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Get ready — the punks are taking over West Queen West

November 4, 2022November 4, 2022 Amber Healy 0 Comments Atomic Tomb, Forgotten Rebels, Johnny NoCash, Parkdale Hall, Punk, Random Killing, The Liquor Pigs, The Ripcordz, West Queen West, West Queen West Punk Fest

Grab the safety pins and the snarled lips, the West Queen West Punk Fest is running rampant Saturday night.  The

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: The history of the word “punk,” part 5

September 9, 2022September 9, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Punk, Sex Pistoils, Sex Pistols

Here is the final chapter in the story of how the word “punk” came to describe a certain type of

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: The history of the word “punk,” part 4

September 8, 2022September 8, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Dictators, Puncke, Punk, Ramones, Suicide

Here is the next instalment of the evolution of the word “punk” from referring to a prostitute back in the

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Ongoing History Daily: The history of the world “punk,” part 3

September 7, 2022September 7, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments ? and the Mysterians, Dave Marsh, Music Genres, Punk

We’ve been going through the shifting meaning and usage of the word “punk,” which first appeared in the English language

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: The history of the word “punk” part 2

September 6, 2022September 5, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Origin, Punk, Shakespeare

Last time, we explored the earliest use of the word “punk,” which turned out to be in an old English

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Ongoing History Daily: The history of the word “punk” part 1

September 5, 2022September 5, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Puncke, Punk, Shakespeare, Simon the Old Kinge

Most people associate the word “punk” with a form of music that appeared in the 1970s. But the word itself

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The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: The Post Punk Explosion, part 1: New Wave

July 8, 2022July 8, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments New Wave, Ongoing History, Post-punk, Punk

If you’ve been around long enough, you might fondly remember those special times when you just knew you were in

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The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: 938: 14 incredibly important Canadian punk bands

July 1, 2022July 1, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Canada, Curse, Dishrags, Forgotten Rebels, Ongoing History, Pointed Sticks, Punk, Subhumans, Teenage Head, Young Canadians

We’ve all heard the stories about where punk came from. Here’s the precis: The New York Dolls and a few

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Movies Music History 

A short film on the final performance of Sid Vicious

June 20, 2022June 20, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Birth of Punk, Max's Kansas City, Punk, Sex Pistols, Sid Vicious

If you’ve finished Danny Boyles Pistols miniseries on Disney+ (if you haven’t, I recommend it), you might be interested in

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Ongoing History Daily: The origin of the term New Wave, part 2

February 16, 2022February 16, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Marketing, New Wave, Punk, Sire Records

The use of “New Wave” as a musical descriptor first appeared in the early 70s and eventually became interchangeable with

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Ongoing History Daily: The New York Times reviews The Ramones for the first time

February 4, 2022February 4, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments New York Times, Punk, Ramones

Sometimes it’s rather amusing when mainstream media tries to describe and report on what’s happening in pop culture.  Newspapers are

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