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Weekly survey: Do you like The Beatles?

November 29, 2021November 30, 2021 Alan Cross 3 Comments Beatles, Get Back, Goat, Let It Be, Peter Jackson

My wife and I spend a big chunk of the weekend watching director Peter Jackson’s Get Back documentary, an eight-hour

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Music News 

Poll: Who Is the Greatest Rock Lyricist of All-Time?

October 7, 2019October 7, 2019 Gilles LeBlanc 35 Comments Goat, Greatest Rock Lyricist of All-Time, Lyricist, Poll, Song Lyrics

As the second decade of the 3rd millennium nears its end and I start thinking about what inevitable listicles to

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Poll: Who Is the Greatest Frontperson in ROCK, ever?

October 12, 2018October 12, 2018 Gilles LeBlanc 31 Comments Frontman, Frontperson, Frontwoman, Goat, Poll, Rock Band

I’ll cut right to the chase – I want to ask one simple question to the musically-educated readers of this

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Music News Recommended Music 

All-Female Choir to Perform “All I Want for Christmas is a Goat.” You Heard Me.

December 13, 2016December 14, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Christmas, Goat

Last year, a group called ActionAid released an album entitled All I Want for Christmas is a Goat, which involved

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Cool! 

Accordion Puppy (Plus a Bonus Story About an Angry Goat)

February 10, 2016February 10, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Accordion, Cute, Goat, Puppy

I’ll admit it: my first instrument was the accordion. My dog was less enthusiastic about my playing than this little

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WTF? 

Because It’s Friday, You Need a Goat Playing “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer on an Electric Guitar”

December 18, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Goat, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

A reindeer antlers-wearing, Christmas jumper sporting goad riffing on “Rudolf the Red-Nosed Reindeer” on an electric guitar. Nothing strange about

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