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Random music news for Wednesday, April 6, 2022

April 6, 2022April 6, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cassette, Elvis, Flea, Heritage Artists, K-Pop, Neil Young, Spotify, Streaming, Wiggles

Yeah, this dog does look like Matt Damon. Moving on to music news for April 6, 2022. The ratings for

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Queen is making an INSANE amount of money from “Bohemian Rhapsody.” And now they’re releasing a cassette.

July 3, 2021July 3, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment Bohemian Rhapsody, Cassette, Greatest Hits, Queen

When Queen first released “Bohemian Rhapsody” as a single on October 31, 1975, it was a disaster. Reviews were brutal.

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Gadgets Music History 

Lou Ottens, the inventor of the cassette, has died at age 94.

March 11, 2021March 12, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cassette, Lou Ottens, Phillips, Sony

Unless you’re a serious tech geek, chances are you’ve probably never seen the name Lou Ottens before you read the

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Bomb threat in North Carolina declared over a Journey cassette

October 31, 2018October 30, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bomb Threat, Cassette, Journey

When someone in the mailroom of The Duke Energy Building looked at the package, it seemed…suspicious. A rectangular shape could

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Here’s an interesting use for cassettes

August 22, 2018August 21, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Artist, Cassette

My hatred for cassettes as a music storage technology is well known. However, I don’t have an issue with using

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Gadgets 

This old cassette machine plays digital music. It’s a cool way to fake out your friends.

May 22, 2018May 22, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cassette, DAT, DCC

There were a couple of attempts to bring cassette technology into the digital era. The first, Digitial Audio Tape (DAT)

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A Possible Xmas Present: The Cassette Coffee Table

November 7, 2017November 7, 2017 Alan Cross 1 Comment Cassette, Coffee Table, Kickstarter

Although I believe that cassettes are a horribly outdated technology that deserves to die, I kinda like the kitchiness of

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WTF? 

KFC Has Just Released a GPS Cassette. It’s as Dumb as It Sounds, But It’s Still Kinda Fun.

September 27, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cassette, GPS, KFC

In case you’ve ever wanted driving directions from KFC HQ in Louisville, Kentucky, to its Big Chicken store (the one

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Music News 

Random Music News for Wednesday, July 26, 2017

July 26, 2017July 26, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Barbados, Caribbean, Cassette, Despacito, Facebook, Jay Z, Justin Bieber, Kid Rock, Mental Heath, Music Festival, Smart Speaker, Streaming, YouTube

The back-to-school ads are now all over TV. I’m not ready for this. Seriously. After all, it’s only July 26,

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Music History 

The Fish I Did Not Catch: The Tale of the Lost Our Lady Peace Demo Cassette

June 20, 2017June 20, 2017 Alan Cross 4 Comments Cassette, Demo, OLP, Our Lady Peace

One day in the spring of 1993 as I was preparing for my afternoon shift at 102.1 the Edge, I

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Gadgets 

A Device That Wants to Bring Back Cassettes

May 2, 2017 Alan Cross 2 Comments BrainMonk, Cassette, Cassettes, Elbow, Player

Please. Why do we want to bring back an obsolete bad-sounding music storage format? Those who are nostalgic for cassettes

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