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Random music news for Friday, September 9, 2022

September 9, 2022September 9, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Airpods, Beatles, Biggie, Elton John, Gavin Rossdale, Led Zeppelin, Revolver, Ricky Martin, Vinyl

I’m trying to imagine a world without a Queen Elizabeth. I can’t. Moving on to music news for September 9,

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Random music news for Friday, April 8, 2022

April 8, 2022April 8, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments a-ha, Airpods, Amazon Music, Covid, Dethklok, Joy Division, Kanye, Metal Lords, Playlists, Spotify, The Weeknd, Twitter

I’m going to be hosting an online music trivia contest for charity in a couple of weeks. Wanna play? Get

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Random music news for Tuesday, November 30, 2021

November 30, 2021November 30, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments ABBA, Airpods, Angela, Canada, Lionel Ritchie, Oasis, Prince, Spotify, Streaming, TED Talks, U2

Even flying economy on an ultra-low-cost airline is better than this. As for music news for November 30, 2021, here’s

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Random music news for Monday, November 1, 2021

November 1, 2021November 1, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments ABBA, Airpods, Billy Bragg, Boris Johnson, David Bowie, Duran Duran, K-Pop, Lemmy, Madonna, Ozzy Osbourne

Who wants a life-sized Ghostbusters proton pack? Just remember: Don’t cross the streams. Moving to music news for November 1,

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Random music news for Saturday, April 17, 2021

April 17, 2021April 17, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment Airpods, Alanis Morissette, Arcade Fire, Beacon Bloom, Beatles, Dolby ATMOS, Dr. Dre, Fast Radio Bursts, Fyre Festlval, Grega Van Fleet, Jon Schaffer, livestreaming, Mick Jagger, NFTs, Qobuz, R Kelly, Rick Astley, TikTok

Got my first vaccine shot yesterday. Do your work, Bill Gates nanobots! You know where I am. Moving to music

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Random music news for Wednesday, October 28, 2020

October 28, 2020October 27, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Airpods, Apple, Brody Dalle, Cher, Chernobyl, David Bowie, Dementia, Evan Dando, Josh Homme, Lemonheads, Radio, Snapchat, Spotify

Imagine going to school on this bus. Cool. Now let’s study music news for October 28, 2020. Now that they’re

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Random music news for Thursday, July 30, 2020

July 30, 2020July 30, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments #MeToo, Airpods, Alanis Morissette, Apple, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Indie Charts, Kanye West, Killers, Madonna, Music Lessons, Songwriting, Spotify

If you follow American politics, you’d better read this. Once you’re done, try to calm down by browsing through music

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Random music news for Wednesday, January 29, 2020

January 29, 2020January 28, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Airpods, Alicia Keys, Apple, Brian May, Grammy Awards, Nicki Min, The 1975

I had planned a trip to SE Asia to visit my goddaughter for her second birthday, but now maybe not,

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Random music news for Wednesday, December 25, 2019

December 25, 2019December 25, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Airpods, Apple, Audiomack, Chester Bennington, Ed Sheeran, Kanye West, Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher, Ozzy, Sliplknot

Why am I working on Christmas day? Great question. Here’s Ozzy’s Christmas playlist. Even Christmas songs are targets of copyright

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Apple won’t like this spoof of AirPods criticizing the company’s relationship to China

December 3, 2019December 2, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Airpods, Apple, China

Apple knows it needs China so the company is always painfully threading the needle when it comes to their relationship

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Random music news for Wednesday, November 27, 2019

November 27, 2019November 26, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1999, AirBnB, Airpods, Apple, Drake, Ed Sheeran, Mozart, Music sales, Pete Townshend, Prince, Spotify, Star Wars, Tim Berners-Lee

Trains, planes, and automobiles day for ‘Murica. Which reminds me: I have to watch that movie again. To music news

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