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Pearl Jam can’t catch a break, cancels the rest of their US tour

May 19, 2022May 20, 2022 Alan Cross 5 Comments Covid, Gigaton, Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam’s Gigaton tour keeps running into issues. First, the whole thing was canceled in March 2020 in the first

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Gadgets 

Here’s an interesting side effect of the whole COVID thing: Increased sales of stereo gear

May 6, 2022May 6, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Audiophiles, Covid, Stereo, Stereo Equipment, Vinyl

Sales of vinyl rocketed over the course of the COVID pandemic as people sought to pass the time whilst in

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Random music news for Wednesday, May 4, 2022

May 4, 2022May 4, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments AstroWorld, Busking, Covid, Drake, Eurovision, Rod Stewart, Travis Scott

“I’m not dead yet!” No kidding. “I’m not dead yet, either!” Oops. Once you shiver at the implications of those

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Random music news for Friday, April 29, 2022

April 29, 2022April 29, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beach Boys, Beatles, CanRock, Coachella, Covid, George Michael, Justin Bieber, Lesotho, Metallica, Musical Trends, Nissim Black, U2

This doomsday alarm clock would want me to stay in bed with the covers over my head. Then how would

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Random music news for Saturday, April 23, 2022

April 23, 2022April 23, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Covid, Cynthia Plaster Caster, Drake, Gen Z, George Harrison, NFTs, Nirvana, Spotify

Hmm. Interesting. And so is music news for April 23, 2022. Think COVID is done? Hardly. Check out all these

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Random music news for Thursday, April 21, 2022

April 21, 2022April 21, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Blur, Covid, Listerine, Mask Mandates, Record Store Day, Rush, Touring

As you read this, I’m somewhere between Singapore and Toronto connecting through Doha. I have no idea what time it

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Random music news for Wednesday, April 13, 2022

April 13, 2022April 13, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Aaron Lewis, Cannabis, Coachella, Conspiracy Theories, Covid, Dave Mustaine, George Harrison, Jack White, KISS, Matt Gaetz, Metadata, TikTok, Weezer

Dammit. I really liked Gilbert Gottfried. He was my favourite filthy comedian.RIP. And now, some music news for April 13,

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Random music news for Saturday, April 9, 2022

April 9, 2022April 9, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Clive Davis, Covid, Guitar Solos, Kurt Cobain, Metallica, Opera, Rihanna, TikTok

I gotta get me one of these anti-Putin pro-Ukraine t-shirts. And this one is cool, too. (Via Oreo). Now let’s

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Random music news for Friday, April 8, 2022

April 8, 2022April 8, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments a-ha, Airpods, Amazon Music, Covid, Dethklok, Joy Division, Kanye, Metal Lords, Playlists, Spotify, The Weeknd, Twitter

I’m going to be hosting an online music trivia contest for charity in a couple of weeks. Wanna play? Get

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Random Music News for Saturday, April 2, 2022

April 2, 2022April 3, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Covid, Eddie Murphy, FC Barcelona, Hoodoo Gurus, James Brown, Logos, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mars, National Album Day, Rammstein, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rolling Stones, Snapchat, Spotify

I have a very long plane trip coming up on Thursday–in economy, of course. This shows how I’ll try to

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Random music news for Friday, April 1, 2022

April 1, 2022March 31, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Covid, David Bowie, Electric Guitar, Foo Fighters, Morrissey, Nick Cave, Pantera, Podcasts, Queen, Roger Taylor, Rolling Stones, Royal Blood, Taylor Hawkins, Ukraine, YouTube

Aliens are among us. Really. Be paranoid about that as you look through music news for April 1, 2022. No

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