Random music news for Tuesday, November 12, 2024
Americans are “doom spending.” Let’s analyze why. Then let’s move on to music news for November 12, 2024. More music news? Go here. BONUS: Give it up for this kid. Garnacho gifts his
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Random music news for Tuesday, September 26, 2023
You might not want to make plans for September 24, 2182. Here’s music news for September 26, 2023, as planned. More music news? Check here. BONUS: Snoop has a message to all Donald
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Ongoing History Daily: The origin of the word “Britpop”
Back in the middle 90s, the big buzzword in the UK was “Britpop.” This became an umbrella term for a fiercely proud made-in-Britain type of rock music that included Blur, Oasis, Elastica and
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A look back on the golden era of music magazines
[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca on Sunday. – AC] When I was in high school and university, every Wednesday afternoon required to the Rexall drug store in my small prairie hometown. That
Read MoreRandom music news for Monday, July 24, 2023
Ever dreamed of starring in a South Park episode? AI says “Now you can!” And you can now check out music news for July 24, 2023. More music news? Look here. BONUS: The
Read MoreRandom music news for Thursday, August 20, 2020
Because we can never get enough of The Simpsons’ steamed hams. There should be an InstaPot update, if you ask me. Now on to music news for August 20, 2020. Coronavirus update 1:
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A Totally Scientific View on 2018’s Best Albums (Part 2)
Here we go again – the remainder of this year’s best albums, according to a whack of publications and somewhat haphazardly assembled! Let’s start with this – this article may take a while
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Let’s start with this – this article may take a while to load on your device. There are a LOT of embedded links below. If you’re like me, you love this time of
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The golden age of print music journalism is definitely over.
[This is my weekly column for Global News. -AC] In preparation for finishing our basement last year, I had to commit to a major purge. The Dumpster that was dropped off in the
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Goodbye, print edition of The NME.
I wonder how many final copies of The NME will be distributed by Time Inc UK? The weekly music paper went to a free model in September 2015, increasing circulation up around 300,000.
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It’s hard to overstate how important the weekly music magazines used to be in the UK. In the absence of any commercial radio and with the BBC being rather snooty when it came
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