Random Music News for Saturday, April 2, 2022
I have a very long plane trip coming up on Thursday–in economy, of course. This shows how I’ll try to get some sleep. On to music news for April 2, 2022. The Red
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James Brown
Random music news for Saturday, June 20, 2020
What’s the over/under on the number of people who attend the Trump rally tonight in Tulsa and get COVID-19? Just asking. Moving over to music news for June 20, 2020. Coronavirus update 1:
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If you need a new music conspiracy theory, try this: James Brown was murdered
This isn’t exactly a new story–it’s been circulating since shortly after James Brown died in hospital on Christmas Day 2006 at the age of 73–but it’s now getting some new (and official) attention.
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Random music news for Wednesday, February 6, 2019
Happy 57th birthday, Axl Rose. And now for music news on February 6, 2019. A Foo Fighter got hurt and shows have been canceled. Which Foo? And what happened? No one is saying.
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Hugh Hefner’s Musical Influence
With Playboy magnate Hugh Hefner’s passing at the ripe old age of 91, Paste takes a look at his influences in music. James Brown probably had to sing his 1968 hit “Say It
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Random Music News for Monday, May 29, 2017
It’s Memorial Day in the US and a bank holiday in the UK, but there’s still music news for May 29. There were metal detectors, increased police presence and bomb-sniffing dogs at The
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Random Music News for Thursday, February 23, 2017
I’m somewhere between Perth, Australia, and home in Toronto. Through the miracle of traveling east across the date line and through 13 time zones, my Thursday will be 37 hours long. And now,
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RIP Clyde Stubblefield, James Brown’s Funky Drummer
Even if you’ve never heard the name Clyde Stubblefield, you’ve heard his work–or at least about 20 seconds’ worth of it. On November 20, 1969. James Brown assembled his supernaturally tight band at
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Ten Years Ago Today, James Brown Died
It was December 25, 2006, that word came down that James Brown had died at the age of 73. His death was a shock, given that he’s been working almost nonstop for 50
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What Is the Most-Sampled Song of All Time?
Every morning at 8:45, I do a break with Fred and Mel on the morning show on 102.1 the Edge. When the topic turned to samples, Fred challenged me to find the most-sampled
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Music Industry Job Opening: Blunt Roller
I’ve heard–and not being a boxing fan, I’m not sure if this is entirely true–that Mike Tyson once employed a dude named Crocodile whose only job was to following Mike around all day,
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