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Random music news for Friday, October 23, 2020

October 23, 2020October 22, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 Live Crew, Arcade Fire, Coldplay, Contracts, Damned, Don McLean, Dreams, Fleetwood Mac, Fyre Festival, Grateful Dead, Hard Rock Cafe, Keith Jarrett, Neil Young, Pink Floyd, Platinum Songs, Record Contracts

If you like hot, spicy food, you might want to get this smartphone thing that measures the heat of chilis.

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Random music news for Monday, September 21, 2020

September 21, 2020September 20, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Dark Side of the Moon, Dr. Dre, Fyre Festival, Iron Maiden, Metal, Music Piracy, Partridge Family, Radio, Ruth Bader Ginsberg, TikTok, Walmart, Wizard of Oz

Give an alligator helium to chance its voice? Why not? Now that’s out of the way, here’s music news for

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Random music news for Wednesday, June 24, 2020

June 24, 2020June 23, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beastie Boys, Chester Bennington, Chris Cornell, Drums, Fyre Festival, Linkin Park, Queen, Record Stores, Rick Rubin, Spotify, Tom Morello

New survey from ‘Murica: Americans would rather give up sex and Netflix instead of their pickups. Moving on to music

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Random music news for Friday, May 22, 2020

May 22, 2020May 21, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Andy Gill, COVID-19, Death Angel, Facebook Live, Fyre Festival, Gang of Four, Guns N'Roses, Ice Cube, Instagram, Kendall Jenner, Live Nation, Marianne Faithfull, Mister Rogers, New Zealand, Nickelback, U2, Vinyl, Virtual Concerts, Wu-Tang Clan, YouTube

Remember when the US Memorial Day Weekend used to be a big time for blockbuster movies? This has already been

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Random music news for Friday, April 17, 2020

April 17, 2020April 16, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Coronavirus, Fyre Festival, Rock am Ring, Wacken

Remember when we were excited to see Friday come along? But if you’re stuck inside, it’s just another day wearing

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Random music news for Tuesday, February 18, 2020

February 18, 2020February 17, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Beyonce, Billie Eilish, Bob Marley, El Mocambo, Fyre Festival, Liam Gallagher, Michael Bloomberg, Noel Gallagher, Radio Sputnik, Rickroll, Soundwaves

Wearing a face mask to keep from being sick but frustrated that your iPhone’s Face ID won’t work? Try this.

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Random music news for Thursday, November 21, 2019

November 21, 2019November 21, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Akon, Billie Eilish, Blink-182, David Gilmour, Fyre Festival, Grammy Awards, Ja Rule, Joni Mitchell, Kayne, Michelle Obama, Music VIdeos, My Chemical Romance, Rage Against the Machine, Rob Gronkowski, YouTube

Fifty years ago today, the first permanent ARPANET (a forerunner to the internet) was established between UCLA and Stanford. And

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Random music news for Wednesday, October 16, 2019

October 16, 2019October 16, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Christian Music, Def Leppard, Donald Trump, Fall Out Boy, Fyre Festival, Gary Glitter, Green Day, Hi-Res Audio, Ja Jule, Joker, K-Pop, Mixtapes, Playlists, Sony

The Cuban Missile Crisis began on this day in 1962. We don’t need another one of those, ever. Otherwise, how

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Random music news for Wednesday, September 25, 2019

September 25, 2019September 25, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, BB King, Billy McFarland, Eventbrite, Fyre Festival, Live Nation, Mooodify, Neil Young, Pono, Ticketmaster

Off to the UK today for some Beatles’s work. If all goes well, I’ll get to interview Ringo tomorrow. Meanwhile,

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Random music news for Monday, May 13, 2019

May 13, 2019May 12, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Drake, Fugees, Fyre Festival, Mick Jagger, Nickelback, Playlist stuffing, Roxodus

Let’s see if we can get through the week without the hosting service of this website getting pooched again. This

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What if Brexit was sold the same way as the Fyre Festival? Then it might look like this.

March 22, 2019March 22, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Brexit, Fyre Festival

It’s been almost a year since the Fyre Festival debacle. As bad as that was, it’s a grain of sand

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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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