Photos and a review of Pulp at Budweiser Stage in Toronto
[This time, Ming Wu was sent to cover the show. – AC] Britpop is having a resurgence this year, and I couldn’t pass up the chance to see one of
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Random music news for Friday, May 30, 2025
Just so we don’t go into the weekend all relaxed, here’s a story about how AI is going to make it harder to get that first job. Music news for
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. Take care of your thalamus. Here’s why. Moving on to music news for April 22, 2025… More music news? Look here. BONUS: Like coffee? (Via Larry)
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Ongoing History Daily: Connecting Pulp to Vladimir Putin
Can we connect a major Britpop act to the thug that’s running Russia? Let’s go back to the end of Britpop in 1998 and the sixth studio album from Pulp
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 999: Life after music
If you are a professional musician—that is, you’re being paid to write and perform music and can actually make a living from it—you’re a part of an infinitesimal quintile of
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Time for another ranking of the world’s most-visited website. And now it’s time for music news for May 30, 2023. BONUS: Damn! The winner on Succession was staring us in
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Ugh. Halloween. The night when mini-extortionists in disguise are encouraged by their parents to demand unhealthy treats from strangers underscored with threats of some kind of “trick” unless there’s compliance.
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Wait: Climate change is affecting gravity? That would get people’s attention. So might music news for July 27, 2022. Sexual misconduct in the music industry: Yeah, things aren’t getting better.
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Random music news for Wednesday, August 1, 2018
August already. And my parents are coming to visit for almost a week. This should be interesting. Here’s music news for August 1, 2018. Apple is now very close to
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The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 814: The 90s, Part 4: Britpop
Fashion is one of the most disposable of all the artistic endeavors. Much of what’s created and sold isn’t designed to last more than a season–a couple of months, really.
Read MoreThe Ongoing History of New Music Encore Presentation: Deconstructing the Arctic Monkeys
I love trying to figure out why things are the way they are. It’s this weird obsession I have with understanding, you know? Take a guy like Jack White, for
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