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Random music news for Friday, November 26, 2021

November 26, 2021November 26, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Danko Jones, Facebook, Monster Truck, NHC, Nintendo 64, Out Lady Peace, Pearl Jam, Radiohead, Shazam, Spotify, Steve Aoki, U2, Young Thug

Black Friday. Try not to get trampled. Or is that just an American thing? Here’s music news for November 26,

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Random music news for Friday, November 12, 2021

November 12, 2021November 12, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Facebook, Instagram, Jay-Z, KISS, Lucian Grange, Metaverse, Nile Rodgers, Noel Gallagher, Paul Stanley, Trooper, UMG

This rare Apple computer just sold for US$400,000. Old tech can be worth big bucks. Let’s move over to music

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Random music news for Tuesday, November 2, 2021

November 2, 2021November 2, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adele, Back to the Future, Bryan Adams, Covid, Facebook, Jay-Z, Kanye, Kanye West, KISS, Radio, Rickroll, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Slash, Thor, Tina Turner

Five hundred terabytes can be stored on this disc about the size of a toonie. Anyone want to calculate how

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Facebook is no more. It’s now called Meta

October 29, 2021October 29, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg, Meta, Rebranding

At the Facebook Connect conference today (October 28), evil overlord Mark Zuckerberg announced that the company was changing its name

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NDP MP Charlie Angus wants more regulation of Facebook

October 28, 2021October 28, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Charlie Angus, Facebook, Regulation

As we’ve seen time and time again (most recently from the just-released Facebook Papers), Mark Zuckerberg and his company are

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Music Industry 

Random music news for Thursday, October 21, 2021

October 21, 2021October 21, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Bruce Dickinson, Donald Trump, Eddy Grant, Facebook, Fender, Google, Iron Maiden, Live Streaming, Oasis, PHISH, Silverchair, Yung Thug

Tired of music memorabilia? How about space memorabilia? Let’s get down to business with music news for October 21, 2021.

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Did you know Facebook had an internal list of dangerous bands?

October 14, 2021October 14, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Dangerous Individuals and Organizations, Facebook, Hate Groups

Officially it was known as the “dangerous individuals and organizations” list or DIO. Along with the usual bunch of neo-Nazis

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Random music news for Wednesday, September 29, 2021

September 29, 2021September 28, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Darin Wall, Dave Grohl, Elon Musk, Facebook, Glastonbury, Glastonbury Festival, Greyhawk, Grimes, Instagram, John Lennon, Judas Priest, Machine Gun Kelly, NFTs, Paul McCartney, R Kelly, Spotify

A desktop quantum computer? Want! Moving to music news for September 29, 2021… Your debate question for today: Should R

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Random music news for Saturday, September 25, 2021

September 25, 2021September 24, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Albums, Chris Martin, Coldplay, Facebook, Garth Brooks, Insane Clown Posse, Justin Bieber, Musicians, R Kelly, Supermarket Radio, Toronto Maple Leafs

Gawd. Tiger King 2 is coming. This is not a drill. Neither is music news for September 25, 2021. Captain

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Facebook just announced some new video hardware

September 22, 2021September 22, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Facebook, Portal

They’re not very popular, but Facebook has its own line of smart devices similar to Google Nest Hub and Amazon’s

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Random music news for Thursday, September 9, 2021

September 9, 2021September 9, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Britney Spears, Drake, Facebook, Free Britney, INXS, Monday Night Football, Rickroll, Songwriting, StubHub, Twenty One Pilots

A good question: Why is there a tiny pocket above the front pocket on a pair of jeans? Here’s the

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