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Random music news for Wednesday, September 23, 2020

September 23, 2020September 23, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments ABBA, Cardi B, Deftones, Gord Downie, Guns N'Roses, Marilyn Manson, Neil Young, Noel Gallagher, Quibi, REM, Slipknot, Spinal Tap, Star Trek, Star Wars, Uber

The battle between Star Wars and Star Trek has been taken to a whole new level. Now let’s concentrate on

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What does playing ABBA on a hundred-year-old organ sound like?

September 19, 2020September 18, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments ABBA

Surprisingly good, actually.

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Random music news for Friday, September 11, 2020

September 11, 2020September 11, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments 50 Cent, ABBA, Ace Frehley, AI, Brett Michaels, Burger King, Eminem, KISS, Libertines, Little Richard, Music Lessons, Poison, Rush, Streaming, Touring, U2, Vinyl, WAP

Cool. A floating Apple Store. Elsewhere in music news for September 11, 2020… Why do artists get paid so little

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Random music news for Wednesday, July 22, 2020

July 22, 2020July 22, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments ABBA, Amy Lee, Chris Cornell, Concerts, Coronavirus, Evanescence, Joey Armstrong, Kanye West, Radio, Spotify, SWMRS, Vinyl

Is it cake? Let’s find out. (You’ll see what I mean.) Now some music news for July 22, 2020. Coronavirus

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Random music news for Monday, May 25, 2020

May 25, 2020May 25, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments A380, ABBA, Ad-Rock, Beastie Boys, Brian May, Elvis Presley, Grateful Dead, KISS, LXB, Madonna, Nikes

If hair salons don’t reopen soon, I’ll be back into ponytail territory for the time time in decades. This would

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I’m not the biggest ABBA fan, but I might have to get this new box set

May 17, 2020May 17, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments ABBA, Box Set

At one point, professing any kind of love for ABBA was considered to be highly uncool. Over the years, though,

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Random music news for Tuesday, February 4, 2020

February 4, 2020February 3, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments ABBA, Dave Mustaine, Deborah Dugan, Grammys, Grateful Dead, Julian Lennon, Junos, Madonna, Megadeth, Smashing Pumpkins, Strumbellas, WiFi

Worried that you’re vulnerable to the Wuhan flu? What year were you born? There’s a connection, apparently. Now that I’ve

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Random music news for Monday, November 11, 2019

November 11, 2019November 11, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments ABBA, Cassettes, Ed Sheeran, Headphones, Miley Cyrus, Music Map, Neil Young, Ozzy Osbourne, Prince, Qobuz, Radiohead, Ric Ocasek, Sony

Leonardo DiCaprio turns 45 today. He still looks, like, 17. Moving on to music news for November 11, 2019… If

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Random music news for Wednesday, September 11, 2019

September 11, 2019September 10, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments ABBA, Fall Out Boy, Green Day, Jimmy Page, Led Zeppelin, Michael Jackson, Microsoft, Ozzy Osbourne, Post Malone, Robbie Williams, Robert Plant, Taylor Swift, Tencent, Weezer

I’ll be weirded out by this date for the rest of my life. Let’s deflect from that by looking at

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Random music news for Thursday, April 4, 2019

April 4, 2019April 4, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments 5G, ABBA, Brexit, Britney Spears, Deepfakes, Facebook, Game of Thrones, Michael Jackson, Miley Cyrus, Red Bull, Soundcloud, Twitter

On this day in 1975, Bill Gates and Paul Allen formed a new company called Microsoft. I hear it’s done

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Random music news for Wednesday, January 23, 2019

January 23, 2019January 23, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments ABBA, Apple, Guitars, iTunes, Vinyl

On this day in 1986, The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inducted its first members: Little Richard, Chuck Berry,

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