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Good timesuck: The Deftones have updated their White Pony-era version of Pac-Man

February 28, 2021February 27, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Deftones, Enhanced CDs, Pac-Man

Way back in the day when file-sharing was just taking off (think 2000), record labels tried to prove that CDs

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Are you tired of Zoom meetings and the whole COVID thing? Then read this.

February 24, 2021February 24, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Coronavirus, COVID-19, Zoom

Do Zoom meetings leave you exhausted? Has COVID-19 burned you out? Then read on. Zoom Fatigue is a Real Thing

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Thanks to Perseverance, we now know what Mars SOUNDS like.

February 23, 2021February 23, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment Mars, NASA, Perseverance

Thanks to an LA musician named Jason Mazilis, a hardcore fan of space exploration, a special microphone was included as

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A new 7,000 person capacity eSports and music venue has been proposed for Toronto

February 23, 2021February 22, 2021 Alan Cross 2 Comments E-sports, Toronto

Over the last couple of years, e-sports has grown into a multi-billion-dollar global thing that in some ways rivals traditional

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This post contains Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up”–but for a very interesting reason.

February 19, 2021February 19, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments 4K, machine learning, Never Gonna Give You Up, Revideo, Rick Astley

If you’ve ever been rickrolled–and really, who hasn’t?–you were inevitably redirected to a video shot in 1987 with 1987 technology.

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This kid delivers one of the best Led Zeppelin covers of all time

February 17, 2021February 16, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cover Version, Kashmir, Led Zeppelin, Marcin Patrzalek

Introducing Marcin Patrzalek, a young guitarist from Poland. He nails this cover of Led Zeppelin’s “Kashmir.” (He’s in a parking

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Ever wonder what it’s like HEAR colour? Try this synesthesia experiment.

February 17, 2021February 16, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Synesthesia, Vassily Kandinsky

Synesthesia is a neurological situation where the senses overlap. People with the condition are able to do things like hear

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The “HOW DARE YOU” preacher gets a heavy metal remix

February 4, 2021February 4, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment Andre Antunes

Andre Antunes loves to take video of fire-and-brimstone preachers and give them a metal spin. Here’s his latest. And if

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This kid just released her debut album that she recorded before she was even born.

February 3, 2021February 3, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Sounds of the Unborn

The idea of children releasing albums is hardly new. The youngest person I could find with an actual professionally-release album

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Scientists plan to beam a musical message into space to find aliens

February 2, 2021February 1, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Earthling Project, SETI

I love any story that has to do with SETI research. We’ve been listening for signals from space for decades

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Watch this 10-year-old kid ANNIHILATE some Slipknot on drums

January 31, 2021January 31, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Drum Cover, Momo De Monster, Slipknot

Move over, Nandi Bushell. You have some competition–at least on the drums, Momo De Monster is another 10-year-old who is

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