Podcasts about ongoing history

WELCOME TO THE MWSA PODCAST FOR TUESDAY, DEC. 31ST 2024 had ups, downs - and all arounds in the Calgary real estate market. We took the opportunity to look back at the ‘year that was' in Real Estate – and what may be ahead for Calgarians in 2025 – with Justin Havre, Team Leader of the “Justin Havre Real Estate Team”. Next - for a lot of us, the New Year means making a “New Year's Resolution”….While it may be quite easy to ‘set' a resolution – it may not be as easy to ‘stick' with it. We get some professional “tips and tricks” to stick to your goal from Calgary-based “Resilient Leadership Consultant & Coach”, Tammy Robertson. And finally - what music did you listen to the most this past year? What were the biggest stories in the music industry in 2024? We take a look back at the past 12 months in the world of music, with Alan Cross - Host of the “Ongoing History of New Music” on the Corus Radio Network.

The Taylor Swift experience continues in Canada. Yesterday a listener texted he or she had 2 tickets for a Toronto concert for sale at $8500. They sold within half an hour (we were not involved).  Guest: Alan Cross. Host of The Ongoing History of New Music and the podcast Uncharted - Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry. Also on ajournalofmusicalthings.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's podcast: The Taylor Swift experience continues in Canada. Yesterday a listener texted he or she had 2 tickets for a Toronto concert for sale at $8500. They sold within half an hour (we were not involved).  Guest: Alan Cross. Host of The Ongoing History of New Music and the podcast Uncharted - Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry. Also on ajournalofmusicalthings.com The 111th Grey Cup will be played today when the Winnipeg Blue Bombers make their fifth consecutive appearance in the national championship and the Toronto Argonauts are forced to play their backup quarterback. This is the eighth time the Blue Bombers and Argonauts have met in the Grey Cup, with Toronto winning all seven previous games. Guests:  Greg Mackling. Co-host of The Start on 680 CJOB Winnipeg and a Blue Bombers broadcast crew member. Ron Foxcroft. Inventor of the FOX 40 whistle (used by all sports officials in the CFL, NFL, NBA, NCAA, NHL and the FIFA World Cup). Instead of a Christmas turkey, how would you feel about a Christmas meal featuring crickets? The effort to convert Canadians to insect consumption is underway and not being well-received.   Guest: Professor Sylvain Charlebois. Director of the Dalhousie University Agri Foods lab. His current op-ed in the Toronto Sun: Why Canadians aren't ready to trade steak for crickets The immigration issue continues to make headlines with the U.S. preparing to remove 11 million undocumented migrants and Tom Homan, the new U.S. border Czar, indicates criminal gangs will be the first focus. Where might such gangs and members head for? Canada? How prepared is this country for any mass migrant crossing from the U.S.? What laws do we have to intercept and remove anyone on a criminal wanted list internationally?  As well, the trial of two individuals charged with human trafficking begins tomorrow. They are charged in the deaths of an Indian family who froze to death in northern Minnesota in 2022 while attempting to cross into the United States illegally. Guest: Richard Kurland. Immigration lawyer in Vancouver. --------------------------------------------- Host/Content Producer – Roy Green Technical Producer - Lucas Celle Podcast Producer - Jonathan Chung If you enjoyed the podcast, tell a friend! For more of the Roy Green Show, subscribe to the podcast! https://globalnews.ca/roygreen/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Host Alex Pierson with Alan Cross, Musicologist and host of The Ongoing History of New Music and a Journal of Musical Things, regarding Deryck Whibley being the latest to break his silence and accusing his former manager Greig Nori of Sexual assault. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Coming to Rogers stadium, Oasis will be in Toronto August 24th. Will they play? Will they make it before being broken up again. How do you get tickets? Will they add another show instead of playing one night? Host Alex Pierson speaks with Alan Cross, Musicologist and host of Ongoing History of New Music and a journal of musical things. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Aurel Braun, Professor of Political Science,and International Relations - University of Toronto / Associate - Davis Center, Harvard University Alan Cross, Music writer/broadcaster/historian / Host of the Ongoing History of New Music on the Corus Radio Network Carol Off -Author - "At a Loss for Words: Conversation in the Age of Rage" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Brady (@GregBradyTO) focuses in on the reunion of the Gallagher brothers from the 1990s band Oasis… no better person to talk about this reunion than Alan Cross (@alancross), the host of the Ongoing History of New Music. Next, Dr. Christopher Worswick, Chair of the Department of Economics at Carleton University, and we were talking about Canada's temporary foreign worker program – and why it needs to be scraped – not scaled back – but abolished. Lastly, Joanna Kyriazis, Director of Public Affairs for Clean Energy Canada.. talking about Canada slapping 100% tariffs on Chinese made electric vehicles.. Was this the right approach?