Random Music News for Saturday, March 25, 2017
Sixty years ago today, US Customs seized copies of the Allen Ginsberg poem “Howl” on obscenity grounds. Man, if they only knew what was to come with music. And speaking of which, here’s
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Random Music News for Thursday, January 5, 2017
I’ve just finished binge-watching The Fall on Netflix and I’m going through withdrawal. Any suggestions for the next binge? Think about that as you peruse through the day’s music news. One more time
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Don’t Mess with These People: Musicians (and Other Celebs) with Black Belts
It’s not easy getting a black belt in any martial art, trust me. It took me 10 years to get my black belt in Jiu-Jitsu. I spent countless hours at the dojo from
Read MoreRandom Music News for Monday, March 21, 2016
Spring! Finally! That makes Monday feel a little less…Monday, doesn’t it? And before we get to the music news, here are three things:’s a Vine of a laughing fox. This will make you
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If Bill Gates Were Stuck on a Desert Island, Here’s the Eight Records He’d Want with Him
Bill Gates is marooned on a desert island. For some reason, though, he has electricity and a serviceable turntable/CD player/Zune MP3 player. (Okay, he probably has a PC and an Xbox, too). He
Read MoreRandom Music News for Tuesday, October 13, 2015
*Sigh* Back to work. Distract yourself from reality with some music news. It’ll work for a while. David Bowie is done with touring. Not that we didn’t already know this… A Swedish soccer
Read MoreRandom Music News for Monday, March 30, 2015
Answer: This game show debuted on this date in 1964. Question: What is Jeopardy? Gene Simmons of KISS wants to start a horror movie studio. Who might he team up with? If you
Read MoreRandom Music News for Thursday, February 19, 2015
On this day in 1878, Thomas Edison received a patent (no, 200,521) for his new talking machine called “the phonograph.” Within a decade, the commercialization of recorded music had begun. Think about that
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As you may have heard, Willie Nelson earned his 5th black belt this week at the age of 81 which means he can probably out smoke and out fight you. But are there
Read MoreRandom Music News for May 2, 2014
There is nothing–repeat NOTHING–about Rob Ford in this post. Willie Nelson’s old tour bus is being sold on Craigslist. Make sure you take the drug-sniffing dogs through it before you take deliver. Despite
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Last day of April? I don’t know about where you are, but where I am, it feels like mid-March. The Beatles A Hard Day’s Night is heading back to theatres on its 50th
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