Random music news for Monday, November 20, 2023
If you’re in the market for a David Bowie impersonator, this guy is pretty good. Also pretty good: Music news for November 20, 2023. More music news? Check here. BONUS: Pussy Riot’s latest
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Random music news for Monday, May 1, 2023
More music news? Check here. BONUS: This director’s cut of a Madonna video was banned 20 years ago. It’s finally been released.
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There is officially TOO MUCH MUSIC out there. Here’s proof.
In the old days of physical music formats — CDs, vinyl, tapes — a collection was considered big if you had more than 100 of anything. Completists and obsessives might have upwards of
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Despite long odds, a Canadian businessman has turned bankrupt HMV UK profitable
When HMV collapsed under a mountain of debt, everyone rightly believed that it was the end of a record store chain that had been around for almost a hundred years. Canadian businessman Doug
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Ongoing History Daily: Format wars
Format wars are nothing new: Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD. AAC vs. WMA vs. MP3. But 100 years ago, the competing formats were the rotating disc vs. the rotating cylinder. In the end, the disc
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Random music news for Thursday, July 22, 2021
Someone was bribed with a golden toilet? Over to music news for July 22, 2021. Chester Bennington’s widow posted this on the fourth anniversary of his death. YouTube has a new tip jar
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Random music news for Wednesday, July 21, 2021
At some point, we’re going to want to get back on an airplane. Here’s the latest rating of the best airlines on the planet. Once you’re done with that, try some music news
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 920: The history of the record store
Before we begin, I am very aware that there are many people who have never, ever set foot in a record store. They came of age musically after the internet changed everything about
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Random music news for Tuesday, April 13, 2021
There’s now a board game for cats. Please enjoy. And now, music news for April 13, 2021. Here’s an ask for all music fans: Write the government asking for more COVID support for
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Random music news for Saturday, June 13, 2020
First, a message from Snoop Dogg: Snoop Dogg has a word for Donald Trump supporters pic.twitter.com/gjxfL9GDjf — XXL Magazine (@XXL) June 10, 2020 And now, music news for June 13, 2020. Coronavirus update
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Canada’s Sunrise Records just got bigger by buying a big American company.
Doug Putnam, the owner of Canada’s Sunrise Records, is certainly ambitious. After buying the leases of more than 70 HMV stores across Canada and re-launching them as new-concept Sunrise locations, he scooped up
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