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Music News 

Say what? Report looks at misheard lyrics

September 17, 2022September 17, 2022 Amber Healy 0 Comments 50 Cent, Ariana Grande, Drake, Iggy Azalea, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, Metallica, Misheard Lyrics, Missy Elliot, Nirvana, Of Monsters and Men, Rihanna, WordFinder, YourDictionary

We’ve all misheard lyrics before. Even searching lyrics online for favorite songs can bring up inaccurate transcriptions.  But when you

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Funny/Weird 

Michigan Republican politician calls out singers for being tools of the devil

April 26, 2022April 27, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Ariana Grande, Beyonce, Billie Eilish, Cardi B, Illuminati, Kristina Karamo, LUCIFER, Satan, Satanic Panic

Meet Kristina Karamo, a Republican candidate for Secretary of State in Michigan. She has some interesting ideas about how the

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Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, March 18, 2020

March 18, 2021March 17, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ariana Grande, ASUS, Awards Shows, BTS, Drums, Eddie Van Halen, Elvis Presley, Hipgnosis, Imagine Dragons, Joss Stone, Liam Gallagher, Massive Attack, Mike Portnoy, Noel Gallagher, Trading Cards

Just for fun, let’s start with Tom Petty on the bridge of the Starship Enterprise. Damn the (photon) torpedos? (Give

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Music News 

Dua Lipa, SAINT JHn top artists for private home Spotify workout playlists

February 27, 2021February 27, 2021 Amber Healy 1 Comment Ariana Grande, Calvin Harris, Daid Guetta, Doja Cat, Drake, Dua Lipa, Eminem, Joel Corry, Kanye West, Meduza, Megan Thee Stallion, PureGym, SAINt JHN, The Weeknd, Tiesto, Tones and I, Topic

It’s been almost a year since most of our lives hit a hard pause, including the ability to go to

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Music News 

Home workouts powered by Dua Lipa, SAINt JHN, The Weeknd and Kanye

February 4, 2021February 4, 2021 Amber Healy 0 Comments Ariana Grande, Calvin Harris, covid 19, David Guetta, Doja Cat, Drake, Dua Lipa, Eminem, Joel Corry, Kanye West, Meduza, Megan Thee Stalion, Pandemic, PureGym, SAINt JHN, Spotify, The Weeknd, Tiesto, Tones and I, Topic, Workout

If you’ve been getting creative and working out at home during this (good grief will it ever end) pandemic, newly

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Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, March 5, 2020

March 5, 2020March 5, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ariana Grande, Beto O'Rourke, Coronavirus, Glastonbury, Joe Biden, Mariah Carey, Noel Gallagher, Oasis, SXSW

That’s it. I’m never ordering fries and Diet Coke together again. Instead, I’ll just focus on music news for March

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Music News 

Random music news for Monday, September 30, 2019

September 30, 2019September 30, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ariana Grande, Debbie Harry, Drake, Kanye West

Back on this side of the Atlantic for a while after my Beatles assignment. More on that anon. Meanwhile, here’s

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Recommended Music 

This Ariana Grande song was remixed by NASA as a recruiting tool for women to go to the moon

September 10, 2019September 10, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ariana Grande, Artemis, NASA

NASA is employing Ariana Grande to attract women to the space program. I quote: “As we look forward to sending

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Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, September 5, 2019

September 5, 2019September 5, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ariana Grande, Blink-182, FM Radio, Jimi Hendrix, Live Nation, Max Weinberg, R. Kelly, Slipknot, Tinder, Weezer

The elder bull terrier has leaf mold allergies again. That’s another $500. Enough of that, though. Let’s do music news

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Music News 

Random music news for Tuesday, September 3, 2019

September 3, 2019September 2, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ariana Grande, Auto Tune, Beyonce, Bumbershoot, Elvis, Fred Durst, John Travolta, Lindia Ronstadt, Paul McCartney, Taylor Swift, The KInks, Tom DeLonge

Back to school, back to work. The next three months are, as usual, going to be insane. Here’s music news

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Music News 

YouTube’s new policy on song snippets will cost musicians big bucks

August 28, 2019August 30, 2019 Amber Healy 0 Comments Ariana Grande, Copyright, DMCA, Payments, Pex, Royalties, Streaming, YouTube, YouTube Music

YouTube won’t be helping musicians track down and demand payment from people who use tiny snippets of their music –

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