Conspiracy Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Here’s a music conspiracy that may be new to you: Trump supporters “silenced” Chester Bennington

August 10, 2022August 11, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Chester Bennington, Conspiracy, Donald Trump, Silenced, Suicide

Chester Bennington’s 2017 suicide sent ripples throughout pop culture. We’re still feeling it. It was well known that Chester had

Ongoing History of New Music

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

May 27, 2022May 27, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Conspiracy, KGB, Punk Rock, Scorpions, Wind of Change

You may be aware of a podcast that came out in the spring of 2020 that sought to get to

No, Pfizer does NOT have a piece of Neil Young’s publishing catalogue

February 15, 2022February 15, 2022 Alan Cross 2 Comments Anti-Vaxxers, Conspiracy, Hipgnosis, Neil Young, Pfizer

Conspiracy theorists are always contorting themselves to prove their crazy allegations. A few of them thought they’d found a smoking

Conspiracy! Was Ozzy guitarist Randy Rhoads murdered?

December 14, 2021December 14, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Conspiracy, Murder, Randy Rhoads

Rock fans all know the story of the death of Randy Rhoads on March 19, 1982, the brilliant Ozzy Osbourne

Looking for a new weirdo music conspiracy? This one contends that The Beatles didn’t write their own music

September 16, 2021September 16, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beatles, Conspiracy, Mike Williams, Songwriting

If you’ve got four-and-a-half hours, let Mike Williams explain to you why he believes The Beatles didn’t write their own

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

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]

Following up on a weird conspiracy theory: Is Rivers Cuomo really Kurt Cobain?

February 19, 2021February 19, 2021 Alan Cross 2 Comments Conspiracy, Kurt Cobain, Rivers Cuomo, Weezer

Late in 2020, I did an Ongoing History of New Music program on great musical conspiracies. One of them involved

Ongoing History of New Music

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 895: The great KGB punk conspiracy

October 16, 2020April 22, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Conspiracy, KGB, Punk

You may be aware of a podcast that came out in the spring of 2020 that sought to get to

This guy claims that a common 4/4 beat causes moral decay.

July 21, 2020July 20, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments 4/4 Beat, Conspiracy

Music theory 101: A 4/4 beat means there are four beats to a bar. There are different ways of emphasizing

Controversy Music History

All of our music is WRONG! The great 440 Hz conspiracy

May 14, 2018May 14, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments 432 hz, 440 hz, Conspiracy, Mind Control

[This is my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca – AC] Gather ’round, kids. Those of you with tinfoil hats may wish

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