Random music news for Friday, September 23, 2022
As you read this, I’m somewhere halfway to Singapore. Fortunately, there’s in-flight WiFi so I can do music news for
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Random music news for Monday, July 4, 2022
THIS JUST IN: Video from the presidential SUV when the Secret Service refused to take Trump the Capitol on January
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This is the earliest known footage of REM (UPDATED)
REM’s first gig was in a deconsecrated church in Athens, Georgia, on April 5, 1980. That gig was cobbled together
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Random music news for Thursday, September 23, 2021
Fun with chalk and a blackboard. (Via Tom) And here’s fun with music new for September 23, 2021. If you’re
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Ongoing History of New Music encore presentation: The amazing year that was 1991.
[This is the last of the summer encore shows. The new season starts next week! – AC] A couple of
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REM will issue a 25th-anniversary edition of New Adventures in Hi-Fiin October
Many REM fans consider New Adventures in Hi-Fi the band’s last great record. It’s now coming in an expanded 25th-anniversary
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Ongoing History Daily: Michael Stipe is not a Republican
Michael Stipe of REM has never been a fan of the Republican Party—and this animosity goes all the way back
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Random news for Thursday, July 8, 2021
If you’re still being very careful about wearing a mask, here’s one that takes things to a whole new level.
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Ongoing History Daily: Aw, such quaint collectibles
It used to be that bootlegs and promo items were the most collectible things a music fan could look for.
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Random music news for Thursday, May 20, 2021
If you’re an REM fan, you’ll want this new demo reissue. Spotify will start auto-transcribing podcasts over the next few
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Random music news for Wednesday, September 23, 2020
The battle between Star Wars and Star Trek has been taken to a whole new level. Now let’s concentrate on
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