Will there ever be a Gord Downie hologram? No. Here’s why.
Hologram technology as it can be applied to a live music setting was still pretty new when Gord Downie was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2016. Glioblastoma is inevitably fatal,
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Canadians were asked if who they wanted for a hologram concert. Here’s what they said.
When hologram concerts started popping up more than a decade ago, the technology was pretty crude. Most were proof-of-concept things, really, and often treated as some kind of novelty. That’s
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Random music news for Monday, February 1, 2021
I’m fascinated by the ‘Oumuamua mystery. Aliens? That would be cool. On to music news for February 1, 2021. Coachella 2021? Nope. At least not for April. There’s a hologram
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My hair has turned into a reverse mullet with all the party at the front. Soon I may have no choice but to adopt a man bun. Not good. And
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Random music news for Friday, February 21, 2020
Larry Tesler has died. Who’s he? You’ll probably have cause to remember him today. He’s the guy who invented cut, copy, paste. Switching subjects to music news for February 21,
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One summer long weekend down. But there’s still three more to go. Meanwhile, let’s get back to work with some music news for May 21, 2019. Weekly Canadian music sales
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The first-ever space shuttle launch happened on this day in 1981 as STS-1. It was Columbia–but we all know what eventually happened there. Moving to music news for April 12,
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The next time you fly through EWR, make sure you check out the Stevie Van Zandt hologram
Newark Liberty International Airport is not one of the nicest airports in the world, but it is one of the busiest, handling over 45 million passengers a year. It’s one
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Valentine’s Day. Yuck. Sorry. I’ll focus on music news for February 14, 2019 instead. Ozzy is officially out of the ICU and is now breathing on his own. Crikey, Ozzy,
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Is it October 23, 2018, already? Time to start thinking about when to switch to snow tires, I guess. And in music news… Canadian music sales and streams vs. this
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Has Kanye done anything crazy yet today? He’s had enough attention this week, so we’ll leave him out of music news for October 13, 2018. Here are my weekly music
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