Because It’s Sunday, Here’s a Song About William Shatner
As cultural icons go, William Shatner is a pretty gigantic. Even the Wedding Present was been taken in by the Power of the Shat and therefore included a song about him on their
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Random Music News for Tuesday, May 30, 2017
I just heard that my favourite sci-fi novel (actually, it’s part of a trilogy) of the last two decades, The Three-Body Problem by Liu Cixin, is being made into a movie. How the hell are
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The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 766: A Journey Through the Strange World of Outsider Music.
This may be the weirdest radio program you hear all year. There are those among us who are driven to make music by song unstoppable and unsuppressible internal force. They make music for
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The Biggest Star Trek Secret of the Past 50 Years is a Musical One
Everyone in Federation Space (and probably a good chunk of the Delta Quadrant) knows the theme song to the original Star Trek, a show that had its premiere 50 years ago this week.
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Random Music New for Friday, January 22, 2016
On this day in 1889, Columbia Phonograph was formed in Washington, DC. It survives today as Columbia Records, part of Sony. Apple is testing a new Li-Fi (yes, “Li-Fi”) standard for iPhone 7
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Halloween costume suggestion: dress in a sumo suit with a bright red wig. Tell everyone you’re a realistic version of that Wendy’s woman who’s always eating Baconators and never getting fat. Now the
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Geeks and Beats, Episode 121: Android Love
Excuse me if I sound a little out of it on this week’s program because (a) I had just arrived home from a 24 flight from SE Asia; and (b) I was preoccupied
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William Shatner’s Version of “Common People” Gets a Fan-Made Video
Back in 2004, William Shatner had a respectable hit with his rendition of Pulp’s “Common People.” Now some fans have taken that song and mated it to some Star Trek footage. The result
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Happy Birthday, William Shatner!
Sunday (March 22) is William Shatner’s 84th birthday. Let’s send the Captain our regards whilst we have a listen to his biggest musical hit. https://youtu.be/ainyK6fXku0
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Geeks&Beats Podcast, Episode 96: May the Force be With You. Wait. That’s Wrong.
Dammit, Michael! Leonard Nimoy was on Star Trek, not Star Wars! (I know he knows that, but he’s a Obi-wan guy and I’m firmly on Team Kirk. But if Mr. Spock were here,
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Geeks & Beats Episode 93: The Rivet Disambiguation
As we slowly creep up on episode 100–who would have thought?–we’ve been nominated for Toronto’s Best Podcast. And yes, we want you to vote. Hey, who else can give you this kind of
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