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Janet Jackson

Funny/Weird 

This Janet Jackson music video could crash your laptop

August 19, 2022August 19, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Hard Drive, Janet Jackson, Laptops, Rhythm Nation, Windows XP

If you bought a Windows laptop in 2005 and it’s still working, don’t use it to view the video for

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Movies Music History 

Janet Jackon’s “wardrobe malfunction” the subject of a new doc

November 21, 2021November 21, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Documentary, Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Wardrobe Malfunction

Remember the halftime show of Superbowl XXXVIII? Yeah, that one. The one where Janet Jackson‘s nipple was exposed to an

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Music News AJMT
Music News 

Random music news for Monday, May 17, 2021

May 17, 2021May 17, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Album Artwork, COVID-19, Ed Sheeran, Eurovision, Green Day, J Cole, Janet Jackson, Live Nation, Metal, Michael Jackson, Music Festivals, Nirvana, Noel Gallagher, Oasis, Paulina Porizkova, Rage Against the Machine, Red Rocks, Ric Ocasek, Vaccines, Weezer

Will you ever hug anyone again? Some people aren’t so sure. Maybe instead embrace the music news for May 17,

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Music News AJMT
Music News 

Random music news for Tuesday, April 13, 2021

April 13, 2021April 14, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Arkells, Brian May, Covid, Danny Elfman, EDM, Freddie Mercury, Gabby Giffords, HMV, Janet Jackson, Madonna, Ofcom, Payola, Phoebe Bridgers, Queen, Spotify, Teenage Head, The Weeknd

There’s now a board game for cats. Please enjoy. And now, music news for April 13, 2021. Here’s an ask

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Music News 

Random music news for Friday, March 5, 2021

March 5, 2021March 5, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beatles, Bob Marley, Covid, Dolly Parton, Gen Z, Grunge, Ian Brown, Janet Jackson, Jay-Z, Machine Gun Kelly, Mars Volta, Pussy Riot, Rod Stewart, Stone Roses, Tidal, Tina Bell, Tragically Hip

SpaceX Starship go BOOM! Now some not-quite-as-explosive music news for March 5, 2021. Ian Brown of the Stone Roses is

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Music History 

The first YouTube video was updated 15 years ago today.

April 23, 2020April 26, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Janet Jackson, Jawed Karim, Justin Timberlake, Wardrobe Malfunction, YouTube

Jawed Karim was frustrated. He’d heard about Janet Jackson’s infamous nip-slip wardrobe malfunction during the Super Bowl halftime show in

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, April 4, 2020

April 4, 2020April 4, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments American Dad, Corinavirus, COVID-19, Janet Jackson, Noel Gallagher, Record Stores, Seth McFarlane, Soundcloud, Speakers, Tekashi 6ix9ine, Weeknd, YNW Melly

No, it’s not your imagination. You may have seen robins earlier than usual. Let’s move to music news for April

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Music News 

Random music news for Monday, November 18, 2019

November 18, 2019November 19, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Brody Dalle, Colin Kaepernick, Drake, Ed Sheeran, Freddie Mercury, Gordon Ramsey, Janet Jackson, Jay Z, Josh Homme, Kanye West, Max Martin, Rolls-Royce, Slipknot, Spotify, Tom DeLone

Back in the home office after two weeks. But I don’t know why I bothered to unpack because I’m gone

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Music Industry 

You knew this was coming: America freaked out over Adam Levine’s nipples

February 24, 2019February 25, 2019 Alan Cross 3 Comments Adam Levine, Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Maroon 5, Nipples, YouTube

Nothing frightens or outrages America more than the site of a nipple. Prime time TV can depict all manner of

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Music News 

Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Reveals Newest Inductees

December 13, 2018December 13, 2018 Gilles LeBlanc 0 Comments Class of 2019, Def Leppard, Janet Jackson, Radiohead, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Roxy Music, Stevie Nicks, The Cure, The Zombies

Say what you will about the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame – who deserves to be in and what

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, September 8, 2018

September 8, 2018September 8, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cats, David Bowie, Fender, Google, Influencer Fraud, iPhone, Janet Jackson, Kanye West, Kim Kardashian, Kindie Rock, Led Zeppelin, Les Moonves, Liam Gallagher, Mike Jagger, Prince, Purple Rain, To the Stars Academy, Tom DeLonge

Still in Vancouver at the Skookum Festival. Having a good time. Wish you were here. And now, some music news

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