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sad news

Kurt Cobain – It’s been 15 years…

by Burgo on April 6, 2009

Bugger. I missed posting this yesterday, but in the United States, it still is yesterday, if you know what I mean… so I thought I would post anyway.
Yesterday (or today, depending upon where you are when you read this), marked the 15th anniversary of Kurt Cobain’s death.

There’s a trifecta of musical deaths that shaped my [...]

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Ryan Adams calling it quits?

by Burgo on January 15, 2009

Well, now I’m really glad that I made the decision to get tickets to go see Ryan Adams & The Cardinals later this month. Ryan Adams yesterday posted on his blog that:
me- 34-a non smoker and happy, for the first time in my life.. i am excited to finish this wonderful time i have had [...]

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The Format break up. Sadness ensues.

by Burgo on February 5, 2008

So the music blogosphere is abuzz with the latest sad news: The Format, indie-pop darlings, have called it quits. A post made on their myspace blog reads:
“We have just put out word that we will not be making a new Format album. Please understand this was a tough decision and we’re both upset about [...]

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Terry Pratchett diagnosed with early onset Alzheimer’s. Buggrit.

by Burgo on December 13, 2007

This is a completely unrelated-to-music post, and an extreme downer for the Christmas theme today; but I needed to post this.
One of my favourite authors of all time (along with Neil Gaiman, and Robert Rankin), the illustrious and incomparable Terry Pratchett, has officially announced that he has been diagnosed with a rare form of [...]

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