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Random music news for Monday, May 23, 2022

May 23, 2022May 23, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Billie Eilish, Carolos Santana, Emo, Johnny Lydon, Mars, Nirvana, Ozzy, Radio, Sex Pistols, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Stradivarius, Tourette's, Violins, WJW

It’s a holiday here in Canada, but that doesn’t mean there isn’t any music news for May 23, 2022. So

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Random Music News for Saturday, April 2, 2022

April 2, 2022April 3, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Covid, Eddie Murphy, FC Barcelona, Hoodoo Gurus, James Brown, Logos, Lynyrd Skynyrd, Mars, National Album Day, Rammstein, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Rolling Stones, Snapchat, Spotify

I have a very long plane trip coming up on Thursday–in economy, of course. This shows how I’ll try to

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What does Mars sound like? Listen.

October 25, 2021October 26, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Mars

Among the many instruments aboard Perseverance are two microphones. Although Mars’ atmosphere is a fraction of what we have on

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What would Starman play? Spanish company wants to find out

September 28, 2021September 28, 2021 Amber Healy 0 Comments exoacoustics, exoluthery, Instruments, Mars, Music, NASA, regolith, simulants, Space

Ever wondered what kind of music might someday be made in space?  Wonder no more: A Spanish instrument designer has

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A question I’d never think to ask: What would a piano sound like on Mars?

July 23, 2021July 23, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Mars, Piano, Sound, Space

Mars has an atmosphere, albeit much thinner than what we have on Earth. But it’s just enough to be a

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Random music news for Tuesday, June 29, 2021

June 29, 2021June 29, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bruce Springsteen, Mars, Music Festivals, Notorious B.I.G., Pete Townshend, Rihanna, Tupac

Having trouble shedding those COVID lockdown pounds? Try this. Then again, maybe not. It seems a bit…extreme. Now some music

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More audio from Mars!

March 18, 2021March 18, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments JPL, Mars, NASA, Perserverance

NASA’s Perseverance rover is equipped with a special microphone that can pick up sounds of Mars. The atmosphere is extremely

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Want to hear audio from Mars? Here you go.

March 10, 2021March 10, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Mars, Perserverance

One of the cool things about the Perseverance rover is that it has an onboard microphone that allows us to

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Thanks to Perseverance, we now know what Mars SOUNDS like.

February 23, 2021February 23, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment Mars, NASA, Perseverance

Thanks to an LA musician named Jason Mazilis, a hardcore fan of space exploration, a special microphone was included as

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Random music news for Friday, February 19, 2021

February 19, 2021February 18, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments All Your Base Are Belong to Us, Blink-182, Demi Lovato, Discogs, