Random music news for Friday, September 2, 2022
Labour Day Weekend already? There must be a mistake. How can summer be over? Distract yourself from that fact with some music news for September 2, 2022. Feist has left Arcade Fire’s WE
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Peter Murphy
Gift Idea: Bauhaus’ Peter Murphy is now an action figure
Okay, so there’s not much action to be had but wouldn’t this look good on the shelf? It’s for the Goth who has everything. The purpose? To commemorate the 30th anniversary of Murphy’s
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 930: People who (almost) died
Kind of a Halloween-y thing this weekend. Being a rock star comes with all sorts of privileges: Money, fame, plenty of sex, lots of drugs. But those things can of course also be
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Random music news for Monday, August 26, 2019
Jeebus, it’s the last week before Labour Day. Everyone who still has summer vacation time is probably gone this week. And then suddenly next Tuesday WHAM! It’s back to work/school. Enjoy the time
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Goth God Peter Murphy has suffered a heart attack
Peter Murphy, best known as the frontman for goth pioneers Bauhaus, has suffered a heart attack Murphy, 60, experienced shortness of breath and chest pain Wednesday night (August 13) and was rushed to
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Random music news for Friday, December 14, 2018
Plutonium was isolated on this day in 1940. As for music news on December 14, 2018… Nominations for the 2019 Juno Awards will be released January 29. Peter Murphy–yes, the Goth god–was thrown
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52 Albums That Changed My Life (and Other Exaggerations), Chapter 24: Bauhaus
A large number of my high school friends and I liked vampires. We played White Wolf’s great Vampire the Masquerade tabletop roleplaying game. Most of us saw Interview with the Vampire in theaters
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Random Music News for Friday, April 28, 2017
Fifty years ago today, Muhammed Ali refused induction into the US Army. He was stripped of his championship and his boxing license during the prime of his career. And now, the music news
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