The Five Songs You Must Hear list welcomes back Dirty Heads and Hollerado, reminds us of Gay Nineties, and offers two new discoveries,
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Ongoing History Daily: A lesson in radio frequencies (part 1)
Think your radio will work everywhere in the world? Think again.
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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1083: The 50 biggest all-time alt-rock one-hit wonders (BONUS SHOW!)
Now that we’ve gone through the top alt-rock one-hit wonders of the last 50 years, what’s next? The mistakes, that’s what.
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New Music Friday: 8 releases for a May weekend (08 May 2026)
There are only seven entries on this week’s New Music Friday list, but look at the names involved.
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Ongoing History Daily: On-stage accidents
Workplace accidents can happen anywhere, even if that workplace is the concert stage.
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Ongoing History Daily: Right place, wrong time
When I say “right place, wrong time,” I mean guys who were in the right band but at the wrong time.
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Ongoing History Daily: The brief history of the PA system
PA systems have a long and interesting history. Here’s the quick version.
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Ongoing History Daily: The mystery of Mingering Mike
Mingering Mike was one weird dude. But that weirdness eventually paid off.
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Five Songs You Must Hear This Week (04 May 2026)
Our music discovery goes pretty deep with this week’s Five Songs You Must Here list. Trust me. It’ll pay off.
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Ongoing History Daily: A strange radio story
Germany once wanted to tax radios. They did, and the results were unexpected.
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Revisiting the days when the mob controlled the jukeboxes
For decades, the mob had its mitts in jukeboxes, an under-the-radar cash business that warped the music industry.
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