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Documentary Music History 

Here’s a trailer for the doc on the rise and fall of Casablanca Records

December 19, 2022December 19, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Casablanca Records, Disco, Documentary, Donna Summer, Neil Bogart

Back in the 70s, Neil Bogart’s Casablanca Records was on a roll. Not only was the label home to some

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Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, May 26, 2022

May 26, 2022May 26, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adele, Aerosmith, Catalogue Sales, Disco, Jarvis Cocker, Jimi Hendrix, Kanye, Radio, Smashing Pumpkins, Steve Tyler, TikTok

Japan continues to lead the world in vending machine technology. And this site does pretty good for music news on

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Movies Music History 

Here’s our first look at the biopic Spinning Gold. KISS is involved.

May 20, 2022May 20, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Biopic, Casablanca Records, Disco, Donna Summer, KISS, Neil Bogart

One of the more outrageous record industry characters was Neil Bogart, the head of Casablanca Records. The label’s glory days

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Music News 

A deconstruction of the Foo Fighters’ disco move

July 19, 2021July 19, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment Disco, Foo Fighters

[A guest post from frequent contributor, Gilles LeBlanc. – AC] Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters have seemingly done it all

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Music News 

Random music news for Tuesday, August 25, 2020

August 25, 2020August 24, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment ACLU, Beatles, Britney Spears, Coronavirus, COVID-19, Disco, Donald Trump, Eddie Grant, Elvis, Instagram, John Lure, Kanye, Max Weinberg, Michael Jackson, Wuhan

What does it look like to approach the speed of light? This. Now that your mind is boggled, let’s move

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Random music news for Wednesday, August 28, 2019

August 28, 2019August 28, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments BMW, David Lee Roth, Disco, Goth, Iggy Pop, Internet, Mark Maron, Phones, Prince, Smart Assistants

Why does a salad seem taste better when someone else makes it? Just wondering. Meanwhile, here’s what I have for

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Music History Opinion 

A slightly different look at the night disco was demolished.

July 21, 2019July 22, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Disco, Disco Demolition

Here’s another example of how viewing historical events through a contemporary lens can lead to distortions about how things actually

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, July 20, 2019

July 20, 2019July 19, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments ASAP Rocky, Disco, Kim Kardashian, Rihanna, Robbie Robertson, Smartphones, TIFF

It’s the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11’s landing. We need to go back. Time for music news for July 20,

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Music News 

Random music news for March 8, 2019

March 8, 2019March 8, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ariana Grande, Disco, Ramones, Starbucks

Merry International Women’s Day. In addition to that, we have music news for March 8, 2019. I wrote this about

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WTF? 

Star Wars + Disco + Ballet + France = This

March 1, 2019February 28, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Disco, Star Wars

No, I don’t get it, either. How could this have ever seemed like a good idea? (Blame Tom for the

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Music News 

Random music news for Monday, December 10, 2018

December 10, 2018December 10, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1975, Alexa, Disco, Fleetwood Mac, South Africa, Ticketmaster, Yo Yo Ma

On this day in 1901, the first Nobel Prize ceremony was held. That’s a big ancient, so here’s something more

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