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Brian Kingston – President & CEO of the Canadian Vehicle Manufacturers' Association Daniel Schwanen – Senior Vice-President at the CD Howe Institute Dr. Paul Parks – President of the Alberta Medical Association Alan Cross – Host of the Ongoing History of New Music on the Corus Radio Network Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg Brady (@GregBradyTO) focuses in on the reunion of the Gallagher brothers from the 1990s band Oasis… no better person to talk about this reunion than Alan Cross (@alancross), the host of the Ongoing History of New Music. Next, Dr. Christopher Worswick, Chair of the Department of Economics at Carleton University, and we were talking about Canada's temporary foreign worker program – and why it needs to be scraped – not scaled back – but abolished. Lastly, Joanna Kyriazis, Director of Public Affairs for Clean Energy Canada.. talking about Canada slapping 100% tariffs on Chinese made electric vehicles.. Was this the right approach?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aug. 23, 2024: Guest host Syd Smith in for Ben O'Hara-Byrne How an eccentric group of Victorians discovered prehistoric creatures and accidentally upended the world (0:00) Guest: Edward Dolnick, author, Dinosaurs at the Dinner Party Getting out in nature during the final stretch of summer (13:35) Guest: Michael Runtz, a naturalist and lecturer at Carleton University, author of multiple books including Observing Nature by Canoe and Kayak Stupid Music History: A study of music some hope catches on (32:43) Guest: Alan Cross, music broadcaster and writer, host of The Ongoing History of New Music, author of The Science of Song The weirdest and wackiest laws in Canada (45:32) Guest: Craig Baird, historian, host of Canadian History Ehx podcast Young Canadians making hard efforts to save for a home - but only half believe it's achievable (57:58) Guest: Karen Yolevski, COO of Royal LePage Real Estate Services Ltd

Alan Cross, music historian and host of the Ongoing History of Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey, it's Alan Cross. For the next few weeks of the Podcast, we're diving deep into the Ongoing History of New Music Archives with a series called “The Top 100 Moments in New Rock”. In this ten-part series, we're going to look at the 100 most significant events in new rock history...some are obvious–you know, the big stuff that made the news...you can't ignore those. But we're also going to look at the small things that are at the root of some of the big things...it's a fascinating way to look at history and society and art. This originally aired 20 years ago in the spring of 2004…and we thought it might be fun to hear where we've been, how things used to be, and how much everything has changed since.  This is Part 10, and the final episode in the series. We hope you enjoy this look back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey, it's Alan Cross. For the next few weeks of the Podcast, we're diving deep into the Ongoing History of New Music Archives with a series called “The Top 100 Moments in New Rock”. In this ten-part series, we're going to look at the 100 most significant events in new rock history...some are obvious–you know, the big stuff that made the news...you can't ignore those. But we're also going to look at the small things that are at the root of some of the big things...it's a fascinating way to look at history and society and art. This originally aired 20 years ago in the spring of 2004…and we thought it might be fun to hear where we've been, how things used to be, and how much everything has changed since.  This is Part 9 in the series. We hope you enjoy this look back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey, it's Alan Cross. For the next few weeks of the Podcast, we're diving deep into the Ongoing History of New Music Archives with a series called “The Top 100 Moments in New Rock”. In this ten-part series, we're going to look at the 100 most significant events in new rock history...some are obvious–you know, the big stuff that made the news...you can't ignore those. But we're also going to look at the small things that are at the root of some of the big things...it's a fascinating way to look at history and society and art. This originally aired 20 years ago in the spring of 2004…and we thought it might be fun to hear where we've been, how things used to be, and how much everything has changed since.  