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- Let’s unpack the TikTok ban scam. This is unbelievably dishonest and cynical.
By the time you read this, Donald Trump may have already issued an executive order pushing back the US ban on TikTok by 90 days. But what’s really been going on here? Trump Read more » - Here come the boycotts of the tech bros. Michael Stipe and Robert Smith are on the case.
Plenty of tech industry people are very worried about how all the tech companies have not only bent a knee to Donald Trump but are openly groveling in hopes that they’ll be able Read more » - The lineup for the FireAid benefit for victims of the LA wildfires is now bigger
With wildfire damages in LA expected to soar beyond US$250 billion, the music industry has come together to raise money for relief efforts. FireAid is set for two venues on January 30. More Read more » - What do the numbers tell us about our music consumption for 2024? Let’s take a look.
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Luminate is the watcher of all music consumption in Canada and the U.S. and has just issued its year-end report for Canada after sorting Read more » - Snoop Dogg’s 180-flip on Trump means he’s now dead to a LOT of peopleSnoop Dogg has shown exactly how much we should trust him. After all the goodwill he created over the last couple of years–he was so much fun at last summer’s Olympics–he blew it Read more »
- Fun: Introducing stereo to the world in 1958.
I’m fascinated by the history of the gear with which we use to listen to music. For the first 70 years of recorded music, all records were in mono. But then in the Read more » - Ongoing History Daily: The ground-breaking Yamaha DX7 synthesizer
If you’re all familiar with any music from the 1980s, you might have wondered why so many of the keyboard sounds sound the same. That’s because so many acts used the Yamaha DX7 Read more » - Random music news for Monday, January 20, 2025
Elmo’s exploding rockets are now a threat to commercial airline traffic. Music news for January 20, 2025, never hurt anyone. More music news? Go here. BONUS: Someone in PEI has recorded the first-ever Read more » - TikTok is now offline in America. No, wait. It’s not. What happened? (UPDATES)After losing a Supreme Court appeal against being banned, TikTok followed through on its promise to go offline in the US. Users were greeted by this message. Not only that, but the app Read more »
- Sunday Lunch with Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox is all about Foo Fighters
Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox convened in the kitchen for a cover of “Everlong” by the Foo Fighters. This is the first time that I’ve seen a disclaimer at the begging of one Read more »
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