

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Music History 

The Sad History of the Super Bowl Halftime Show

February 7, 2021February 7, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Carol Channing, Disney, Halftime Shows, History, Michael Jackson, Prince, Super Bowl, U2, Up with People

[Here’s a post from the past worth resurrecting for today. – AC] For the life of me, I can’t understand

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Music History 

Attention Tragically Hip Fans: Help Populate This Map with Hip Memories and Events

November 19, 2017December 14, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Biography, History, Tragically Hip

The Tragically Hip has made it clear that they have no interest in writing an autobiography, so it’ll be up

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Gadgets 

The Secret Story of the Origin of the iPhone

June 15, 2017June 14, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments History, iPhone

We’re coming up on the tenth anniversary of the iPhone, which means it’s a good time to look back on

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