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Amy Winehouse Drug Art

August 12, 2011 Alan Cross

 

Dumpster-diving at the pharmacy for art’s sake.

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Mylo Xyloto? WTF, Coldplay?

August 12, 2011 Alan Cross

Coldplay’s fifth album, the Eno-fied Mylo Xyloto (pronounced MY-lo ZY-le-toe), will be out October 24th.   Expect a digital version, a basic CD, a deluxe edition and 180-gram vinyl packages.

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Beluga + Mariachi = Good Times

August 12, 2011 Alan Cross
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Anti-Riot Song Makes Me Want to Smash Things

August 12, 2011 Alan Cross

Sorry.  Auto-Tune makes me want to do bad things.  Good on Tayong for the intentions, though. Amazing that we can have a worldwide anthem just days after something goes down,

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Kanye Falls off Stage in Norway

August 12, 2011 Alan Cross
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$309M to Dre for Beats? Wha?

August 12, 2011 Alan Cross

THREE HUNDRED MILLION DOLLARS? Seriously? Memo to HTC: Huh?

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New Trent Reznor

August 11, 2011 Alan Cross

Here’s our first taste of what Trent and Atticus Ross are cobbling together for the Hollywood remake of The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, directed by David “Fight Club” Fincher

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Weakest. App. Ever.

August 11, 2011 Alan Cross

And I say this as a former accordion player. Savageapps has introduced an iPhone/iPod Touch/iPad app simply called Accordion.  “Play the accordion, and sound like a pro!  Chords on the

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Coolest. T-Shirt. Ever.

August 11, 2011 Alan Cross

There was a concert in Gera, Germany, recently that attracted a large number of far-right whackos. Many of them were given free t-shirts. And when they finally did their laundry, boy did they get a surprise.

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Using Street Musicians to Predict the Economy

August 11, 2011 Alan Cross

My knowledge of economics can be summed up in this old joke: “If you line up all the economists end to end, you still couldn’t reach a conclusion.” I shall add proof to that with something called the Quality of Street Musicians Index.

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a-ha to Reunite for Memorial

August 11, 2011 Alan Cross

A-ha (sorry, but it’s the beginning of a sentence, so I had to capitalize that “a”) is going to reunite for a memorial for the victims of the July 22

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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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