This is Part 8 in the series. We hope you enjoy this look back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey, it's Alan Cross. For the next few weeks of the Podcast, we're diving deep into the Ongoing History of New Music Archives with a series called “The Top 100 Moments in New Rock”. In this ten-part series, we're going to look at the 100 most significant events in new rock history...some are obvious–you know, the big stuff that made the news...you can't ignore those. But we're also going to look at the small things that are at the root of some of the big things...it's a fascinating way to look at history and society and art. This originally aired 20 years ago in the spring of 2004…and we thought it might be fun to hear where we've been, how things used to be, and how much everything has changed since.  This is Part 7 in the series. We hope you enjoy this look back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey, it's Alan Cross. For the next few weeks of the Podcast, we're diving deep into the Ongoing History of New Music Archives with a series called “The Top 100 Moments in New Rock”. In this ten-part series, we're going to look at the 100 most significant events in new rock history...some are obvious–you know, the big stuff that made the news...you can't ignore those. But we're also going to look at the small things that are at the root of some of the big things...it's a fascinating way to look at history and society and art. This originally aired 20 years ago in the spring of 2004…and we thought it might be fun to hear where we've been, how things used to be, and how much everything has changed since.  This is Part 6 in the series. We hope you enjoy this look back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's guests: Anthony Housefather – Liberal MP for Mount Royal (Quebec) / Prime Minister's Special Advisor on Jewish Community Relations & Anti-Semitism Eugene Lang – Assistant Professor in the School of Policy Studies at Queen's University & Senior Fellow at the Bill Graham Centre for Contemporary International History – Trinity College (UofT) Kyle Brost – President of the Canadian Prairie Chapter of the Irrigation Association Alan Cross – Music writer / broadcaster / historian / Host of the Ongoing History of New Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey, it's Alan Cross. For the next few weeks of the Podcast, we're diving deep into the Ongoing History of New Music Archives with a series called “The Top 100 Moments in New Rock”. In this ten-part series, we're going to look at the 100 most significant events in new rock history...some are obvious–you know, the big stuff that made the news...you can't ignore those. But we're also going to look at the small things that are at the root of some of the big things...it's a fascinating way to look at history and society and art. This originally aired 20 years ago in the spring of 2004…and we thought it might be fun to hear where we've been, how things used to be, and how much everything has changed since.  This is Part 5 in the series. We hope you enjoy this look back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey, it's Alan Cross. For the next few weeks of the Podcast, we're diving deep into the Ongoing History of New Music Archives with a series called “The Top 100 Moments in New Rock”. In this ten-part series, we're going to look at the 100 most significant events in new rock history...some are obvious–you know, the big stuff that made the news...you can't ignore those. But we're also going to look at the small things that are at the root of some of the big things...it's a fascinating way to look at history and society and art. This originally aired 20 years ago in the spring of 2004…and we thought it might be fun to hear where we've been, how things used to be, and how much everything has changed since.  This is Part 4 in the series. We hope you enjoy this look back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Guest host Anthony Furey is joined by Alan Cross, musicologist & host of "The Ongoing History of New Music" about a precident- setting case that will be making its way in front of the courts. Alan tells Anthony why record labels are furious and fearful of the AI industry, what this could mean for the average listener & how $14-Quadrillion works into this somehow. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey, it's Alan Cross. For the next few weeks of the Podcast, we're diving deep into the Ongoing History of New Music Archives with a series called “The Top 100 Moments in New Rock”. In this ten-part series, we're going to look at the 100 most significant events in new rock history...some are obvious–you know, the big stuff that made the news...you can't ignore those. But we're also going to look at the small things that are at the root of some of the big things...it's a fascinating way to look at history and society and art. This originally aired 20 years ago in the spring of 2004…and we thought it might be fun to hear where we've been, how things used to be, and how much everything has changed since.  This is Part 3 in the series. We hope you enjoy this look back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey, it's Alan Cross. For the next few weeks of the Podcast, we're diving deep into the Ongoing History of New Music Archives with a series called “The Top 100 Moments in New Rock”. In this ten-part series, we're going to look at the 100 most significant events in new rock history...some are obvious–you know, the big stuff that made the news...you can't ignore those. But we're also going to look at the small things that are at the root of some of the big things...it's a fascinating way to look at history and society and art. This originally aired 20 years ago in the spring of 2004…and we thought it might be fun to hear where we've been, how things used to be, and how much everything has changed since.  