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Random music news for Monday, October 28, 2019

October 28, 2019October 28, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beatles, Church of Satan, Donald Trump, iPhone, Kanye West, Magnetic Tape, Music Teachers, Noel Gallagher, Prince, Rush, Tool

In LA on a movie junket (more on that later), right in the midst of wildfire season. The best hope

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This guy built an electric guitar out of 107 iPhones.

October 18, 2019October 17, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Guitar, iPhone

Why? Don’t ask. Just watch. The story at Exclaim!

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A Russian man is suing Apple because he says his iPhone turned him gay

October 4, 2019October 4, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments iPhone

Pause for a moment and consider the case brought forth by D Razumilov in a Moscow court. He’s claiming that

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Random music news for Friday, October 4, 2019

October 4, 2019October 3, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Albert Hammond Jr, Apple, BTS, Dr. Dre, Ed Sheeran, iPhone, Jimmy Iovine, Judas Priest, Kim Shattuck, Michael Stipe, R. Kelly, Rob Halford, Rod Stewart, Slayer, Sputnik, Strokes

It was 62 years ago today that the Russians freaked everyone out by launching the first Sputnik spacecraft. The space

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Random music news for Wednesday, May 29, 2019

May 29, 2019May 28, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bagpipes, iPhone, Podcasting, Raptors, Scalpers, Smartphones, Stream Ripping, Walk Off The Earth

My spring speaking tour resumes tonight with a gig in Buffalo. If you want to see if I’ll be in

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Random music news for Thursday, April 11, 2019

April 11, 2019April 10, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Bob Dylan, Game of Thrones, iPhone, Kanye West

Apollo 13 was launched on this day in 1970. Two days later, KA-BOOM! As for music news on April 11,

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Random music news for Wednesday, March 6, 2019

March 6, 2019March 5, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments China, iPhone, Jack White, Marshemello, No Pop, Rihanna, Ticket Scalping, Woodstock

On this day in 1899–120 years ago–Bayer registered a trademark for a new painkiller called “Aspirin.” As for music news

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Random music news for Tuesday, March 5, 2019

March 5, 2019March 4, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments 5G, AI, Amazon Echo, Chrissy Steele, India, iPhone, Junos, Kanye West, Mariah Carey, Qrates, Spotify, Tim Berners-Lee, Young Dolph

If you’re into computers and don’t know about the Sinclair ZX81 (which was launched on this day in 1981), look

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Random music news for Saturday, February 23, 2019

February 23, 2019February 22, 2019 Alan Cross 2 Comments Alexisonfire, Audible, Dave Grohl, David Bowie, Denzel Curry, Fyre Festival, Harry Nilsson, iPhone, Karl Lagerfeld, Live Nation, R. Kelly, Russian Doll, Spotify

A question for Air Canada: How come when I use my 50K Aeroplan status on any other Star Alliance airline

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When you’re Drake, you can afford an iPhone case that costs half a million dollars.

February 16, 2019February 16, 2019 Alan Cross 1 Comment Drake, iPhone

The Apple-sourced case for my iPhone X is falling apart so a trip to the mall is in order this

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Random music news for Friday, February 1, 2019

February 1, 2019January 31, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments AC-DC, Ariana Grande, Baby Shark, CDs, Classical Music, Fyre Festival, iPhone, Justin Bieber, R. Kelly, Twisted Sister

Go home, polar vortex. You’re drunk. Leave us to our music news for February 1, 2019. This is the new

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