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Music History Recommended Reading 

Rock My World Canada, chapter 236: No Big Deal

January 20, 2021January 20, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Mike Carr, No Big Deal, Rock My World Canada

[Mike Carr has created a catalogue/reference work featuring all kinds of Canadian rock and alternative releases from the past few

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Music History Music News 

Legendary record producer (and convicted murderer) Phil Spector has died

January 17, 2021January 18, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Phil Spector

Phil Spector, who roared to fame producing a series of major hits in the 1960s has died. The cause of

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Music History Recommended Reading 

Rock My World Canada, chapter 235: Anastatica

January 17, 2021January 17, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Anastatica, Mike Carr, Rock My World Canada

[Mike Carr has created a catalogue/reference work featuring all kinds of Canadian rock and alternative releases from the past few

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Music History Music News 

RIP New York Dolls guitarist Sylvain Sylvain

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment New York Dolls, Sylvain Sylvain

When I was the program director at Y108/Hamilton in the early 2000s, a short man in a porkpie hat walked

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Movies Music History 

Movie based on the UK’s Creation records due in March

January 15, 2021January 14, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alan McGree, Creation Records

Creation Records, the scrappy (and drug-fueled label) indie British label run by Alan McGee, is being turned into a movie.

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Music History 

Random music news for Thursday, January 14, 2021

January 14, 2021January 13, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Abbey Road, Billie Eilish, Bryan Adams, Eddie Van Halen, Geddy Lee, Jim Vallance, Jimi Hendrix, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Led Zeppelin, Rob Zombie, Sony, Vancouver Symphony

Just what I need: a robot that will fetch me wine. I also could use some music news for January

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Music History Recommended Music 

Rock My World Canada, chapter 234: MENEW

January 13, 2021January 13, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments MENEW, Mike Carr, Rock My World

[Mike Carr has created a catalogue/reference work featuring all kinds of Canadian rock and alternative releases from the past few

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Music History Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History of New Music Daily: Major Tom trivia

January 12, 2021January 12, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment David Bowie, Major Tom

Here is a great trivia question:  In the David Bowie song “Space Oddity,” exactly who is Major Tom?  He wasn’t

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Music History Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History of New Music Daily: Mispressed Records

January 11, 2021January 11, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment CDs, Compact Discs, Lawrence Welk, Mispressed CDs

I often get emails from people asking about mispressed CDs and records. Occasionally, there are mixups at the pressing plant

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Music History 

Video of a 17-year-old David Bowie defending the right of men to wear their hair long.

January 10, 2021January 9, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments BBC, David Bowie

On the fifth anniversary of David Bowie’s passing, here’s something from deep in his past. When Bowie–still trading as David

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Rock My World Canada, chapter 233: Patti Jannetta

January 10, 2021January 10, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Mike Carr, Patti Jennetta, Rock My World

[Mike Carr has created a catalogue/reference work featuring all kinds of Canadian rock and alternative releases from the past few

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The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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