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Random music news for Monday, January 4, 2021

January 4, 2021January 4, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beach Boys, Bruce Springsteen, Flea, KLF, Liam Gallagher, Oasis, PHISH, Prince, Ramones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Snoop Dogg, Vanilla Ice, Vinyl Records

End of the holidays, back to work. Now we just need to focus on getting through January, February, and March.

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Random music news for Friday, December 18, 2020

December 18, 2020December 17, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments As I Lay Dying, Bugatti, Dave Grohl, David Bowie, Live Music, Matador, Mick Jagger, Netflix, Paul McCartney, Piracy, Ramones, RIAA, Ringo Starr, Speakers, Spotify, Taylor Swift, Tim Lambesis

One week until Christmas. Feeling it yet? Maybe some music news for December 18, 2020, will help. Imagine a Spotify

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If you’re going to be celebrating New Year’s, enlist the Ramones

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2020, Ramones

As reader Tom says “This should be mandatory.”

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Here’s an all-star punk cover of The Ramones’ “Bonzo Goes to Bitburg”

October 18, 2020October 18, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cover, Ramones

The Ramones weren’t a political band at all–with this exception of this anti-Ronald Reagan song which somehow managed to get

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Random music news for Monday, July 20, 2020

July 20, 2020July 19, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Canned Heat, Clash, Concerts, Donald Trump, Drake, Linkin Park, Live Music, LyricFind, Lyrics, Ozzy, Perry Farrell, Ramones, Rockfield Studios, William Shatner

I’ve had the same three twenty-dollar bills in my wallet for six weeks. I have no loose change in the

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Random music news for Friday, June 26, 2020

June 26, 2020June 26, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adobe, Allen Toussaint, CMW, Donald Trump, Grubman, Hip Hop, KaiOS, Lady Gaga, Miami Dolphins, Music Piracy, Ramones, Smart Speakers, Viberate

https://globalnews.ca/news/7102112/black-neutron-star-ligo-hole/The sun is setting on Uranus! (Sorry. Juvenile of me. But you can see a Uranus sunset here.) Okay, let

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Here are more “quanrantunes” from Blue Oyster Cult and Mike Portnoy

April 24, 2020April 24, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Blue Oyster Cult, Mike Portnoy, Ramones

Like everyone else, musicians are finding ways to occupy themselves during this time of lockdown. Blue Oyster Cult performed this

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A who says you can’t be a monk and a Ramones fan, too?

April 17, 2020April 17, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ramones

Not this guy. (Via Tom)

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Random music news for Monday, March 16, 2020

March 16, 2020March 16, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Code Orange, Coronavirus, David Crosby, Dropkick Murphys, ICP, Iggy Pop, Itally, Liam Gallagheer, Matt Good, Minimoog, Moog, R. Kelly, Radio, Ramones, Space Ghost, Tom Hanks

Has civilization collapsed yet? No? Maybe I shouldn’t have run up the Visa so much then. Then return here for

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Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 879: Alt-Rock Revivals Part 1 – Punk

February 21, 2020February 20, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bad Religion, Clash, Green Day, Nirvana, NOFX, Offspring, Punk, Ramones, Rancid, Revival, Sex Pistols

We begin this episode with a reading from Ecclesiastes, chapter three, verses 1-3. Ish. To everything there is a season,

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New book jam packed with illegally snapped 80s concert photos

February 19, 2020February 18, 2020 Amber Healy 1 Comment B-52s, Concert Photography, Music Books, Photography, Ramones, Rock Photography, Talking Heads, THE POLICE, U2

Julian David Stone was a terrible French horn player.  As he explains in the prologue of his new book, “No

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The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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