Here are the finalists for Eurovision 2023
Look, I know that Eurovision is incomprehensible to many and you might wonder about my obsession with it. My interest is strictly in how weird things can get. Damn, it’s entertaining. Here’s a
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Liverpool
Random music news for Monday, May 3, 2021
Let’s start the week with 99 pieces of advice that everyone should heed. (Via Walter) Once you digest that, here’s music news for May 3, 2021. This is a must-read: How TikTok chooses
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Who wants to join me for a rock tour of Manchester and Liverpool this spring? Here are all the details.
Back in 2018, I led a week-long tour of rock’n’roll landmarks through London. We visited everything from Abbey Road to a former home of Jimi Hendrix to Paul McCartney’s actual house to the
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Random Music News for Friday, December 1, 2017
Yep. December. And that bougainvillea in my backyard has finally died. That was one tough tropical plant. And now the music news for December 1. In the latest #MeToo news, Russell Smith, head of
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New Doc: There Was More to the Music of Liverpool Than Just the Beatles
There’s a new documentary called Get Back coming soon which demolishes any misunderstanding that the only music that came out of Liverpool was the Beatles. Wrong. And here’s Macca talking about those early
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This Woman Keeps Buying Old Beatle Houses
Like a lot of music obsessives, I collect memorabilia–finances (and The Wife’s tolerance for such behavior) permitting, of course. Compared to other obsessives, though, I don’t even rate as an amateur. A private
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Random Music News for Friday, February 26, 2016
No 503 errors on the website so far today. That’s good. And so is this roundup of music news. Even Dave Grohl couldn’t save this beloved recording studio from going out of business.
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Random Music News for Monday, December 14, 2015
Back to reality. Drat. It was much more fun monitoring the music news from a Caribbean villa. Guys: This will give you another reason to hate Justin Bieber–if you didn’t already have reason
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Wait: You Mean an Unknown Beatles Recording Was Sitting in a Drawer for Half a Century?
The Beatles are the most studied, most documented band in history. Every one of their 240-ish songs have been catalogued, dissected and carefully assessed. All the master tapes are safely locked away with
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The Story of the American Sailors Who Brought Rock’n’Roll to the UK
In the glory days of transatlantic cruise ships, few European ports were more important than Liverpool. Thousands of ships big and small made Liverpool their first port of call after crossing the ocean,
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Britpop Nostalgia: Rare Footage of Oasis Doing “Cigarettes and Alcohol”
This dates from April 13, 1994, when the band performed at Lomax in Liverpool. Stuff like this all part of the 20th anniversary festivities surrounding Definitely Maybe. (Thanks to Fouad for the link.)
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