Random music news for Tuesday, August 12, 2025
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Ongoing History Daily: Old people have always blamed music for corrupting society. See?
The music of the younger generation has always used as a scapegoat for the world’s ills by older generations. This has been going on for centuries. But let’s go back
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Old people have been blaming society’s ills on new music FOREVER. Here’s proof.
Jazz was once considered the worst thing ever by older people. Here’s a summary of “proof” from about a hundred years ago. (Via Andrew)
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There are people who have always hated new music. Here’s some interesting proof.
Think it’s just you who doesn’t like today’s new music? Join the club of generations of people who have thought exactly the same thing. Andrew forwards us this bit of
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The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: The Post-Punk Explosion part 6: Ska
Every once in a while, music enters a period of flux where the direction of everything is, to put it charitably, undefined. All bets seem to be off, the rulebook declared
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Ongoing History Daily: Flea facts
Given that Flea is now one of the most respected bass players in the history of rock, it might be surprising to learn that he grew up hating this kind
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Random music news for Friday, April 10, 2020
I completely forgot that we had a long weekend this week. Frankly, EVERY weekend for the last month has been long. Very long. Here’s your music news for Friday, April
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Geeks and Beats podcast, episode 224: All That Jazzcast
Once the Province of Ontario softened up their liquor laws in 1946, Toronto came alive. This is when Toronto’s jazz scene really started to flourish. The city grew a large
Read MoreRandom music news for Wednesday, January 30, 2019
The dogs stuck their noses outside this morning, sniffed the cold and said “Nope. We’re holding it until April.” I don’t blame them. Here’s music news for January 30, 2019.
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Is rock becoming the new jazz? Stay with me on this…
The first half of the 20th century was driven by jazz. This was the dominant music of the era and thus was the genre that more than any other pushed
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Is Spotify killing jazz and classical music?
Streaming is dominated by hip-hop, R&B, and pop. If you’re going to be a star and make millions like Drake and Ed Sheeran, your music has to fall into one
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