Random music news for Tuesday, August 19, 2025
Do you doomscroll this much? If so, there’s probably a problem. No problem at all with music news for August 19, 2025. I think. BONUS: Are we witnessing the end
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How much longer before we can’t buy digital music downloads?
[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] When Steve Jobs made the rounds of major record labels in 2000, he knew he had them over a barrel. Music piracy,
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To all the iPods I’ve loved before
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca – AC] In the summer of 2001, a Hollywood screenwriter friend of mine got a call from his agent: “Get up to San
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15 years ago yesterday, Apple unveiled the iPhone
It was 15 years ago yesterday–January 9, 2007–that the world got its first look at the iPhone. Things really haven’t been the same since. Here’s how it went down. (Read
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The iPod’s 20th birthday just passed and almost no one noticed.
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] In the summer of 2001, a screenwriter friend got a call from his agent. “You and your writing partner get on
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Random music news for Friday, August 3, 2018
Tom Brady is 41 today. Retire, already. And in music news for August 3, 2018… Apple hit $1 TRILLION in value yesterday. They’re the first company to ever do that.
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Did Steve Jobs Warn Against What Apple Has Become?
Let’s rewind to when Steve Jobs was young, healthy and completely in charge of everything at Apple. What would he think of the company today? Not much, I fear. https://youtu.be/ZBma82g3Uag
Read MoreRandom Music News for Monday, July 10, 2017
Happy birthday, Nikola Tesla! And now, the music news for July 10. Is Spotify putting fake artists on some playlists? That’s the accusation. Who was the first person to accuse
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It Was Ten Years Ago Today That Apple Introduced the iPhone
Ten years ago today–January 9, 2007–Apple introduced first iPhone at MacWorld, the device that would revolutionize the world. It was one of Steve Jobs’ most legendary product presentations–but even he
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Best. Letter to Apple. Ever.
I have no idea if this was a real letter, but I’m going to choose to believe it was. This was included in The Chive‘s weekly roundup of pictures.
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Random Music News for Monday, January 18, 2016
Isn’t this supposed to be Blue Monday, the most depressing day of the year? It is! Here’s how to beat that. It’s also MLK Day in the US (here’s how
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