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Random music news for Thursday, February 16, 2023

February 16, 2023February 16, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beach Boys, De La Soul, Depeche Mode, Good Vibrations, Guns N'Roses, health, Hearing, Lana Del Rey, Metal, Radio, Streaming

Well, someone had to do it, I guess. Thank you? And you can thank me for music news for February

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Music History Music News 

The Beach Boys’ Brian Wilson turned 80. Here are some birthday wishes from some famous friends

June 21, 2022June 21, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments 80th Birthday, Beach Boys, Brian Wilson

Paul McCartney isn’t the only music legend turning 80 this month. Brian Wilson, the songwriting genius behind the Beach Boys,

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Random music news for Friday, April 29, 2022

April 29, 2022April 29, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beach Boys, Beatles, CanRock, Coachella, Covid, George Michael, Justin Bieber, Lesotho, Metallica, Musical Trends, Nissim Black, U2

This doomsday alarm clock would want me to stay in bed with the covers over my head. Then how would

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Random music news for Monday, January 24, 2022

January 24, 2022January 24, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Concerts, Drake, Evan Rachel Wood, Marilyn Manson, Meat Loaf, Ozzy Osbourne, Super Bowl, The Fugees, The Weeknd, Wiggles

I was at Costco yesterday–wearing a mask, of course–when got a tickle in my nose and sneezed. From the looks

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Music Industry 

The Beach Boys just sold…EVERYTHING about who they are.

February 19, 2021February 19, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beach Boys, Irving Azoff

There’s been a giant rush to buy up the publishing catalogues by big-name artists. Companies like Hipgnosis, Primary Wave, Conchord,

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Random music news for Monday, January 4, 2021

January 4, 2021January 4, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beach Boys, Bruce Springsteen, Flea, KLF, Liam Gallagher, Oasis, PHISH, Prince, Ramones, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Snoop Dogg, Vanilla Ice, Vinyl Records

End of the holidays, back to work. Now we just need to focus on getting through January, February, and March.

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Recommended Music 

Listen to the Beach Boys have a bad day

July 18, 2020July 18, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beach Boys

This odd bit of audio has been bouncing around online for nearly a decade. I’m sure the Beach Boys would

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Music History 

This is cool: Rare studio footage of the Beach Boys recording “Good Vibrations”

March 23, 2020March 22, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Good Vibrations, Wrecking Crew

Given the studio technology available to Brian Wilson in 1965, the creation of “Good Vibration” is nothing short of astonishing.

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Music History Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 831: It’s a family affair

October 19, 2018October 18, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beach Boys, Bee Gees, Cowboy Junkies, Cowsills, Cribs, Devo, Echosmith, Greta Van Fleet, INXS, Jackson 5, Kings of Leon, Kongos, Nickelback, Shaggs

Music is one of those things that can bring families together. Sometimes, that togetherness grows into a business. The Bee

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Music News 

Random music news for Wednesday, September 19, 2018

September 19, 2018September 18, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Barenaked Ladies, Beach Boys, Brian Wilson, Drugs, Fake plays, Fortnite, Metadata, Pussy Riot, Pyotr Verzilov, Spotify, Vladimir Putin

I’ve never seen more squirrels collecting nuts in my neighbourhood. Does that mean we’re in for a bad winter? Ponder

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Music History 

No Auto Tune here, kids: Marvin Gaye’s isolated vocals from “I Heard It Through the Grapevine”

March 29, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beach Boys, I Heard It Through the Grapevine, Isolated Vocals, Marvin Gaye, Wouldn't It Be Nice

In the days before Auto Tune and other studio bumfluffery, a singer really had to know how to sing. Case in

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