This is Part 2 in the series. We hope you enjoy this look back. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@gregbradyTO) spoke with Alan Cross, host of The Ongoing History of New Music (@alancross) about Toronto's Phoenix Concert Theatre closing it's doors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Greg (@gregbradyTO) spoke with Alan Cross, host of The Ongoing History of New Music (@alancross) about Toronto's Phoenix Concert Theatre closing it's doors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Hamilton Today Podcast with Scott Radley: Canadian carrier WestJet's Basic fare is being replaced by “UltraBasic” fare across domestic and trans-border routes. Online streaming services will have to contribute 5% of revenue to Canada's broadcasting system, including 2% to the Canada Media Fund and 1.5% to the Independent Local News Fund. Some Hamilton city councillors were set aback at a committee meeting when told the million-dollar reconstruction of the torched Woodlands Park public washroom will take more than a year. Tomorrow is the 80th anniversary of D-Day, and the storming of Juno beach by Canadian forces in 1944. The Bank of Canada lowered its benchmark interest rate by a quarter-percentage point on Wednesday, marking a significant turning point in the central bank's efforts to tame inflation. It is all coming up on the Hamilton Today Podcast! Guests: Gabor Lukacs, President, Air Passenger Rights advocacy group. Alan Cross, music historian, host of The Ongoing History of New Music. Jeffrey Dvorkin, Senior Fellow at Massey College, Former Director of Journalism at the University of Toronto-Scarborough and author of Trusting the News in a Digital Age. Mike Spadafora, Ward 14 Councillor with the City of Hamilton. Dave Rohrer, President & CEO, Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum. Eric Kam, Professor of macroeconomics, Monetary Economics, International Monetary Economics, Implications of Monetary Growth, with Toronto Metropolitan University. Brian Lilley, political columnist with the Toronto Sun. Barry Choi, Travel and personal finance expert. Host – Scott Radley Content Producer – William Erskine Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom McKay Podcast Co-Producer – Ben Straughan News Anchor – Dave Woodard & Jen McQueen Want to keep up with what happened in Hamilton Today? Subscribe to the podcast! https://megaphone.link/CORU8835115919 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Hey, it's Alan Cross. For the next few weeks of the Podcast, we're diving deep into the Ongoing History of New Music Archives with a series called “The Top 100 Moments in New Rock”. This originally aired 20 years ago in the spring of 2004…and we thought it might be fun to hear where we've been, how things used to be, and how much everything has changed since.  We hope you enjoy this look-back… When a lot of people look at history, they only look at the big stuff...you know, the wars, the plagues, the disasters–you know what I mean? All those things are important, but they don't even begin to tell half the story. To understand history, any kind of history is to also look at the little moments You know what I'm talking about...tiny, boring events and decisions that seemed completely innocuous and unimportant–or even meaningless–when they happened, yet eventually the consequences proved to be unbelievably huge. That's what this ten-part series will be like...we're going to look at the 100 most significant events in new rock history...some are obvious–you know, the big stuff that made the news...you can't ignore those... But we're also going to look at the small things that are at the root of some of the big things...it's a fascinating way to look at history and society and art. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Happy Mother's Days to all the moms out there! This week I talk a bit about music and how we can use it to increase productivity after being inspired by Allan Cross and his podcast The Ongoing History of New Music, and of course, I've got a handful of tracks for you to add to your ever-growing playlists. Featured this week: rock bottom Trojan Horse Somebody's Child Gone Without Warning Hopeless Dreams Connect with Songs That Don't Suck Website | ⁠⁠Instagram⁠ | Threads | Facebook | TikTok | X  This Year's Songs That Don't Suck ~ 2024 Songs That Don't Suck Last Year's  Songs That Don't Suck ~ 2023 Songs That Don't Suck --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/songsthatdontsuck/message

