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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Ongoing History Daily: The show that ended Talking Heads
Talking Heads never really formally broke up. They just kind of…evaporated after the release of the Naked album in 1988. However, the seeds of the group’s dissolution were sown in
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The One Minute Music Book Club: Burning Down the House, a Talking Heads bio by Jonathan Gould
Talking Heads were one of the most important bands of the 70s and 80s for the way they influenced the artsy side of the punk rock revolution. While they never
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About that supposed Talking Heads reunion announcement…
If Talking Heads were ever to get back together, that would be a certified Big Deal. And when the group (their people, most likely) started teasing something about June 5,
Read MoreHang on. Are we about to see a Talking Heads reunion?
Talking Heads never really formally broke up. They just…evaporated with everyone going their separate ways. And on the list of most-wanted reunions, I’d put them in the top five. The
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An interesting question: Is Talking Heads’ “Psycho Killer” appropriate listening for a two-year-old?
When David Byrne sat down to write “Psycho Killer” in about 1977, his goal was to manifest Alice Cooper‘s ghoulishness in his own way. The song immediately became a Talking
Read MoreRandom music news for Saturday, October 19, 2024
A live action film based on the View-Master? (IYKYK) Yes. Let’s view some music news for October 19, 2024. More music news? Go here. BONUS: Numeris, the company that measures
Read MoreRandom music news for Monday, June 17, 2024.
Are you ready for the World Excel Championships? It happened in Las Vegas. On now to music news for June 17, 2024. BONUS: I’m not really sure what’s happening here.
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An update on a lost piece of stereo system tech
Earlier this month, I wrote a column for GlobalNews.ca on the forgotten world of weird old stereo system accessories. On the list was a weirdly-encoded version of Talking Heads’ 1988
Read MoreRandom music news for Wednesday, May 8, 2024
If you’re going to get a throat tattoo, you might want to consider the reactions these guys got. I hope you react much more kindly to music news for May
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Our adorably naive opera singer just discovered Talking Heads
Elizabeth Zharoff, the trained opera singer who seemed to miss the music of her youth, cranks out a lot of these reaction videos. This time, it’s Talking Heads and “Life
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