Random music news for Thursday, March 25, 2021
Oooo. A big UFO report is coming from the US government! We’re depending on you, Tom DeLonge, to help us make sense of it all. (Via Andrew) And now, this music news for
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Random music news for Thursday, July 9, 2020
If you’re looking for a nice summer wine, Tragically Hip Chardonnay is back. Now some music news for July 9, 2020. Coronavirus update 1: Metallica has donated another US$295,000 to COVID-19 relief efforts.
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Random music news for Saturday, December 28, 2019
We’re in that weird limbo period between Christmas and New Year’s. Do we shop? Eat? Party? Relax? Go back to work? I always find it strange. But you certainly need music news for
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Random music news for Friday, May 11, 2018
I’m in London UK for the next week leading a tour of rock’n’roll landmarks for a group of Flight Centre customers. This should be interesting, especially since the royal wedding is next Saturday.
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Random Music News for Thursday, October 26, 2017
Happy 44th birthday, Seth McFarlane. Now, some music news for October 26. This is what tinnitus sounds like. If you don’t want to be plagued by this, protect your hearing when you go
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Did Tinnitus Drive Inspiral Carpets Drummer to Suicide?
Craig Gill was the affable drummer of Manchester legends, Inspiral Carpets. In addition to that gig, he conducted tours around the city, taking people to some of Manchester’s most important musical sites. Then
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War-Related PTSD is Bad, But So Is Hearing Loss
A couple of years ago on a trek through Vietnam, I chanced upon a firing range where for a buck a bullet, you could fire a Marine-issued M-16 just like the grunts used
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Random Music News for Friday, July 15, 2016
The good thing about this Pokemon GO craze is that people are at least playing outside and getting some exercise. And now, some music news. Rihanna was scheduled to play a music festival
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Want to Protect Your Ears Against Loud Music? Ease Up on the Caffeine.
Everyone who’s ever been to a loud concert knows that underwater feeling the next day as your ears struggle to recover from being punished by sound pressure levels. Yeah, things go back to
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Rupinder, a guy who’s always on the lookout for stories where music and medicine intersect, sent me this article from JAMA’s otolaryngology (ear, nose and throat) publication. How effective are earplugs when it
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Has Too Much Loud Music Resulted in Permanent Ringing in Your Ears? There Are Treatment Options
There’s been a strong response to a recent post about a McMaster University study that pointed towards an alarming increase in the cases of tinnitus–that horrible, never-goes-away ringing in the ears–caused by damage
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