The Taylor Swift domination of pop music. New release Tortured Poets Department with more than a dozen unexpected tracks. Why Taylor Swift? Other acts who matched or came close to matching her appeal, current and/or past. And her legion of international 'Swifties' fans. Name origin and why do they wear the number 13? Also, we get to speak with an actual Swiftie. Taylor, the aptly named sister of our show's technical producer, gives the fan's perspective on the draw of Taylor Swift. Guests: Alan Cross. Host of the syndicated The Ongoing History of New Music and A Journal of Musical Things. New podcast: Uncharted crime and mayhem in the music industry. https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/ And: Taylor, longtime Swiftie, and the sister of Roy Green Show Technical Producer, Tom. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's podcast: Antisemitism growth/expansion in Canada. https://torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/kinsella-anti-israel-protesters-becoming-more-radical-openly-embracing-terror-groups Guest: Warren Kinsella. Was special assistant to Jean Chretien, now president/CEO of the Daisy Group, crisis management/communication @WarrenKinsella on Twitter/X. Opion columnist.   The Taylor Swift domination of pop music. New release Tortured Poets Department with more than a dozen unexpected tracks. Why Taylor Swift? Other acts who matched or came close to matching her appeal, current and/or past. And her legion of international 'Swifties' fans. Name origin and why do they wear the number 13? Also, we get to speak with an actual Swiftie. Taylor, the aptly named sister of our show's technical producer, gives the fan's perspective on the draw of Taylor Swift. Guests: Alan Cross. Host of the syndicated The Ongoing History of New Music and A Journal of Musical Things. New podcast: Uncharted crime and mayhem in the music industry. https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/ And: Taylor, longtime Swiftie, and the sister of Roy Green Show Technical Producer, Tom.   Professor Sylvain Charlebois, @foodprofessor, posts to X/Twitter about online posters and calls to organize a "Steal from Loblaws Day" on May 12. Professor Charlebois reminds "this is not only ridiculous. It's criminal."  We will, on this program, describe this as an outageous attempt to organize a 'national day of looting.' Then: What do you say about the attempt to organize a "Steal from Loblaws Day" across Canada? Do you believe you have a responsibility to intercede if any theft occurs in your presence? Guest: Professor Sylvain Charlebois, director of the Agri Foods lab at Dalhousie University. https://x.com/FoodProfessor/status/1781424299405889635 And: Callers.   Usually we might expect national reaction to a federal budget to have run its course several days following the budget's release. Not so this time as this past week's budget remains a topic of direct engagement and challenge. From doctors to Canada's business community, the federal budget is being hammered as a prime jewel of financial misfires. Guest: Professor Eric Kam. Macroeconomics. Toronto Metropolitan University.  https://thebusinesscouncil.ca/publication/tax-and-spend-budget-will-inhibit-growth/ --------------------------------------------- Host/Content Producer – Roy Green Technical/Podcast Producer – Tom Craig If you enjoyed the podcast, tell a friend! For more of the Roy Green Show, subscribe to the podcast! https://globalnews.ca/roygreen/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Cross, music historian and host of the Ongoing History of New Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alan Cross, Music Historian, Host of the Ongoing History of New Music Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Music and History - Curiouscast

On Tuesday December 5th, in front of a live audience at Corus Quay, the Ongoing History of New Music recorded the 1000th episode of the radio program. What some people don't know is that this Podcast started out as a radio show in February 1993 on 102.1 The Edge in Toronto. It has taken over 30 years to reach out 1000th episode! This is a podcast of that evening complete with part of the Q&A that took place. Next week there will be a "Part 2" Podcast containing everything not included in this episode. There was a lot of content! Enjoy the 1000th episode of the Ongoing History of New Music, and thank you for your continued support. Show contact info: X (formerly Twitter): @AlanCross Website: curiouscast.ca Email: Alan@alancross.ca Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With over 300 OGH podcasts to choose from, we know that sometimes older episodes get lost in the library. So, here is a topic we had a request to dig up again...and this episode first aired on radio in November of 2010 as we look at one of the most under appreciated and underrated members of any rock band...the bass player.  These are the most influential bass players in the history of alt-rock. Next week...it's the 1000th episode of the Ongoing History of New Music   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, we will cover the recent story of (possibly) the world's first whole eye transplant that occured in May of 2023, as well as the story of a possible previous attempt in 1969, and the aftermath that followed. The show also has a new feature - trivia! And, we will explore the medical origins of the word 'bedlam'. Enjoy!

