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Fashion

Controversy 

Are these sweatpants racist? (There’s a music angle to this)

September 15, 2021September 15, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment Balenciaga, Cultural Appropriation, Fashion, Hip-hop, Racism, Sweatpants

If you’re into high fashion, you’ll know the name Balenciaga. The company has just released this pair of sweatpants. Take

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Eddie Vedder, fashion icon

June 9, 2021June 9, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Eddie Vedder, Fashion, Grunge, Pearl Jam, Perry Ellis

When Eddie Vedder flew up to Seattle from San Diego to join the band in the fall of 1990, he

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Music News 

We Need Rules When It Comes to Who Should Wear Band T-Shirts (Plus an Update of What Wall Street 1 Percenters Can Buy)

August 3, 2016August 3, 2016 Alan Cross 41 Comments Band T-Shirts, Fashion

This guy wearing this t-shirt is not only inappropriate but wrong. Very, very wrong. Morally reprehensible, even. Call me petty

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Music History 

Rolling Stone Doc On NYC 70’s Fashion

February 14, 2016February 13, 2016 Larry Lootsteen 0 Comments 1970s, Fashion, HBO, NYC, Rolling Stone, Vinyl

Rolling Stone is hosting a documentary series on fashion in New York City in the 1970’s. The series is being

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Music History 

Fun: A How-to-be-a-Punk Guide from 1977

December 25, 2015December 25, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1977, Fashion, Punk

If you’re of a certain age, you may remember The Great Grunge Hoax of 1992, a story that purported to

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Music News
Music News 

Random Music News for Monday, June 29, 2015

June 29, 2015June 28, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 50 Cent, AllNaturalMusic, BBC, Canadian, Fashion, Glastonbury, Grateful Dead, Hip-hop, Indie, Joni Mitchell, Kanye West, Meat Puppets, Nicki Minaj, Nirvana, One Direction, Shania Twain, Stephen Colbert, Taylor Swift

Today is the 8th birthday of the iPhone. Interested in a documentary on hip hop fashion? Click here. The Meat

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Cool! 

Why Do All Hipsters Look the Same? Let’s Ask Math!

March 5, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Conformity, Fashion, Hipsters

This is from Discover magazine, so it has to be true, right? It even comes with a couple of fancy

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WTF? 

Punk Rock Starter Kit

July 19, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Etsy, Fashion, Punk Rock

Diffuser.com found this on Etsy.  I sure its creators has good intentions, but jeezus…

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Music News 

Punk Rock Haut Couture is Back

March 5, 2014March 5, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Fashion, Haut Couture, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Punk

Then again, we are talking about Jean Paul Gaultier, who has always been a fan of old school punk.  One

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Cool! 

New Clothes to Spice Up a Goth Girl’s Wardrobe

January 23, 2014January 23, 2014 Alan Cross 3 Comments Fashion, Goth

Don’t ask how, but I stumbled over this at Store Envy.  

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Gadgets 

Gift Idea: The Wearable Speaker

December 22, 2013 Alan Cross 0 Comments Fashion, Headphones, Monocle, Speakers

It’s called The Monocle.  Personally, I don’t get it and this Annoyance Potential for a gadget like this seems high,

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Ongoing History of New Music Podcast

Music Tech MeetUp

Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

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Podcast – The Backstage Project

The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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    Our latest guest on The Backstage Project podcast comes to us from the world of Canadian television. TBP was thrilled to have a chance to visit and catch up with marblemedia’s Mark Bishop. Mark is an accomplished entrepreneur, brand-builder and trusted media industry advocate. In 2001 Mark and Co-Founder Matt Hornburg founded marblemedia, one of […]
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