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This Rob Zombie Xmas song should cheer you up

December 20, 2022December 20, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Christmas Music, Cover, Parody, Psychostick, Rob Zombie, Xmas Music, Zombie Claus

Rob Zombie? A Christmas song? In all fairness, he had nothing to do with it. Instead, we have Psychostick conjuring

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There’s a new holiday mixtape that’s raising money for music education in Canadian schools

December 17, 2022December 23, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Christmas Music, Holiday Music, Lemmon Entertainment, Music Charity, MusiCounts

Whenever school budgets are cut, the first thing that seems to go are the music programs. Given the benefits of

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Random music news for Friday, November 4, 2022

November 4, 2022November 4, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Christmas Music, Elon Musk, iPhones, Jack Armstrong, Jonny Ive, Twitter

Why are our attention spans shortening? Take a look at this. Then take a look at music news for November

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These are the most popular Christmas songs of all time

November 3, 2022November 3, 2022 Alan Cross 3 Comments 2022, Brenda Lee, Christmas Music

It’s that time again when radio stations across the continent interrupt their regular programming and flip to an all-Christmas music

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This Christmas metal project is called “Sleigher” for obvious reasons

December 24, 2021December 24, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Christmas Music, Cover Version, Slayer, Sleigher

A bunch of metal types have come together to make “Season in the Abyss” from Slayer into a Christmas song.

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Because you can never get enough theremin Christmas music

December 24, 2021December 24, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Carolina Eyck, Christmas Music, Theremin

The theremin is a finicky instrument that requires very deft and steady movements. Props to Carolina Eyck and her theremin.

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Billy F Gibbons gives a ZZ Top spin to “Jingle Bells”

December 24, 2021December 23, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment Billy F Gibbons, Christmas Music, Jingle Bells, ZZ Top

He calls it “Jingle Bell Blues.” A nice song for Christmas Eve. (Via Tom)

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This is good: “Stupid Freakin’ Elf on the Shelf”

December 15, 2021December 14, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Christmas Music, Elf on the Shelf, Glacial Erratic

Here’s a little comedy from Glacial Erratic, a band from up on Georgian Bay in Ontario. If there are kids

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Random music news for Monday, December 13, 2021

December 13, 2021December 13, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments #MeToo, Christmas Music, Holiday Music, Kanye West, Led Zeppelin, Taylor Swift

Well, this seems extreme. This day’s music news–December 13, 2021–isn’t at all like that. A new book could break open

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Here’s another festive song for Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox’s Sunday Lunch

December 12, 2021December 12, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Christmas Music, Robert Fripp, Sunday Lunch, Toyah Willcox

Robert Fripp and wife Toyah Roberts are still very much into the Christmas spirit with their Sunday Lunch performance. Sing

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Is this NFSW (or anywhere else, really) song the best of this year’s Xmas offerings?

December 5, 2021December 5, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Christmas Music, Comedy

You be the judge. (Via Tom) @fattdanncomedyclub ##christmas ♬ original sound – Fatt Dann Comedy Club

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