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Weird album alert: Lego is offering the sound of bricks falling into each other

February 2, 2021February 2, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment Chill-out, Lego

If you’ve finished Spotify and still haven’t found something avant-garde enough for your chill-out sessions, let me direct you to

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Music News 

Random music news for Tuesday, April 28, 2020

April 28, 2020April 27, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Baseball, Beyonce, Clubhouse, Facebook, George Harrison, Jack Dorsey, Lego, Merch, Universal, Yoshiki

This might give you some kind of hope when it comes to what was apparently a hopeless situation. Once you

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Cool! 

Tool Lego. That is all.

February 9, 2020February 8, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Lego, Tool

This just goes to prove that you can do anything with Logo. You can read the entire story behind this

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The Return of Geeks and Beats! This is Officially Episode 136 (Or as We Call It, S05E01)

July 12, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Elite Dangerous, Golden Record, Lego, NASA, Nicholas de Monchaux, Saturn V, Star Trek, VR

Okay, okay. We’ll restart the show. After an 18-month-ish hiatus and much whingeing by the general public, Michael Hainsworth and

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Random Music News for Thursday, October 13, 2016

October 13, 2016October 13, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beatles, Bohemian Rhapsody, Desert Trip, Foo Fighters, Janet Jackson, Lego, Loud Music, Madonna, Nickelback, Pandora, Queen, Royal Blood

The first-ever mobile cellular network was launched in the US on this day in 1983. Phones were the size of

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Music News 

Random Music News for Friday, February 5, 2016

February 5, 2016February 5, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments 120 Minutes, Abbey Road, Alanis Morissette, Chris Martin, Coldplay, Donald Trump, EDM, Lego, Marilyn Manson, Martin Shkreli, MTV, Taylor Swift, U2, Zoolander

Today is all about the Zika virus. Forty years ago today, we heard about the swine flu epidemic. The most

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Music News 

Random Music News for Tuesday, May 26, 2015

May 26, 2015May 26, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments A&R, ABBA, Barrie, BB King, Burl's Creek, Chevelle, Eric Clapton, Glastonbury, Kim Jong-Un, Lego, Mozart, Sharon Osbourne, Taylor Swift

Second day in Australia. Still refusing to try Vegemite. This doesn’t bode well for Ontario finally having a place to

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Podcast 

Geeks&Beats Podcast Episode 98: Space Cadets

March 18, 2015March 18, 2015 Alan Cross 1 Comment Apollo 11, Atlantis, Blurred Lines, Comicon, Dalek, Doctor Who, DRAM, Kennedy Space Center, Lego, Marvin Gaye, NASA, Robin Thicke, Sonos, Sony Walkman, Space Shuttle, Thunderbirds

After a spring break, er, break we’re back! (Actually, I was here the whole time. It was Michael and Co.

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Cool! 

Because It’s the First Monday After the Holidays, You Need Some Lego Versions of Big Bands

January 5, 2015January 5, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adly Syairi Ramly, Lego

A guy by the name of Adly Syairi Ramly has devoted his life–well, part of it, anyway–to creating Lego versions

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WTF? 

The Ramones’ “Blitzkrieg Bop” Told in Lego

October 10, 2014October 10, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cover Verions, Lego, Ramones

This is now a thing, apparently. BONUS! KISS!

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Judas Priest: Hell Bent for Lego. That’s Not a Typo.

October 9, 2014October 9, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Judas Priest, Lego

Works for me. I wonder if that little Lego guy has the same pre-gig musical tastes as Rob Halford? (Via

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