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Weekly survey: How many subscriptions to streaming entertainment services do you have?

August 8, 2022August 8, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple Music, Apple TV, Audio, Disney, Netflix, Spotify, Subscriptions, Video

I’ve got subscription fatigue. It’s a different kind of Long Covid, one that has its roots in the months of

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Random music news for Saturday, July 9, 2022

July 9, 2022July 9, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Backstreet Boys, Barbie, Bob Dylan, Disney, Disturbed, Dr Dre, Kanye West, Live Nation, My Chemical Roman, Netflix, Podcasting, Rogers, Soundtracks, Spotify, The Weeknd, Three Days Grace

On a dating app? Notice the conspiracy theories there? Nothing conspiratorial about music news for July 9, 2022. Doing his

Day two of the HitPiece saga: Major artists involved, but were any laws broken?

February 3, 2022February 3, 2022 Amber Healy 0 Comments Apple, Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Disney, DMCA, Hidden Pony Records, HitPiece, iTunes, Mike Renaud, NFTs, Nickelodeon, Rory Felton, Slaight Music, The Human Fly, Trademark

Within a calendar day of making a notoriously terrible first impression, HitPiece has zapped its website back to life, smug

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Random music news for Tuesday, August 17, 2021

August 17, 2021August 17, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beatles, Concerts, Covid, Disney, Foo Fighters, IBM PC, Madonna, New Romantics, Peleton, Scalping, Sonos, Spotify, Tours, Twitter

Anyone seen any signs of pumpkin spice latte creep? It’s been coming sooner and sooner each year… Skip that for

Ongoing History of New Music

Ongoing History Daily: Disney’s musical error

May 13, 2021May 13, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment Disney, Hollywood Records, Nirvana, Smashing Pumpkins

In 1989, Disney decided that they wanted to get into the record industry. However, instead of buying an existing label,

The Sad History of the Super Bowl Halftime Show

February 7, 2021February 7, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Carol Channing, Disney, Halftime Shows, History, Michael Jackson, Prince, Super Bowl, U2, Up with People

[Here’s a post from the past worth resurrecting for today. – AC] For the life of me, I can’t understand

Funny/Weird Recommended Music

How about punk versions of Disney songs?

December 7, 2020December 7, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment Disney, Punk Rock Factory

If you’re a parent with a young child who insists on listening to Disney songs over and over and over

Random music news for Saturday, November 16, 2019

November 16, 2019November 15, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Britney Spears, Concert Tickets, Disney, Gowan, Jay Z, KISS, Michael Jackson, Neil Young, Osbournes, Simpsons, Styx, Twenty One Pilots, Vladimir Putin

Home from Asia after a 27 hour trip. Let the jetlag begin–but not before we tackle music news for November

Random music news for Thursday, November 29, 2018

November 29, 2018November 29, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Audi, Autonomous Vehicles, Beck, California Wildfires, Coding, Disney, Drake, Hedley, Jacob Hoggard, Johnny Depp, Madonna, MusicMonster, Pavarotti, Playlist, Ron Howard, SendMusic, Shane McGowan, Silverchair, Soundcloud, Spongebob Squarepants, Spotify, Stephen Hillenburg, Stevie Woinder

On this day in 1972, Atari released Pong. It became the first successful commercial video game. As for music news

Zoe Kravitz cast to star in Disneys’ TV adaptation of High Fidelity

September 25, 2018September 24, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Disney, High Fidelity, Zoe Kravitz

You may already have heard that Disney is going to adapt Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity for a TV show that

Random music news for Thursday, August 16, 2018

August 16, 2018August 16, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments #MeToo, Aerosmith, Apple Glasses, Classical Music, Courtney Love, Cuba, Disney, Donald Trump, Elvis, Gene Simmons, George Soros, Ivanka Trump, Madonna, Michael Jackson, The Kooks

On this day in 1962, drummer Pete Best is fired by the Beatles. Two days later, he was replaced by

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