Random music news for Monday, October 31, 2022
Ugh. Halloween. The night when mini-extortionists in disguise are encouraged by their parents to demand unhealthy treats from strangers underscored
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Patti Smith
Random music news for Tuesday, December 28, 2021
Please don’t shoot people over loud music, especially on Christmas Eve. Then again, this is a Florida story. Segueing to
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Which singer has the greatest vocabulary?
Writing lyrics is hard. Whenever I tried doing something like that, my creations as weaker than rhyming “gin” and “sin,”
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The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: Riot Grrrls–A primer
[Another summer encore. Back with more new shows in the fall. -AC] There is no question that the vast majority
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The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 795: The Ongoing History Book of LASTS
Everyone talks about being first at something because…well, it’s cool to be first, right? But what about being last? There’s
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Random Music News for March 30, 2017
On this day in 1867, the US purchased Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million. Imagine if they hadn’t sold. And
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Random Music News for Monday, December 12, 2016
There’s some kind of big Pokemon Go update today. Are people still into that? Here’s some music news… Prince’s best
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Random Music News for Thursday, December 8, 2016
John Lennon day. It’s been thirty-six years. And now, in music news… Patti Smith will stand in for Bob Dylan
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Watch a Duet of Springsteen and Bono on a Patti Smith Song (That Springsteen Wrote)
A nice collaborative effort to start the week: Bono joined Springsteen onstage in Dublin to sing “Because the Night,” the
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Punk Crock: How We Have the History of Punk All Wrong
I just missed the original punk rock explosion of the 1970s, so my experience with what actually happened is somewhat
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Random Music News for Saturday, October 17, 2015
What happens on Shark Tank really shouldn’t bother me as much as it does. What’s wrong with me? And now,
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