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Fleetwood Mac’s Lindsey Buckingham attacked by a woman on a street LA.

April 2, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Lindsey Buckingham has had issues with stalkers–one women in particular–over the last number of years, a situation that nearly broke up his marriage. On Wednesday (April 1), Lindsey arrived for an appointment in

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Music Industry

This is your weekly Canadian CD and vinyl sales report. Streaming numbers, too. (02 Apr 2026)

April 2, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Where we at with Canadian CD and vinyl sales this week? What about streaming? Let’s ask Luminate. (Note that his numbers reflect the release of the new BTS album.)   Streaming numbers:

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Music News

Apple turns 50 this year. Here are some prototypes that never saw the light of day.

April 2, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Apple has released some amazing products over the last five decades: The Mac, the iPod, the iPhone, the iPad, and so on. There have been some dogs, too (Newton, a speaker system that

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Recommended Music

Time for more Donald Trump parody songs because he deserves it

April 2, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

I’m in SE Asia where entire countries are in danger of running out of all manner of fuel thanks to the insane unprovoked war by the US and Israel against Iran. The rage

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Ongoing History of New Music

Ongoing History Daily: The Lorde [sic] of baseball

April 2, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Despite being a teenager from New Zealand, Lorde has some interesting connections to Major League Baseball. Her hit “Royals” was actually named after the team – kind of. She spotted a photo of

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Music News AJMT
Music News

Random music news for Thursday, April 2, 2026

April 2, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

This strippers says US soldiers revealed invasion plans while she was giving them lap dances. You cannot make this up. Music news for April 2, 2026 looks like this. BONUS: Now I need

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WTF?

Another insane story from the Trump universe: Kid Rock got a military helicopter fly-by at his house

April 1, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

Kid Rock is, of course, all in when it comes to Trump, which, of course, comes with its down perks. This week. two AH-64 Apache helicopters from the 101st Combat Aviation Brigade at Fort

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Concerts

Photos and a review of The Watchmen and Stuck on Planet Earth in Ottawa

April 1, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 4 min read

[Ross MacDonald took the photos and Karen Coughtrey did the write-up. – AC] Canadian 90’s rockers The Watchmen ended a short 3 night weekend Ontario tour in Ottawa Saturday night at the Bronson

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Ongoing History of New MusicRadio

Ongoing History Daily: Early British radio troubles

April 1, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Almost every new technological advancement is met with pushback, and public radio in Britain was no exception. The very first live public broadcast was made from the Marconi factory in Chelmsford in June

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Music News AJMT
Music News

Random music news for Wednesday, April 1, 2026

April 1, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 4 min read

Not an April Fool’s joke. Claw King lets you participate in a eight player battle royale featuring lobsters. Let’s try some music news for April 1, 2026. BONUS: Everyone needs a hobby, I

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Uncharted

Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry, episode 61: The great Once Upon a Time on Shaolin Caper

March 31, 2026 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

How much would you pay for a record you just had to own? The world of ultra-collectible and ultra-expensive records is a strange and murky place. On July 18, 1953, an 18-year-old truck

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