Robbie Robertson, co-founder and guitarist of The Band, has died at the age of 80. An announcement from the Canadian rock legend’s management confirms that Robertson…
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Lightning safety tips — even when indoors — that could save your life
The window of danger for lightning storms is wider than most people expect — if you can hear thunder, you’re at risk of being struck.
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Undiscovered Gem of the Week: The Fixer
Montreal’s The Fixer shows that rock, metal, and Goth can go well with a dance routine.
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Mysterious 'question mark' picked up by James Webb Space Telescope
What could possibly cause such a stylized piece of punctuation to appear on on James Webb’s cameras?
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Sinéad O'Connor funeral: Thousands gather to mourn singer in Ireland
Thousands of mourning fans gathered in the seaside town of Bray in County Wicklow, Ireland, to pay their respects to O’Connor.
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London Calling: Sprints and Adore Adore Adore
Nothing London or British this week. Instead we head west across the Irish Sea for some Sprints.
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Ongoing History Daily: Flea's $200 studio gig
Flea got shafted when he agreed to appear on a hit record. That never happened again.
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Ongoing History Daily: Dirty records through the ages
Dirty records have been with us since we started making records. Hokum blues is a particularly naughty genre.
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Ongoing History Daily: The longest albums of all time
How long is the longest album ever? A lot longer than you’d expect.
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New Music Friday: 7 recordings you need to hear this weekend (04 August 2023)
It’s a relatively quiet New Music–it’s the usual midsummer lull–but that doesn’t mean there isn’t new music worth checking out.
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The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: The long, strange trip of John Frusciante, part 1
John Frusciante has been in and out of the Red Hot Chill Peppers several times over the last 30 years. What’s that story?
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