Whether you're a music aficionado or just someone who enjoys a great story, you're in for a treat. Today we welcome Alan Cross to the podcast—a Canadian broadcasting legend, music historian, author and true connoisseur of all things audio. Based in Toronto, Ontario, he is best known nationally and internationally as host of the syndicated radio series The Ongoing History of New Music, which delves into various aspects of the music industry, including the evolution of genres, the influence of technology, and the stories behind significant bands and artists. Alan has interviewed some of the biggest names in rock, from David Bowie and U2 to Pearl Jam and the Foo Fighters.The voice of a generation, Alan began his radio career in 1980 at the University of Winnipeg and has watched the radio media industry evolve with the times into today's digital world. He is described as "the definitive Canadian curator and contextualizer of Alternative Rock" having had a significant impact on the Canadian music scene. Hosts Robin & Al delve into Alan's journey through the world of broadcasting, his experiences with iconic musicians, and the ever-evolving landscape of the music industry. He also gives us a glimpse into some unforgettable moments and a sneak peek into what's next for this music maven. Brought to you by Aria Benefits and Life & Legacy Advisory Group

In this one-of-a-kind true crime podcast, award-winning music historian and host of the chart topping Ongoing History of New Music, Alan Cross, takes you inside unbelievable stories from murder, to fatal plane crashes, to court battles, and even run-ins with the mob! You'll hear about the dark side of world of music. Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry available every other week starting October 24. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Continuing to dive into the Ongoing History of New Music archives, here's a show for 2016 that we are surprised has not been posted yet! At some point in your life, you said “I'm never going to become like my parents”…yes, you did…don't lie…we all did… We vowed that we'd never become old and stodgy and boring and stuck in their ways and closed to new ideas… Do not panic…this is totally natural…this cycle of life has been going on since the invention of music—and it only accelerated with the birth of the recording industry in the late 1800s… Every generation has its thing…and every generation thinks that the people who came before them and comes after them are weird and wrong… This is part two of the more things change, the more things stay the same… Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Continuing to dive into the Ongoing History of New Music archives, here's a show for 2016 that we are surprised has not been posted yet! Have you every heard yourself say this? kids these days! What's wrong with them? All their crazy music. It's just noise! That usually leads to… music isn't as good as it used to be. When i was younger—high school, university—music was awesome! That's followed by a list of bands and songs you believe to be the greatest ever, a lot of which aren't as popular as you still want them to be…and then things usually end up like this… if today's kids would stop and listen to what we used to listen to, they'd see that i'm right! Then we'd start getting some goodnew music! Don't worry…if any of this sounds familiar, it's because this is totally natural…  People always hate the music of the generations that are coming up behind them…and I mean always… The young are always denigrated for their music, their way of dancing, their technology and their overall disrespect for their elders and history and the way things used to be…  It's the cycle of life…and it's been going on for not just decades, but centuries…here…let me show you…   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we go back into the Ongoing history vault from 2008 and the second of two parts on world records. Most people want to leave this earth being known for... something. We want it to be at least a little memorable... to some, so that our time on this planet won't be forgotten so quickly. It's that whole sense of self my soul has self-esteem issues thing that we're all born with. Maybe you want to be known for being kind to animals. Maybe you're good at math, and you want people to remember your gift for solving difficult differential equations. Or maybe you want to be known as the only man who has ever eaten an airplane. You heard me. Michelle Lottito is also known as Massio Monge-tut, which translates as Mr. Eat Everything. He's the world record holder of the largest meal ever eaten. In this case, it's a Cessna 150. This is an airplane, and has a wingspan at just over 33 feet and weighs about 1100 pounds. It can carry two people at a maximum altitude of 14,000 feet for just over 400 miles, and this dude ate one. Apparently, he has a stomach lining that's twice as thick as it should be, which allows him to digest things like nuts and bolts and sheet metal and chain. Wonder what kind of wine goes with the prop assembly. Anyway, Michelle Lottito will be forever known as the guy who ate an airplane. A meal that size is a world record. Which is another thing that got me thinking. What are some of the superlatives and some of the weirdness that comes from the world of New Rock and alternative music when it comes to stuff like this? So I started looking, and I found out a lot. This is the Ongoing History of New Music Book of World Records, part two. