Random music news for Monday, January 5, 2026
Jair Bolsonaro, the jailed former president of Brazil (and friend of Donald Trump, of course) needed surgery to cure a case of hiccups. Moving to music news for January 5,
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Our wonderfully naive opera singer finally gets around to reacting to “Africa” by Toto.
Trained opera singer Elizabeth Zharoff must be doing well with her series of Charismatic Voice reaction videos. She’s done at least 876 of them and 1.8 million subscribers. Those people
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Science had determined “the greatest song of all time.”
We all know that musical taste is extremely subjective and personal, so how is it possible to determine what song is the greatest song of all time? Can we ask
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A deathcore band has covered Toto’s “Africa.” This is rather interesting.
Everyone enjoys a good cover version, especially if it offers an new take on a familiar song. Take, for example, this deathcore supergroup featuring members of Suicide Silence, Job for
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18,812 Australians got together to sing “Africa” by Toto. Take a look.
For some reason, Toto’s 1982 song, “Africa” has created a musical meme universe unto its own over the last 15 years or so. People from Weezer to an artist who
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Yet another Toto cover, this time with metal
There was a point when Toto was considered passe. But with the rise of the genre known as “yacht rock” and covers by bands like Weezer, people are again given
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How best deal with noisy leaf blowers? A loud electric guitar.
Toto’s Steve Lukather was fed up with gardeners in his area running their leaf blowers at 7 am. He decided to fight noise with volume. Good job. View this post
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Random music news for Thursday, October 17, 2019
The Wife’s birthday tomorrow. Cannot forget that, even though she insists no one should make a big deal about it. In other words, it’s a no-win sort of situation. I’ll
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Geeks and Beats podcast, episode 228: Rosanna, deconstructed
Another late post due to the temporary death of this website due to the stupid web-hosting service. But after this post, we’re all caught up. Music producer Brent Bodrug drops
Read MoreRandom music news for Saturday, February 16, 2019
Remember the NHL players’ strike of 2005-2006? On this day in 2005, the league canceled the rest of the season and the playoffs. It was bad. This is what I
Read MoreJust in case you need a heavy metal cover of Toto’s “Africa” on your Monday
Why not? Everyone else seems to be covering the song. (Via Brian)
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