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Easter Eggs

Music History Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music encore presentation: Hidden tracks and Easter eggs

July 13, 2018July 15, 2018 Alan Cross 1 Comment Arcade Fire, Catherine Wheel, CDs, Chris Carter, Clash, Cracker, Easter Eggs, Green Day, Hidden Tracks, Nick Cave, Nirvana, Offspring, Stone Temple Pilots, Tool, X-Files

You have music you don’t know about and never asked for. And no, I’m not talking about a U2 album.

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Cool! Music History 

Dead Wax Messages: Try THIS with MP3s

September 27, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Dead Wax, Easter Eggs, Etchings, Messages, Run-Out Groove

If you look at a vinyl record, there’s a gap between where the grooves end and the label begins. That

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Music News 

More Secrets Revealed in the Artwork of David Bowie’s Last Album

November 20, 2016November 19, 2016 Alan Cross 8 Comments Artwork, Blackstar, David Bowie, Easter Eggs

David Bowie has been gone since January 10 but he’s still managing to surprise his fans thanks to the carefully

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Music News 

Anyone Else Know About the New Oasis Easter Eggs?

October 5, 2014October 6, 2014 Alan Cross 3 Comments (What's the Story) Morning Glory, DVD, Easter Eggs, Oasis

One of the sad things about the decline of the CD is that we don’t see as many Easter eggs

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Music News
Music News The Secret History of Rock 

Random Music News for September 4, 2014

September 4, 2014September 4, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments BitTorrent, Easter Eggs, Gotye, Metallica, Neil Young, Pono, Rolling Stones, Sony

I’m almost ready to declare the new puppy house trained. Yay! Name the only band to ever perform a concert

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Music History 

The History of the Hidden Track

August 19, 2014August 19, 2014 Alan Cross 1 Comment Easter Eggs, Hidden Tracks, Secret Tracks

Back when CDs ruled, it became a thing for artists to hide tracks somewhere on the disc.  These Easter eggs

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Cool! 

Can You Find All 25 Easter Eggs in This YouTube Rewind Video?

December 29, 2013 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2013, Easter Eggs, YouTube

You have to do more than watch closely, too.  This video uses YouTube’s annotations feature to embed stuff within the

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