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we go back into the Ongoing history vault from 2008 and the first of two parts on world records. Chances are you have at least some kind of talent. Maybe it's not something very useful, but at least it's something that you can do that no one else can. My mom used to say that everyone is good at something or at the very least, known for something that no one else is.  For example, I grew up with a kid who could dislocate his thumbs at will. It was great for freaking out substitute teachers. He got to go home early a lot. Another kid could pop a wheelie on his bike and ride it all the way home like that, and he'd live more than a mile from the school. Sometime in the 1970s, though, the world discovered the Guinness Book of World Records. And that's when we realized that there were things out there much stranger than we could ever realize. Like the dude from India whose fingernails had a combined length of over 20ft. Or Elaine Davidson, the world's most pierced woman; 720 piercings, including dozens in her face. Another dude from Scotland has tattoos over 99.9% of his body, making him the world's most tattooed man. Then, in the summer of 2008, Sandy Allen died. She was the world's tallest woman. At 7ft seven inches, she lived in the same Indiana nursing home as Edna Parker, who died year earlier at the age of 115. And up until then; she had been the world's oldest woman. Now, this kind of got me thinking. Has anyone ever put together a list of world records for the world of new rock? A list of all the superlatives, the biggest, the shortest, the highest, the longest, the most expensive, all those things? And I couldn't find one. So I thought to myself, hey, there's a gap in the market. There's got to be enough genuine and morbid curiosity out there to make it worthwhile. And who knows? Maybe a project like this might inspire someone to-do something great, or at least something weird. Which, of course, would be good, too. Therefore, ladies and gentlemen, I give you…The Ongoing History of New Music “Book of World Records version 1.0” part one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Gordon Lightfoot wrote the soundtrack to a certain era of Canadian history. But his music and songwriting, while entirely of this country, transcended eras, genres, and international borders as one of Canada's first true global superstars. He left this world with tour dates still on the books, hardly slowing down even in his mid 80s. To reflect on that incredible musical legacy, we welcome: Pam Carter, president of the Mariposa Folk Foundation and the chair of the Festival Organizing Group; and Alan Cross, music journalist and host of the radio program "The Ongoing History of New Music," on Toronto FM radio station 102.1 The Edge.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

From deepfakes to digital dopplegangers, the music industry is just scratching the surface of what AI can bring to the table, and the Fake Drake controversy is only the beginning. Host, Alex Pierson speaks with Alan Cross, host of the Ongoing History of New Music about AI taking over the music industry with Ghostwriter977's creation, Heart on My Sleeve, proving that the future of music might not be in human talent alone. Fake Drake & The Weeknd. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Kaylie Sirovy dives into the creation of Women's History Month and how University of Minnesota students and faculty acknowledge it today. 

I vividly remember sitting down to write the first-ever episode of “The Ongoing History of New Music”...I was in my living room with a blank yellow note pad...and I was terrified... To be brutally honest, I did not want this gig...but the powers-that-be decreed that this was my new job...if didn't want to do it, that would have been cool...I was told I'd receive a manila envelope containing a modest severance package... That wouldn't work...I'd just gotten married and I'd just bought a house with a 12 ½ per cent mortgage...and I'd done radio all my adult life, so I didn't really have a lot of skills for any other line of work... So I told the bosses that “okay, I'll do it”...what other choice did I have?... So there I am, sitting looking at this blank yellow note pad this was before the internet and before anyone started writing books on the history of alternative music... ...where to start?...how to organize everything?...and how could I come up with something every single week?... What's that quote from the ancient Chinese philosopher, Laozi?... “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step”...so I just started scribbling notes... A few days later, I had a script for the first episode of “The Ongoing History of New Music”...I decided that the best way to begin was to make a pilot, a show that laid out what the program would be...I was a total guess...I had no idea...none... I figured I'd do the show for a couple of years and then move on...people would get tired of it, it would outlive its usefulness, or I'd just end up getting fired—for real, this time... But here we are, 30 years later, and I'm still doing “Ongoing History” shows...and as I sit here, it's February 2023, we're about 30-ish episodes from Ongoing History show number one thousand...that'll happen sometime in November... Things have changed a lot since I wrote and recorded that first episode, things that we'll get into when we get to show number one thousand...but for now, to mark 30 years since the first episode aired, we've pulled the recording from the archive and are making it available for the first time as a Podcast...God, the concept of Podcasts was still years away when we started this... So just for fun, let's take a listen to that very first program, broadcast on February 28, 1993...I hope this isn't too cringey... