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Music Industry 

What’s the most popular decade for music? This one.

July 13, 2022July 13, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments 90s, 90s Music

Luminate, the company that monitors everything that happens with the recorded music industry, conducted a survey of 3,000 American music

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Music News Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: Lost Canadian bands part 3

June 17, 2022June 17, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments 90s, Cancon, Lost Canadian Bands

There are a lot of things wrong with Facebook–don’t get me started–but there’s no denying that it can be addictive.

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Concerts Music News 

If you’re a child of the 90s, check out this festival: Flannel Nation

March 24, 2022March 24, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments 90s, Everclear, Filter, Flannel Nations, Music Festival, Soul Asylum

If you remember the alt-rock 90s, you’ll be interested in this festival called Flannel Nation. Interesting that the poster has

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Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: Alt-Rock One-Hit-Wonders of the 90s, part 2

December 31, 2021December 31, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments 90s, Alt-Rock, One-Hit-Wonders

[Still with the summer repeats but I can assure you that I’m already hard at work on the new season

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Music News AJMT
Music News 

Random music news for Tuesday, July 27, 2021

July 27, 2021July 27, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments 90s, Gene Simmons, Golden Gate Bridge, Kanye West, Latitude, Live Nation, MuchMusic, Murder, Pink, Radio, Selling Out

In all seriousness, I was wondering about this. Can COVID be transmitted through farts? Doctors say it’s possible. Ponder that

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Cool! Tech 

What would Spotify and Twitter have looked like if it were still the 90s?

July 23, 2021July 23, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments 90s, Facebook, Spotify, YouTube

Oh, those old-school websites built on Angelfire and GeoCities platforms. We thought they were so futuristic and cutting-edge back when

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Poll 

Weekly survey: Are you into the wave of 90s music coming this way?

February 3, 2020February 2, 2020 Alan Cross 2 Comments 90s, Alt-Rock, Nostalgia

This is shaping up to be a summer of 90s nostalgia. I mean, look who’s going to be on tour

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Music History 

New doc on ska in the 90s coming next week

November 16, 2019November 15, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments 90s, Documentary, Ska

After receding into the underground following its big post-punk revival (aka the Second Wave), ska roared back in through the

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Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music encore presentation: The 90s, Part 9: The Festivals

August 16, 2019August 16, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments 90s, Another Roadside Attraction, Edgefest, Lilith Fair, Lollapalooza, Summersault, Warped Tour

The music festival is hardly a recent creation. People have been gathering in fields to hear music for centuries. In

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Music News 

What’s behind the latest wave of nostalgia for 90s music?

July 22, 2019July 23, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments 90s, Backstreet Boys, Nostalgia

[This is from GlobalNews.ca. – AC] The Backstreet Boys are playing sold-out shows across Canada this week and their latest

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Music News Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music encore presentation: The 90s, Part 2(b): The All-female and Female-fronted bands

June 14, 2019June 14, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments 90s

During ’67’s Summer of Love, anything seemed possible. Civil rights issues were finally being addressed. There was a feeling that

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