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Random music news for Monday, April 18, 2022

April 18, 2022April 18, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Band Merch, iPhone, Kid Rock, KISS, Marilyn Manson, Metal Movies, Nile Rodgers, Sony Walkman, Tucker Carlson

Evil Republicans evil Disney villains. You can’t unsee this. Now some random music news for April 18, 2022… Well, this

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Funny/Weird Gadgets 

A landmark in band merch: Weezer’s branded robot vacuum

April 20, 2021April 21, 2021 Alan Cross 2 Comments Band Merch, iRobot, Roomba, Weezer

As I write this, the Roomba on the main floor is going about its thrice-weekly task of picking up English

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Music News 

Today’s Christmas Shopping Item #2: Iron Maiden’s Ugly Xmas Sweater

November 7, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Band Merch, Christmas Sweater, Iron Maiden, Swag

Iron Maiden has tried really, really hard to come up with a truly ugly Christmas sweater (“jumper,” for our UK

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Music News
Music News 

Random Music News for Wednesday, June 1, 2016

June 1, 2016May 31, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adele, Australia, Band Merch, Britney Spears, Elton John, Gorilla Biscuits, IBM, Iggy Pop, Kraftwerk, Payola, Rolling Stones, Ron Wood, Sampling, Stooges, Twenty One Pilots, Twilight Zone, Vladimir Putin, Whitney Houston

June? Already? Here’s your music news. Here’s how things work in the US when it comes to the music business.

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Cool! 

When Band Merch Gets Weird

May 28, 2016May 27, 2016 Nerhys 2 Comments Alice Cooper, Band Merch, Deadmau5, Drake, Eminem, GWAR, KISS, Modern Baseball, Tim Armstrong, Tom DeLonge, Weezer, Weird

Whenever I go to a concert, the first thing I seek out is the merch table. I look closely at

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Looking for New and Interesting Merch for Your Band to Sell? Try Wax Cylinders! (Uh, No…Wait…)

April 2, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments April Fool's, Band Merch, Swag, Wax Cylinders

First came vinyl records when everyone was still into CDs.  Then some bands thought it would be cool to resurrect

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Music History 

How the Beatles Invented Band Merch

February 11, 2014February 10, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Band Merch, Beatles, Swag

In case you haven’t had enough of all the 50th-anniversary-in-America stuff, there’s this article from The Music Network that details

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