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Music News 

The International Space Station has a new robot and it just threw a tantrum over music

December 3, 2018December 3, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments CIMON, Gerty, Hal 9000, ISS, Moon

In the 2009 movie Moon, starring Sam Rockwell and directed by David Bowie’s son, Duncan Jones, there’s a robot named

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Music News 

Random music news for Monday, December 3, 2018

December 3, 2018December 2, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments #MeToo, Apple, Baby It's Cold Outside, Bleeker Bob, Bono, Connected Car, Dana Carvey, Donald Trump, Elton John, Freddie Mercury, George Bush, George H.W. Bush, ISS, Metalheads, MGM, Pinegrove, Silent Night, Vinyl

I wonder what kind of week Donald Trump is going to have. He’s gotta be stressed. Meanwhile, here’s some music

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Recommended Music 

A NASA astronaut just wrote and recorded a song with The Tragically Hip. From Space.

October 3, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Drew Feustel, ISS, Tragically Hip

Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield started a thing when he took a guitar up to the International Space Station and began

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WTF? 

Can you play Korn songs with corn? Yes. Yes, you can.

July 23, 2018July 22, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments International Space Station, ISS, Korn, Kraftwerk

Because it’s Monday, you’re probably looking to kill some time by watching this guy play Korn with, er, corn. Why

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

There is a psychological reason for a guitar on the International Space Station

June 4, 2018June 3, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments ISS

Boosting materiel into orbit is expensive, so nothing makes it onto a rocket that shouldn’t be there. Every extra gram

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Podcast 

Geeks and Beats Podcast, Episode 120: A Mild Case of Stylus Envy

September 16, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments #gnbmugtour2015, Apple Pencil, Chewbacca, Donald Trump, Geeks, Geeks&Beats, ISS, R.E.M., Star Wars, Steve Jobs, whisky

Well, I’m back in Singapore again, but you’d never know it looking out my hotel window. The smoke from Indonesian

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WTF? 

Sarah Brightman’s Off To Space! Wait, What?

February 28, 2015February 27, 2015 Larry Lootsteen 0 Comments International Space Station, ISS, Sarah Brightman

You may remember the soprano from many West End and Broadway shows including Phantom of the Opera. And now she’s

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Ongoing History of New Music Podcast

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Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

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Podcast – The Backstage Project

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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    Personality, intelligence, and work ethic can take you a long way in life. In the media business, however, these traits are simply not enough. Not only will you have to sacrifice to make your dreams come true, but those closest to you will have to share that commitment and all that comes with it. Now […]
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    Long before the dawn of the internet, fantasy gaming and betting were already wildly popular pastimes for sports fans and gamblers. Fast forward to today, and the internet has more than caught up, it’s the dawn of a new day! We’re seeing explosive growth in the market cap and revenue of dozens of fantasy and […]
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