WAY DOWN IN LOUISIANA, Close to New Orleans—Mooseclean’s is shocked and saddened (and also sick and tired of starting articles with those five words) to learn that Chuck Berry has died. He was 90. Berry invented rock and roll, making the… Continue Reading
Photo: Moyia Misner-Pellow (CC BY 2.0) U.S.A.—After witnessing the love-in produced by the final concert of The Tragically Hip’s Man Machine Poem tour, the U.S. is looking for a band to create national unity.
P.E.I.—Grade 11 student Jordan Wexler recently discovered a new song he thinks will be a big hit. “Have you heard Purple Rain by Adam Levine?” asked Wexler. “It’s totes amazing!”
Photo: Rosana Prada (CC BY-2.0) Christian critics of music icon David Bowie are concerned that his end-of-life decision to follow God may not be enough to save him from eternal damnation for his sins, including his effeminate fashion sense, rumoured… Continue Reading
Photo: Skeezix1000, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA-3.0 Visitors to the National Arts Centre in Ottawa were greeted with a peculiar sound this week as the soundtrack for the Oscar Peterson statue had been unexpectedly changed. Listeners expecting jazz or bebop instead… Continue Reading
“It’s been a long road,” says Anthony Field. Since founding The Wiggles in 1991, he’s run the gamut from obscurity to fame and from grief to joy, then back again.
Thirty years after its release as the fourth single from his album Born in the U.S.A, The Boss is still tops with child molesters and kiddie pornographers, according to new numbers from the recording industry.
In a bid to resolve a bitter feud which has persisted for generations, whites and blacks are in tense negotiations over the rightful division of key cultural communal properties, primarily music and professional sports.
In an attempt to increase beer sales during half-time, NFL executives have booked Katy Perry to perform at the 49th annual Super Bowl.
OTTAWA—Tearing a page from the book of Ottawa Bluesfest festival director Mark Monahan, the organizers of Jazzfest have made a last-minute announcement that geriatric heavy metal act Iron Maiden will be this year’s headline finale.
Executive Director Catherine O’Grady was direct about the abrupt turn from tried and true…