Ongoing History of New Music

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  • Ongoing History of New Music looks at things from the alt-rock universe to hip hop, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. It is Canada’s most well known music documentary hosted by the legendary Alan Cross. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.
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  • The 100 Greatest Rock Moments of the Millennium So Far - Part 5: (60-51)

    The 100 Greatest Rock Moments of the Millennium So Far - Part 5: (60-51)
    Feb 19 2025
    People love lists…magazines, broadcasters, and websites are always publishing them…the ones that seem to get the most attention are those that rank a specific thing from worst to best. And let’s be honest: most of these lists are designed to court controversy, to create arguments, and to get people talking about how things got ordered and why or why not someone or something should be at number one…i get it. But not all lists are created equal…some are just supposed to keep track of something…what to buy at the grocery store…errands that need to be done…things you need to pack for a trip. Then there’s middle ground…lists that keep track of something while attempting to slot them in some order of importance, influence, or impact. Such lists will still result in arguments and debate over how things were ranked—which is fine—but the primary purpose of such a list is an attempt to remember what happened. We’re already 25% the way through the 21st century…and with the pace of life, it’s harder and harder to keep up with what happened this week let alone over the last quarter-century. That’s why everything once in a while it’s important to stop, take a breath, look around, and try to remember what happened…and once we account for that, we can get a better idea of why we’ve ended up where we are: the advances we’ve seen, the mistakes we’ve made, and the happy (and unhappy accidents) that have occurred—and maybe, just maybe, figure out where we’re going. This is chapter five of the 100 greatest rock moments of the millennium—so far. Songs in this episode: Cruisebox - On A Podcast The White Stripes - Seven Nation Army Patti Smith - Elegie Black Keys - Lonely Boy Metallica - Seek And Destroy (live) Green Day - American Idiot Rage Against The Machine - Killing In The Name Of Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Round and Round Foo Fighters - Learning to Fly (live) Nirvana - Polly Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    38 mins
  • Introducing: A Most Audacious Heist - Shoot For The Moon | 01

    Introducing: A Most Audacious Heist - Shoot For The Moon | 01
    Feb 15 2025
    It’s a summer night in 1998. Vienna, Austria. And petty thief Daniel Blanchard is about to carry out the heist of a lifetime. Stealing a crown jewel. The last remaining diamond Sisi Star. His plan? A daring night-time parachute jump. Daniel is no ordinary thief. His heists are ingenious, meticulously planned; his escapes from the law defy belief. And Daniel knows that if he can get his hands on the star, it will launch him into the criminal big-leagues. Daniel’s exploits unleash a relentless game of cat-and-mouse, as police track him across continents yet vanishes from their grasp. What he doesn’t know is that the Sisi Star has a history. A dark history. Its original owner, the legendary Empress Elisabeth of Austria, used it to carve her own legacy of absolute beauty and power. That pursuit drove her to her very limits. And now Daniel’s fate is fixed to that same star. But how long can Sisi’s star stay lucky for Daniel? This is A Most Audacious Heist – it’s the story of a master thief, an intercontinental manhunt, and the jewel that changes everything. Contact: Facebook: @BlanchardHouseStories Instagram: @BlanchardHouseStories X (formerly Twitter): @BlanchardTweets Blanchard House website: blanchard-house.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    36 mins
  • The 100 Greatest Rock Moments of the Millennium So Far - Part 4: (70-61)

    The 100 Greatest Rock Moments of the Millennium So Far - Part 4: (70-61)
    Feb 12 2025
    Time has a way of getting away from us, especially at the speed at which news cycles travel…with a firehose of information coming at us from traditional media, online sources, social media, and just life in general, it’s really easy to forget where we’ve been and what we’ve done. The speed of 21st century life has either created our ultra-short attention spans or exacerbated what was already there. Me?... Sometimes it feels like I have the memory of a goldfish…somebody will mention something that happened and I’ll go, “oh, yeah…that happened a couple of years ago”…and then they’ll say, “no, that was 21 years ago”. It’s been so long since the 90s that the music of that era is number one for nostalgia, eclipsing the public’s fascination with the 80s, the 70s, and the 60s…people who weren’t alive in the 90s have latched on to that music in a very fierce way. Maybe that’s why to older folk the rock from that time still seems fresh and top-of-mind—because to a substantial number of young music fans, it’s fresh and top-of-mind for them…I find it fascinating when a young generation embraces music from an older generation as their own. But time is an arrow that points only one way…we don’t know where we’re going, but we do know where we’ve been…and that’s where history comes in…remembering and analyzing the past helps understand where we are today and where we might possibly end up tomorrow. That’s the point of this series of “ongoing history” programs…what has happened with music in the last 25 years?... And can we use any of this history to predict the future? This is chapter four of “the 100 greatest moments in rock of the millennium—so far”. Songs in this episode: Final Fantasy - He Poos Clouds Twenty One Pilots - Stressed Out Rage Against The Machine - Renegades of Funk Walk Off The Earth - Somebody I Used To Know Metallica - St. Anger Frank Turner - Girl From The Record Shop Nickelback - Rockstar Coldplay - Talk Muse - Uprising Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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    43 mins

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I am such a big fan of this podcast. Alan Cross knows every thing about music and the music world. One thing that could be better is less well disturbing things

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