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1994: Kurt Cobain commits suicide
I remember seeing the main news story on MTV in the University Towers’ cafeteria as Kurt Loder followed up with the PSA-esque pleas telling other people to seek help if they felt like killing themselves. Despite my life-long bouts of anxiety, … Continue reading
RIP: Ranking Roger (nee Roger Charley) with anecdote
Such a shame to lose Roger at such an early age. Many of you all, especially if you’re under 40, probably don’t recognize his name but he was a major player in early Eighties music under the New Wave banner … Continue reading
RIP Mark Hollis
When I saw the story via the Guardian, I was bummed because Mark Hollis was a name I hadn’t heard in a long time. As much as I dug Talk Talk, I never remembered the individual band members but their first two … Continue reading
Sloan
PUBLISHER’S NOTE: This concert took place on September 14, 2018, placing the story into The Lost Tales category amongst many other events. Just letting you know, more overdue Concerts, Movies and cool events are a’ coming! Sloan is one of Canada’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Alternative, Aughts, Canada, Nineties, Power Pop
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New shirt for Colby
In anticipation of Fragile Rock’s new, upcoming album…and I got sucked into Hot Topic, my Emo Muppet Colby got a new shirt. You can see he’s a big fan of Stranger Things. I really wanted one of Eleven for me but … Continue reading
1989: Hoser & Mag show debuts on WMUR
I think our show only lasted about seven to eight weeks before I bailed on José to finish up the semester. I’m guessing I quit for a couple reasons, one being the desire to sleep in on Sunday mornings and … Continue reading
RIP Daryl Dragon, aka Captain
Daryl passed away a couple days ago after years of illness which had become so bad, he could not play the piano. I wrote more extensively about him, his famous family members and career with Toni about four years ago … Continue reading
RIP Pete Shelley
Pete came to my attention as a solo artist when I was in high school and MTV primarily showed music videos. Everyone at school was mocking his single “Homo Sapien,” because his voice lent itself to the insults hormone-filled boys … Continue reading
Lost 80s Live
This festival tour slash concert was one of the holdups on getting off my duff to get cranking on my site with new stories. It was a concert Somara, Ayako and I went to see for the heck of it. … Continue reading
RIP Geoff Emerick
Another late obituary I wanted to post because Geoff was an instrumental man in the evolution of Pop/Rock music. He may be most famous for being the engineer at Abbey Road during the Beatles’ run of albums but to me … Continue reading
Culture Club with Tom Bailey
Yeah, I know what you’re thinking. It’s…you went to see Boy George this Summer? Really? I went for two other reasons. The first was this show being a joint trip with my friend and co-worker Ayako who likes Culture Club. … Continue reading
Forgive me, I share some of the responsibility on this one
A recent article in Mental Floss showed that the RIAA has updated its list regarding the best-selling albums of all time. For several decades it was Michael Jackson’s Thriller at over 25 million according to my memory. It stormed to the top … Continue reading
KMAG is over 16 years old!
I always miss the “deadline” to celebrate this milestone (8/7/02). I’m still proud of this though. Before there was Spotify, Pandora, etc…KMAG preceded them and it may be my opinion, my stream is superior to those services and the artists … Continue reading
Posies return with original lineup and Terra Lightfoot
As promised, the Posies returned to celebrate the 25th anniversary of their second major release Frosting on the Beater (technically their third album). They also had the band’s original drummer and bass player in tow. This took place at a larger … Continue reading