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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: The Sid Vicious assassination conspiracy

June 10, 2021June 10, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments CIA, Conspiracy, Nancy Spungen, Punk, Sid Vicious

Think the mob killed JFK? A supporter of QAnon? The COVID vaccine filled with Bill Gates-designed nanobots? Try this one

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Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: The great KGB punk conspiracy

April 23, 2021April 23, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments CIA, Clash, Conspiracy, Crass, KGB, Scorpions, Sex Pistols

[We’re taking a one-week pause for a COVID mental health break. But new shows will resume again next week. -AC]

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Music News 

Random Music News for Tuesday, April 18, 2017

April 18, 2017April 17, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Anne Murray, Canadian Music Week, CIA, CMW, Kendrick Lamar, Neuroscience, North Korea, Rare Records, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Time for Canadian Music Week. No sleep ’til Sunday. And now, the music news for April 18. The music sales

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Music News 

Random Music News for Friday, March 24, 2017

March 24, 2017March 24, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adele, Chuck Berry, CIA, Connected Car, Elvis Presley, Geffen Records, GPS, iPhone, Major Labels, Paul McCartney, Rock Band, Snapchat, Streaming, SXSW, VR

On this day 59 years ago, Elvis was drafted into the army. And in music news… Chuck Berry apparently left

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Music News 

Holy Crap! Wikileaks Says That the CIA Knows How to Hack Our Phones, TVs and More

March 7, 2017March 8, 2017 Alan Cross 1 Comment Android, CIA, iOS, Malware, Samsung, WhatsApp, WikiLeaks, Zero Exploits

There was another huge dump of documents–8,761, to be exact–by Wikileaks today under the name “Vault,” all purported to be

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Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 765: CONSPIRACY!

October 28, 2016October 31, 2016 Alan Cross 4 Comments 440 hz, Alien Coverup, Assissination, Bataclan, Bob Marley, CIA, Conspiracy Theories, Eagles of Death Metal, KKK, MK Ultra, Music, USSR

I love me a good conspiracy. Who really shot JFK? Is the British royal family actually lizard people? Did NASA

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Controversy 

The Weirdest Music Conspiracies of All Time

June 25, 2016 Alan Cross 4 Comments Aaliyah, Beyonce, Bob Marley, CIA, Conspiracy Theories, Jay Z, Kurt Cobain, Lorde, MH370, Morrissey, Paul McCartney, Punk, Shakira

Trust in politicians, corporations, banks, sports figures, the church and the media has gone off a cliff over the last

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WTF? 

How the Hell Did Beyonce Make Her Lemonade Project in Total Secrecy? The CIA.

April 26, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alex Jones, Beyonce, CIA, InfoWars

Last night on The Late Show, Stephen Colbert wondered how Beyonce could have made her new Lemonade “visual album” in

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Music News 

The Cold War Weirdness of Radio Swan

November 30, 2015December 1, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments CIA, Cold War, Gibraltar Steamship Company, Honduras, Radio Swan

Before the Internet came along to distract me, I often sat up late at night with my Sony ICF-7600W shortwave

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Podcast 

Geeks and Beats Podcast, Episode 124: What’s in a Name?

October 14, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Aerosmith, Bob Marley, CIA, dog translator, Donald Trump, Erin Lawrence, North Korea, Parrot, Qwerkywriter, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Steven Tyler, Thanksgiving, Zik 2.0

This week’s show was recorded after too much turkey and wine. Although my Thanksgiving meal was the day before, I

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Music History 

Tinfoil Hat People, Pay Attention: Did the CIA Assassinate Bob Marley?

October 6, 2015October 6, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Assassination, Bob Marley, Cancer, CIA, Jamaica

[Note: This is an article I wrote for Nightflight.com. You should check out that site for 80s and 90s material.

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