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Into gaming? How about a gaming computer that costs US$44,000?

Gamers are all about hardware. CPU speed. GPU power. Liquid cooling. Super-fast RAM. Tons of storage. And if you have the money, you can build a gaming machine that might

Music News

Random music news for Friday, May 4, 2018

May 4, 2018 Alan Cross Cold War, Dame Vera Lynn, E, Ecstasy, Facebook, Fleetwood Mac, Gaming, Google, Jazz, Kanye West, Kurt Cobain, Lindsey Buckingham, MDMA, Paulina Porizkova, Ric Ocasek, Taylor Swift, Van Morrison, YouTube

I just can’t stop staring at the car crash that is the Trump administration. It’s better than any TV show, which concerns me since Veep is coming back soon. How

Music Industry

How Artists Are Scamming Streaming Services

July 7, 2017 Alan Cross Gaming, Scamming, Streaming

If there’s a system, you can bet that someone is going to try to game it. In the case of streaming music, how do you adjust your strategy to boost

Gadgets

ROCK SCIENCE: The Rock Game of the Century

October 7, 2014 Alan Cross Gaming, Rock Science

The moment you put “rock” and “science” in the same phrase, my inner geek perks up. Hey, I did create the content for the Science of Rock’n’Roll music exhibition. And