Random music news for Friday, July 15, 2022
When I become Lord of the Universe, I’m going to make it law that shampoo and conditioner bottles be transparent so we can all make sure they both run out at the same
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Random music news for Tuesday, November 2, 2021
Five hundred terabytes can be stored on this disc about the size of a toonie. Anyone want to calculate how many MP3s that is? Or maybe we’ll just move on to music news
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Random music news for Friday, April 5, 2019
It was twenty-five years ago today that Kurt Cobain killed himself. You’ll be hearing a lot about this over the weekend. Elsewhere on April 5, 2019… Ozzy has canceled more shows after a
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Random Music News for Saturday, September 16, 2017
On the ground after skirting through Super Typhoon Talim on the way back from Asia. No North Korean missiles, either. Next trip: London in two weeks. Remind me to stay out of the
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March Badness, Round Nine: Nickelback vs. Thor. AND THE WINNER IS…
Nickelback–but not by as much of a margin as you may think. Let us continue. * * Time for the quarter finals! In round nine of our NCAA-style competition to determine who is
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March Badness, Round Eight: Thor vs. X-Cops. AND THE WINNER IS…
THOR! After the round of 16, we’re ready to move to the quarter finals. * * In round eight of our NCAA-style competition to determine who is the worst band of
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Thor: The Movie. And No, I’m Not Talking About the Superhero with the Hammer.
It was a Thursday night at the grocery store in 1977. I was in the back room getting ready for my shelf-stocking shift when Brian, another guy from the aisles, pulled up outside
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Geeks&Beats Episode 79: We’re Live! And We Have Show Notes!
In what’s turning out to be an annual affair, this Geeks&Beats podcast recording was conducted at the Downtown Record Show in Toronto. Michael and I had our own table where we blathered on
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Flashback: Merv Griffin Used to Have Some Weird Musical Guests
Some were actually okay. I remember seeing the Boomtown Rats perform “I Don’t Like Mondays” on the show. But then Merv would have guys like Thor on the show. From what I can
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