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Ongoing History Daily: Rockin’ out(?) in Kuala Lumpur

December 19, 2022December 19, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Led Zeppelin, Linkin Park, Malaysia, Singapore

There’s a famous story from back in the 70s where Led Zeppelin was refused entry into Singapore because their hair

Random music news for Wednesday, December 11, 2019

December 11, 2019December 10, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments CDs, Chris Cornell, Crocs, Malaysia, Operating Room Music, Post Malone, Soundgarden

Finally coming home today, but it’s a long ride: DPS-IST-MUC-YYZ. Shouldn’t take more than, say, 28 hours. Here’s music news

Random music news for Saturday, June 30, 2018

June 30, 2018June 30, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Brendon Urie, Deep Purple, Discogs, Donald Trump, Drake, Duran Duran, Google, Google Home, Guns 'N Roses, Iron Maiden, John, Justin Bieber, Madonna, Malaysia, Morrissey, Nick Cave, Panic! At the Disco, Smoke on the Water, Spotify, St, Taylor Swift

Sixty-five years today, the first Chevrolet Corvette rolled off the assembly line. Now we can talk about music news for

Random Music News for Friday, July 21, 2017

July 21, 2017July 20, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Achtung Baby, Aerosmith, Caitlyn Jenner, Despocito, Fake Artists, Foo Fighters, Guns 'N Roses, Israel, KISS, Madonna, Malaysia, Michael Jackson, Plagiarism, Quincy Jones, Radiohead, Roger Waters, Spotify, Thing Song, Ticketmaster, U2, Usher

Warm? The coldest temperature ever recorded on the planet was on this day in 1983 at Vostok Station in Antarctica

Geeks and Beats Podcast, Episode 126: Sex Robots DENIED!

October 28, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, autonomous cars, Bill Nye, Black Sabbath, Devil Horns, Dominos, emoji, Evil Eye, Hillary Clinton, Malaysia, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, Nvidia, Parrot, pizza delivery, Redtube, Ronnie James Dio, Sex Pistols, sexbots, Toronto Downtown Record Show, Yoko Ono, YouTube Red, Zik 2.0

I should point out that I had nothing to do with the pivot towards sexbots on this week’s Geeks and

Random Music News for Friday, October 2, 2015

October 2, 2015October 2, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adam Levine, Android, Avril Lavigne, Britney Spears, Don Henley, Eagles, Field Music, Guitar Hero, Jesus and Mary Chain, Malaysia, Miley Cyrus, The Notebook, Tuba

That’s it. I’m tired of everything pumpkin spice. And there’s still 29 days until Halloween. Meanwhile, in music news… The

Random Music News for June 7, 2014

June 7, 2014June 7, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beats, Casey Kasem, Dr. Dre, Jim Brady, Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Iovine, Malaysia, Nipissing, RIP, Rush

The new puppy has been home for about a week now. How can something that small turn food into waste

Six Die at Malaysian Music Festival

March 17, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Death, Drug Overdose, Festival, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

It’s been a bad week for music festivals. First, two people were killed and 22 injured when a drunk driver