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Random music news for Monday, March 9, 2020

March 9, 2020March 9, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Broadway, Coronavirus, Grateful Dead, Justin Bieber, Karaoke, Lewis Capaldi, R. Kelly, Tool, VHS, Wu Tang

Yes, I’m glad for the extra daylight at the end of the day, but switching to DST is not healthy.

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Random music news for Monday, December 17, 2018

December 17, 2018December 17, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Beyonce, Broadway, Colin Kroll, Frank Sinatra, Google, iPhone, Mariah Carey, Netflix, NFL, Phone Phreaking, Pizza, Podcasting, Punk Rock Girl, Sepultura, Streaming, Strokes, Super Bowl, WiFi

It’s the final sprint towards Christmas. How crazy is the next seven days for you? Can you take time to

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Haven’t had a chance to see Springsteen on Broadway? Fortunately, there’s Netflix

November 28, 2018November 28, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Broadway, Bruce Springsteen, Netflix

Bruce Springsteen’s one-man Broadway has grossed at least $66 million US so far. Tickets, if you can get them, are

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Random music news for Wednesday, November 28, 2018

November 28, 2018November 27, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments 8K video, Alessia Cara, Auschwitz, BBC, Brexit, Broadway, Bruce Springsteen, Country Music, Donald Trump, Facebook, Go-Gos, iPhones, Music sales, NHK, Primus, Roland, Sesame Street, Streaming, Studio, Ticketmaster, Toilets

Something happened in astronomy on this day in 1967 that eventually resulted in one of the most famous album covers

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Bruce Springsteen to release a soundtrack album for his Broadway show

November 3, 2018November 2, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Broadway, Bruce Springsteen

No one can get tickets to Springsteen’s one-man show on Broadway. Last I heard, the grosses of the 236-show run

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Random music news for Saturday, May 26, 2018

May 26, 2018May 25, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments A&R, Broadway, China, Common, GDPR, Hard Rock Daddy, Kanye West, Morgan Freeman, Muzenly, National Anthem, NFL, NOW, Payola, Peex, Playlists, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Seth Rogen, Spotify, Starbucks, Starving Artist, Teenage Head, Whitney Houston, YouTube Music

NO MORE GDPR EMAILS! PLEASE! I don’t even subscribe to 75% of these newsletters! And now, for music news on

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Random Music News for Wednesday, November 29, 2017

November 29, 2017November 28, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments AC/DC, AI, Annie Lennox, Apple, Bono, Broadway, Bruce Springsteen, Elton John, Elvis Presley, iPhone, Kurt Cobain, Malcolm Young, Pong, Psy, The Lion King, U2

This is the 45th anniversary of the release of Pong, the first commercially successful video game. And in music news

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Random Music News for Friday, June 23, 2017

June 23, 2017June 23, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Boo Radleys, Broadway, Donald Trump, Explosions in the Sky, John Waters, Johnny Depp, Liam Gallagher, Metal, Pandora, Princess Diana, Simpsons, Spotify, Taylor Swift, Tunein

It’s been a year exactly since the Brexit vote. How’s that going for everyone, hmm? And now, the music news

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Random Music News for Tuesday, June 6, 2017

June 6, 2017June 6, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments AIR Studios, Broadway, Ethan Farmer, Facebook, Fentanyl, Flaming Lips, Gregg Allman, Liam Gallagher, Monseratt, Noel Gallagher, One Love Manchester, Podcasts, Prince, Spongebob

Happy birthday, mom! And now, the music news for June 6. Was Prince given the wrong drug in hours before

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Random Music News for Friday, January 27, 2017

January 27, 2017January 26, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Anthrax, Apple Music, Beer, Bluetooth, Broadway, Donald Trump, Elton John, Frances Bean Cobain, Gordon Ramsey, John Cale, Kurt Cobain, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Scorpions, Spotify, Twenty One Pilots, Velvet Underground, WiFi

Construction in my basement continues. The smaller of the two bull terriers is losing her mind. Meanwhile, here’s music news.

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Drummer Plays So Hard He Falls Out of a Window

January 31, 2016January 30, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Broadway, Don Kelley Band, Nashville, Robert's Western World, Stan Saxon

If you’ve ever been to Nashville, you’ll know that you run into a different honky-tonk about every fifteen feet, all

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