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Weekly survey: What songs would you use to torture a neighbour over a perceived slight?

November 16, 2020November 16, 2020 Alan Cross 5 Comments Gilligan's Island, Torture

Bill Gross is a tech billionaire annoyed with his tech entrepreneur neighbour, Mark Towfiq. At issue is a glass sculpture

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Weekly survey: Are you ready for Christmas music yet?

November 2, 2020November 3, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Christmas Radio, Radio

Christmas creep has been a thing for decades. It’s not unusual to see Christmas decoration displays in stores as early

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Weekly survey: Do you miss album artwork and liner notes?

October 26, 2020October 26, 2020 Alan Cross 5 Comments Artwork, Liner Notes

I spent part of the weekend filing records and CDs, a task that should have taken no more than 15

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Weekly survey: Have you ever discovered music via TikTok?

October 19, 2020October 19, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Doggface208, Dreams, Fleetwood Mac, TikTok

When doggface208 (real name: Nathan Apodaca) posted this… …he couldn’t have possibly guessed that he’d become a global viral sensation.

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Weekly survey: Why is Nickelback so despised?

October 5, 2020October 5, 2020 Alan Cross 62 Comments Nickelback

One of the things that’s always baffled me is the universal hate that’s directed towards Nickelback. When the band first

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Weekly survey: What’s your view on face tattoos?

September 28, 2020September 28, 2020 Alan Cross 3 Comments Face Tattoos

Face tattoos have become a big thing in recent years. It’s mostly a thing in the hip-hop community, but not

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Weekly survey: Are still into vinyl? Were you ever?

September 14, 2020September 14, 2020 Alan Cross 2 Comments Vinyl

Sales of vinyl have been on a tear for more than a decade with year after year of double-digit growth.

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Weekly survey: 25 years after the Battle of Britpop, are you on Team Blur or Team Oasis?

August 17, 2020August 17, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Blur, Britpop, Oasis

Twenty-five years ago this month, Blur and Oasis went head-to-head for chart supremacy on the same week, sending Britain into

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Weekly survey: Are you into the drive-in concert phenomenon?

August 10, 2020August 10, 2020 Alan Cross 2 Comments Drive-In Concerts

With the pandemic screwing concerts and festivals, music fans are left with two sources of live music: livestreams and heading

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Weekly survey: Will 2021 be too soon for concerts?

July 27, 2020July 27, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Concerts, COVID-19, Festivals

In the Before Times, summer was packed with gigs, concerts, and festival. Not in 2020. Damned ‘rona has taken care

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Weekly survey: What’s your single best summer driving song?

July 20, 2020July 20, 2020 Alan Cross 20 Comments Summer Driving Songs

A survey came out of the UK last week purporting to list the world’s favourite summer driving songs. You can

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