What do you do when you have a heart attack onstage? Finish the set, of course.
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Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry, episode 48: Morris Levy–Music’s Most Mobbed-Up Man, Part 2
Morris Levy was one of the most notorious record men ever. He got away with a lot–until he didn’t.
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Ongoing History Daily: A fatal Oasis argument.
There are two competing Oasis stories over the sacking or original drummer Tony McCaroll.
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New Music Friday: 12 new releases for your Labour Day Weekend (29 Aug)
I’m going to start New Music Friday by grumbling about Labour Day being on September 1? It feels like we’re getting cheated out of a week of summer, doesn’t it?
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The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: The history of Celtic rock
Not only is Celtic rock still popular, its roots go back a lot longer than you might realize.
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Ongoing History Daily: The cool history of magnetic audio tape, part 5
Magnetic audio tape made an interesting trip from Nazis to the Americans at the end of WWII.
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Ongoing history daily: A cool history of magnetic audio tape, part 4
What did magnetic audio tape have to do with Nazis? A lot, actually.
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Cool History of magnetic audio tape, part 3
What does magnetic audio tape have to do with cigarettes? Quite a bit, actually.
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Ongoing History Daily: The cool history of magnetic audio tape, part 2
Before we arrived at modern magnetic audio tape, we had to go through some interesting stages.
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Five songs you must hear this week (25 Aug 2025)
It’s the last Five Songs You Must Hear list before Labour Day. Where did this summer go?
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Ongoing History Daily: The cool history of magnetic audio tape, part 1
This week, it’s the fascinating history of magnetic audio tape. We’ll start at the very beginning.
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