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Music News 

Random music news for Tuesday, February 8, 2022

February 8, 2022February 8, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Angels & Airwaves, Bored Ape Yacht Club, Cassettes, Covid, Eddie Vedder, Foo Fighters, Lady A, Live Music, Merch for Good, Spotify, Super Bowl

This is why you don’t want to use “‘ji32k7au4a83” as your password. Who knew? Consider that as you move onto

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Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 924: The History of Portable Music, Part 1

September 17, 2021September 17, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment 8Track, Car Radios, Cassettes, Portable Music

One of the many great things about music is that we can enjoy it anywhere. Everyone has a smartphone and

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Poll 

Weekly survey: Are you into the so-called “cassette resurrection?”

August 30, 2021August 30, 2021 Alan Cross 4 Comments Cassette Resurrection, Cassettes

A quick search online for “cassettes” will uncover some results about how the format is making a comeback. Hell, the

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Opinion 

I really, really miss old-school stores. Let me count the ways.

August 16, 2021August 15, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments 8-Tracks, Cassettes, Record Stores, Vinyl

[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] One night while trying something other than endlessly doomscrolling for stories about

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Music History 

I found my old cassette collection in a crawlspace. It brought back these memories.

June 14, 2021June 14, 2021 Alan Cross 3 Comments Cassette Collection, Cassette Culture, Cassettes

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Let me be clear from the outset: I do not like

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Funny/Weird 

This US Supreme Court decision on lifetime gun bans means you’d better not have sold bootleg cassettes

April 20, 2021April 19, 2021 Alan Cross 3 Comments Cassettes, Guns, US Supreme Court

On Monday (April 19), the US Supreme Court refused to hear appeals on a federal law that would see a

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: RIP Lou Ottens

April 9, 2021April 8, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cassettes, Compact Cassette, Lou Ottens, Ongoing History

Back in February, Lou Ottens died at the age of 94. If you’ve ever made an old-school mixtape, you owe

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Gadgets Music History 

The history of the cassette and why it refuses to die

March 29, 2021March 28, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cassettes, Lou Ottens

[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] People of a certain vintage couldn’t help feel a twinge of sad

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Music News 

Random music news for Friday, March 26, 2021

March 26, 2021March 26, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alex Pangman, Cassettes, David Marsden, Eating Disorders, Harvard Business Review, Johnny Lydon, Kate Bush, Merch, NFT, Rappers, Robert Daltrey, Robert Fripp, Robots, Sexism in Music, Sharon Osbourne, Spotify, Toyah Willcox

This gives new meaning to the term “dirty money.” We’re number one! We’re number one! CA-NA-DA! Yay. And ew. Moving

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Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 907: Digital Debris part 1: B-sides and bonus tracks

January 22, 2021August 12, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment B-sides, Bonus Tracks, Cassettes, CDs, Ongoing History, Streaming, Vinyl

We are very, very deep into the digital era when it comes to music. Virtually every song we could ever

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Music Industry 

Here’s a visualization of the evolution of the music industry since 1977.

October 4, 2020October 4, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cassettes, CDs, Streaming, Vinyl

The recorded music industry has gone through a ton of changes in its 100+-year history. This visualization illustrates some of

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