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Budweiser isn’t advertising on the Super Bowl this year, so Stella Artois is bringing Lenny Kravitz

February 2, 2021February 2, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Lenny Kravitz, Stella Artois, Super Bowl

For the first time in decades, Budweiser has decided not to run ads on the Super Bowl. That created a

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Coming soon: A TV comedy series about the music scene in Hamilton

January 19, 2021January 19, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bell Fibe, Hamilton, This is the Thing

If you’ve spent any time paying attention to the live music scene in Hamilton, Ontario, you’ll know that it’s own

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Radio Television 

Because it’s US Thanksgiving, it’s almost the law I post this.

November 26, 2020November 25, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Turkey Drop, WKRP

As God as my witness, this is a TV classic.

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Arcade Fire debuted a new song on Stephen Colbert last night

November 4, 2020November 4, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Arcade Fire, Stephen Colbert

During Stephen Colbert’s election night show, Arcade Fire showed up to debut a new song entitled “Generation A.” Thoughts?

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Television 

Another Dave Grohl documentary is coming this month

September 10, 2020September 10, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments AC/DC, Brian Johnson, Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters

With the Foo Fighters sidelined by the coronavirus, Dave Grohl, a guy who just can’t sit around, participated in a

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Music History Television 

A browse through vintage Canadian music-based TV

August 26, 2020August 26, 2020 Alan Cross 9 Comments Here Comes the 70s, Hilarious House of Frightenstein, Starlost, Syrinx, The New Music, Toronto Rocks, Video Hits

Sitting on the porch last night with the elder bull terrier, I fell into a YouTube rat hole of Canadian

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Music History Television 

Here’s the first trailer for the Ozzy biography

August 25, 2020August 25, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments A&E, Ozzy Osbourne

A&E is all set to air The Nine Live of Ozzy Osbourne next month. Here’s the sort of thing we

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Wait: There are lyrics to The X-Files theme?

August 22, 2020August 21, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment X-Files

Well, there is now. The original cast of the Fox series (including David Duchovny, Gillian Anderson, series creator Chris Carter,

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Television 

This might be the most shocking musical performance ever seen on a kid’s show

August 1, 2020August 1, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments South Korea

On July 30, 2005, a South Korean show called Music Camp broadcast another live no-tape-delay episode. Hey, it was a

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New Podcast: The Backstage Project

July 23, 2020July 23, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments

[Another guest post by a friend of A Journal of Musical Things. Today’s piece is by Mark Silver. – AC]

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Radio Television 

How accurately have radio stations been portrayed in movies and TV? Let’s rate a few of them.

June 1, 2020June 1, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments WKRP in Cincinnati

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. -AC] Over the last century, radio stations have been the subject and the

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