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Cameron Crowe to release memoir this fall

August 8, 2025 Amber Healy Almost Famous, Books, Cameron Crowe, Jerry McGuire, Memoir, PJ20, Say Anything, Singles, Uncool

Dreamers, music fans and nerds unite: Our leader is publishing his first book this fall. Cameron Crowe, the sweet-hearted soul at the centre of movies that are powered as much by

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Random music news for Wednesday, May 26, 2021

May 26, 2021 Alan Cross Almost Famous, Bruce Dickinson, BTS, Chopcast, Dave Mustaine, Drake, Grammys, Grand Theft Auto, Iron Maiden, K-Pop, Ministry, Peter Frampton, Rand Paul, Richard Marx, Sean Lennon, Slipknot, Social Media, Spotify, ZZ Top

Talk about a cool collectible! I’m surprised it went so cheap. Then there’s music news for May 26, 2021. Drake is living up to his reputation as the king of

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Random music news for Thursday, September 27, 2018

September 27, 2018 Alan Cross #MeToo, Almost Famous, Amazon, Apple, Beatles, Bluetooth, BØRNS, Cameron Crowe, Childish Gambino, Cosmo Music, DJing, Grime, Jake Paul, Joy Division, Music Unlimited, Peter Hook, Shazam, Trixon

Google says that today is the anniversary of its founding in 1998. Interesting how they retroactively made that declaration. I know that to be true because I Binged it. And