Guinness Book of World Records Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Behold the fastest drummer in the world. He’s 11.

May 20, 2022May 20, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments drumming, Drums, Fastest Drummer, Guinness Book of World Records

Drummers love to play fast. But what are the limits of the human body? At the moment, those limits are

Random music news for Friday, November 19, 2021

November 19, 2021November 19, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, AstroWorld, Covid, Ed Sheeran, Elton John, Guinness Book of World Records, Punk, Sting

Nanobots are now real. This will freak out the tinfoil hat people. The music news for November 19, 2021, is

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Is this the new longest song in the world? It lasts for 48 hours.

May 9, 2021May 9, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment First Contact, Guinness Book of World Records, Longest Song, Pocket Gods

There are a number of songs that profess to be the longest ever, including a bunch of AI-powered composition programs

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Random music news for Friday, April 30, 2021

April 30, 2021April 30, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Arsenal, Canada, Daniel Ek, EPL, Florence Welch, Guinness Book of World Records, Kodiak Black, Noel Gallagher, Radio, Spotify

She smuggled a gun into jail HOW? Oh. Sorry for the mental image. Distract yourself with music news for April

How many songs can you put on one album? We have a new record.

May 31, 2019May 31, 2019 Alan Cross 1 Comment Guinness Book of World Records, Pocket Gods, Streaming

When music was confined to pieces of plastic like vinyl LPs and CDs, there was limit to the number of

Random music news for Monday, September 17, 2018

September 17, 2018September 17, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments AC/DC, Bon Scott, Daniel Johns, Guinness Book of World Records, Judgement Night, K-Pop, Killers, Lenny Kravitz, Marc Ribot, Mercury Prize, Metallica, Michael Jackson, Pete Doherty, PIxies, Polaris Music Prize, Rick Astley, Silverchair, Smule, Surfer Rosa, Tony Bennett

Back at work after two weeks of time off and just in time for tonight’s Polaris Music Prize gala. I’ll

Random music news for Thursday, August 23, 2018

August 23, 2018August 22, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments AC/DC, Aerosmith, AI, Aretha Franklin, Chrome, Def Jam, Donald Trump, Drake, Google, Guinness Book of World Records, JJ Abrams, La Roux, Liam Gallagher, New York Jets, Prince, Shortwave, Sinead O'Connor, Spotify, VR, Weird Al

The reason you’re reading this is because on this day in 1991, the World Wide Web was open to the

Gord Downie-inspired “longest concert ever” event now officially a Guinness World Record

January 17, 2018January 17, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Guinness Book of World Records, Stouffville

Remember last spring when the Whitchurch Pup in Stouffville, Ontario, tried to pull off the longest concert ever? More specifically,

And the Most Re-Tweeted Band in the World Is…

November 24, 2017November 24, 2017 Alan Cross 3 Comments BTS, Guinness Book of World Records, Twitter

The Guinness Book of World Record has a category for everything. For the 2018 edition, it has just certified K-Pop

The Final Word on Canada’s World Record for the Longest Continuous Multi-Artist Concert

April 7, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Epidemic Music Group, Guinness Book of World Records, Stouffville

It finally came to an end around midnight his past Tuesday/Wednesday. The Guinness Book 0f World Records is now in

World Record BROKEN! The Longest Continuous Multi-Artist Concert Mark Goes to Canada. And It’s STILL GOING.

April 3, 2017April 3, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Earl of Whitchurch, Epidemic Music Group, Guinness Book of World Records, Stouffville

Point to Canada. Shortly after 7 am Sunday (April 2), during a performance by Shotsy and the Vortex, the group

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