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Because it’s Caturday, here’s a boys’ choir singing like cats

October 29, 2022October 31, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cats, Caturday, Choir

There’s an informal internet rule that if run across something about cats and it’s Saturday, it must be posted. I

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Recommended Music 

Can you turn a death metal classic into a song about kittens?

July 7, 2022July 7, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bloodbath, Cats, Cover Version, Eaten, Philipp Stoh

Yes. Yes, you can. Back in 2004, Sweden’s Bloodbath released a track called “Eaten” which deals with the fun subject

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WTF? 

Further proof that Donald Trump has dodgy taste in music

June 30, 2022June 30, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Andrew Llloyd-Webber, Cats, Donald Trump, Stephanie Grisham

Look, there should be no shame when it comes to liking certain types of music. Respect all music, listen to

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Music News 

“Bohemian Rhapsody” + Cats = This

October 5, 2021October 5, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bohemian Rhapsody, Cats, Cover Version, Parody, Queen

It’s “Bohemian Catsody,” of course. And because Freddie was such a fan of cats, you know he’d approve.

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WTF? 

New book reveals that Donald Trump could be calmed down by playing him show tunes

September 29, 2021September 30, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cats, Donald Trump, Max Miller, Memory, Stephanie Grisham

I’ve been tearing through all the books about the Trump presidency (I’m currently on Peril, the Woodward/Costa book, which is

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Music News AJMT
Music News 

Random music news for Wednesday, June 9, 2021

June 9, 2021June 9, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Auction, Cats, Juliens, Kid Rock, Munsters, Music Venues, Nick Cave, Post Malone, R Kelly, Record Store Day, Rob Zombie, Vinyl

That was some internet outage yesterday, huh? When Amazon goes down, you know it was bad. We’re okay now, so

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Music News AJMT
Music News 

Random music news for Tuesday, April 27, 2021

April 27, 2021August 7, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Barenaked Laides, Bill C-10, Blur, Cats, Country Music, Covid, Guitars, NFTs, Steven Page

Can you give your cat COVID? Apparently so. Careful with kitty, okay? On to music news for April 27, 2021.

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WTF? 

Meow Mix: The album

March 14, 2021March 14, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cats, MeowMix

If you’ve ever had a cat, Meow Mix might have been part of your life. And even if you’re not

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Music News AJMT
Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, October 3, 2020

October 3, 2020October 2, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cats, Fleetwood Mac, Giddy, Google, Joe Biden, John Lennon, Oasis, Radio, Sex in the City, Spinal Tap, Teenage Engineering, TikTok, Yoko Ono

A interesting point, don’t you think? Here’s what’s going on in music news for October 3, 2020. Coronavirus update 1:

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Music News 

Should you leave music on for your dog when you leave the house?

October 23, 2019October 22, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cats, Dogs

Whenever I leave the two English bull terriers at home alone, they’re usually sleeping. But on those occasions when they’re

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Movies 

What are we to make of this trailer for the new film adaptation of Cats?

July 20, 2019July 19, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cats

The reaction to the trailer for this upcoming film version of Cats has been,…interesting. What are your thoughts?

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