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Random music news for Monday, November 7, 2022

November 7, 2022November 8, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments a-ha, Bad Bunny, Beatles, electric cars, Elon Musk, Jay-Z, Johnny Cash, Kurt Cobain, Meta, MP3s, Nine Inch Nails, Peter Jackson, Rick Nielsen, Selena Gomez, Twitter

Don’t worry. Contrary to a previous story, research says that picking your nose WON’T cause Alzheimer’s. A relief, no? Now

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Random music news for Friday, October 7, 2022

October 7, 2022October 7, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Crimea, Delta Airlines, Erland Cooper, Jay-Z, Jeremy, LG, Michael Jackson, Pearl Jam, Plagiarism, Russia, Spotify, Taylor Swift, Thriller

If only I had room for this TV. I do have bandwidth for music news for October 7, 2022, though…

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Random music news for Thursday, September 15, 2022

September 15, 2022September 15, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bitcoin, Black Keys, David Bowie, Gen A, Jay-Z, Marilyn Manson, Metallica, Michelle Branch, Patrick Carney, Paul McCartney, Red Tangent, YouTube

One of the reasons I like Ryan Reynolds is because he’s not afraid to do things like this. Moving to

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Random music news for Friday, March 4, 2022

March 4, 2022March 4, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Anti-Black Racism, Bauhaus, Canada, Dua Lipa, Jay-Z, Plagiarism, Smash Mouth, Spotify, Spouge

It finally happened. I had an order of chicken wings and every single one on was the bad part (i.e.

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Medical Mysteries of Music Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, February 26, 2022

February 26, 2022February 25, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments AstroWorld, Blackrock, Britney Spears, Catalogues, Glastonbury, Iron Maiden, Jay-Z, Leonard Cohen, Paul McCartney, Slash, Spotify, Ukraine

The story of the vomited false teeth. You read that correctly. If that’s too much for you, skip directly ahead

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And the highest-paid musician of 2021 was…

January 16, 2022January 17, 2022 Alan Cross 2 Comments Bruce Springsteen, Hight-Paid Musicians, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Paul Simon, Ryan Tedder

A couple of times a year, someone puts together a list that estimates the revenues of musicians from the previous

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Random music news for Friday, November 12, 2021

November 12, 2021November 12, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Facebook, Instagram, Jay-Z, KISS, Lucian Grange, Metaverse, Nile Rodgers, Noel Gallagher, Paul Stanley, Trooper, UMG

This rare Apple computer just sold for US$400,000. Old tech can be worth big bucks. Let’s move over to music

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Random music news for Tuesday, November 2, 2021

November 2, 2021November 2, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adele, Back to the Future, Bryan Adams, Covid, Facebook, Jay-Z, Kanye, Kanye West, KISS, Radio, Rickroll, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Slash, Thor, Tina Turner

Five hundred terabytes can be stored on this disc about the size of a toonie. Anyone want to calculate how

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Random music news for Monday, October 4, 2021

October 4, 2021October 4, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alice Cooper, All That Remains, Billie Eilish, Britney Spears, Chloe Trujillo, Dave Grohl, Glastonbury, Jay-Z, Korn, Metallica, Neil Diamond, Nirvana, Round Hill Muisc, Stevie Van Zandt

There are just some days when I really gotta scrape for some music news. October 4 is one of those

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Random music news for Saturday, September 18, 2021

September 18, 2021September 18, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Climate Action, David Bowie, Death from Above 1979, Genius, Jay-Z, Lyrisc, NFTs, Podcasts, Rolling Stone, Shrek, U2, Warner Music

Are Zoom meetings making you so self-conscious that you’re running for the plastic surgeon? You’re not alone. Now take a

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Random music news for Monday, June 21, 2021

June 21, 2021June 20, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Covid, Infotainment Systems, Jay-Z, Mozart Effect, Noel Gallagher, Podcasts, Podz, Porsche, Sparks, Spotify, Streaming Audio, Tom DeLonge, UAPs, UFOs, Wedding Songs, Wiggles

This is one weird looking animal. Now we’re off to music news for June 21, 2021. French police broke up

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