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The episode you're about to hear is a sample of the "Driven By Her" series from the Ongoing History of New Music presented by Porsche Canada. On this 5 episode series host Alan Cross explores the amazing contributions some of the most talented women on the planet have made to Modern Music. From Women who made the 90's rock to guitar heroes to the stories of some of the most talented songwriters and producers on the planet making the biggest hit we all know the words to...​ On the sample you're about to hear you'll learn about more than a dozen women that have changed music forever but have been given little to no credit, and Alan wants to fix that as he shines a spotlight on Trixie Smith, Ma Rainey, Memphis Minnie and more. You'll be surprised to find that behind the rock and roll... the Rolling Stones and Pink Floyd ALL have women to thank for their contributions to music history. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're digging back into the original Ongoing History vault and have found this requested show on lost albums. Sometimes an artist will work on, and almost finish an album. But for whatever reason...creative concerns, fear it is too "out there", misplaced master tapes...the album never sees the light of day. Why is that? How many times has it happened in alt-rock? And to who? Well...we're glad you asked. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Okay, stay with us as this could get a bit confusing. Since the Ongoing History takes the summer months off to write and research new shows, we dig into the vault to post older episodes that first aired on radio from 1993 onward. Some still sound relevant, and others...not so much. This episode is "Radio episode 601" (aired in 2009-ish) but "Podcast Episode 345. So if some of the content seems a bit "dated" this could be the reason. But we feel the material is still relevant. Enjoy and please continue to send in your questions to Alan so we can keep doing episodes like this one.

In this episode of "Driven By Her," presented by our friends at Porsche Canada, Alan Cross and Ongoing History of New Music explore a subject that has fascinated Alan since he saw Karen Carpenter play a drum solo in the band's first television special in 1976. Turns out Karen considered herself a drummer who could sing and she had to fight to prove her legitimacy and talent to the rest of the world, especially in the male-dominated music industry. But if there was one woman who could play this well, there had to be others? were there more? During the mid-70s the answer was "not really" but there were a few and in the decades that followed, more and more appeared, and today, female drummers are everywhere comprising a worldwide sisterhood some have called "chicks with sticks". They were drummers, driven by that one thing that they needed more than anything else in the world. The one thing they were truly passionate about... in all cases it was the one thing that made them feel truly free. It's what drove them to singularly focus on crafting their unique talent and chase their dreams down whatever road it led them.  But the road wasn't easy... there were a lot of roadblocks, plenty of skepticism, and loads and loads of sexism... Barriers that needed to be broken, attitudes that needed to change abilities that needed to be proven time and time again... This is the story of women with rhythm who changed the way we look at music. In partnership with Porsche Canada. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I started thinking about “firsts” the other day, so I started looking things up…the first McDonald's was in san Bernardino, California…the first guy to literally walk around the world on foot was Dave Kunist…it took him four years to walk 14,452 miles …the first person to be killed in an automobile accident was Bridget Driscoll of Surrey, England…in 1896, she was hit by a car traveling at 4 miles per hour…the first porn film?...”Bedtime For The Bride,” 1895… We can get weirder…the first thing ever sold on ebay was a broken laser pointer for $14…the first video on YouTube is still up there…it's called “Me At The Zoo”…the first person with a Facebook account outside the company who wasn't a friend of Mark Zuckerberg was a guy from India named Sachine Kumar… The more I looked at famous firsts, the more I started wondering about firsts in music…. Who was the first person to perform on a guitar run through an amplifier?...the first song downloaded from iTunes?...who was the first to drop an intentional f-bomb on record?...what was the first song to fade out instead of having a definite ending?... You see where I'm going with this, right?...I started compiling a list of “firsts” in music—and then I set out to find some answers…which I did…prepare yourself…this could be the first time you hear about this stuff… See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.