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The One Minute Music Book Club: Rock and Pop Timeline

January 20, 2026 Alan Cross One Minute Music Book Club,  Rock and Pop Timeline

Before the internet made such books relevant, there were plenty of volumes documenting the evolution of rock and pop on a day-by-day basis. Rock and Pop Timeline may be twenty

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Documentary

NOFX: The Documentary is coming

January 20, 2026 Alan Cross Documentary,  NOFX

NOFX called it a day in 2024 after 41 years in business. That’s a lot of punk rock, so there must be plenty of stories, right? There are–and some of

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Recommended Music

The Dropkick Murphys kick ICE to the curb again

January 20, 2026 Alan Cross Dropkick Murphys,  Haywire,  Ice

The Dropkick Murphys have been wonderfully woke since they were established 30 years ago. These days, they’re one of the most vocal American bands about the fascistic creep of the

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Ongoing History of New Music

Ongoing History Daily: Trent Reznor’s Micheal J. Fox movie adventure

January 20, 2026 Alan Cross Light of Day,  Michel Jay Fox,  Trent Reznor

True or false: Trent Reznor once appeared in a Michael J. Fox movie. True. Back in the days when he was an unknown struggling musician in Cleveland, Trent heard that

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Music News

Random music news for Tuesday, January 20, 2026

January 20, 2026 Alan Cross AM Radio,  Bubbles the Chimp,  CFNY,  Concert Tickets,  Dolly Parton,  Fraud,  Kanye,  Michael Jackson,  Poison,  Radio,  Roger Waters,  Sphere

Remember the Havana Syndrome weapon? Yeah, now there’s this. (Via Sean) Music news for January 20, 2026, isn’t nearly as harmful. More music news? Go here. BONUS: This is what

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Tech

How do we unscramble the mess of AI-generated music? With some new tech.

January 19, 2026 Alan Cross AI,  AI-Generated Music

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] The thing people forget about AI-generated music is that it’s not very intelligent. It’s just very good at guessing. This is

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Music News

Bruce Springsteen unloaded on Trump and ICE

January 19, 2026 Alan Cross Bruce Springsteen,  Ice,  Minneapolis

The police department of Minneapolis has 600 officers. Trump has sent in more than 3,000 ICE goons to terrorize the city and occasionally murder mothers who are doing nothing more

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Concerts

Is the NFL trolling Donald Trump? Based on the Super Bowl musical guests, yes.

January 19, 2026 Alan Cross Bad Bunny,  Green Day,  MAGA,  NFL,  Super Bowl

Damn. My Bills are out again. But I will still be watching the Super Bowl just to see what kind of reaction the musical guests will get. MAGA went ballistic

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Recommended Reading

The One Minute Music Book Club: Kurt and Courtney Talking by Nick Wise

January 19, 2026 Alan Cross Courtney Love,  Kurt Cobain,  Nick Wise

Back in the 90s before we had the internet and Wikipedia, the “Performing Arts” sections of bookstores were loaded with books like these. Most were nothing more than pretty pictures,

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Movies

Nirvanna the Band the Show the Movie! Here’s a trailer.

January 19, 2026 Alan Cross Movie,  Nirvanna the Band,  Trailer

One of the funniest Canadian sitcoms is a mockumentary called Nirvanna the Band the Show. Original a web series, the concept just keeps getting bigger. Now, Matt Johnson and Jay

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Funny/Weird

For the love of God, NO! Why, Studmuffin Supreme? WHY?

January 19, 2026 Alan Cross Studmuffin Supreme,  Tit-tar

Sorry to drop this into your Monday feed, but if I just told you about the Tit-tar, you would have never believed me. But this is what the internet has

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Ongoing History of New Music Podcast

Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry

Have I got a story for you! Award-winning Music Historian and host of the chart-topping Ongoing History of New Music Podcast Alan Cross unleashes his next amazing podcast. In every episode, Alan Cross takes you inside unbelievable true stories of crime, murder, scandal, strange deaths, unexplainable events, and the general mayhem from the music industry through the decades. There is a lot of bad behaviour that needs to be talked about. It’s a one-of-a-kind podcast featuring true crime stories from the world of music. OUT NOW!

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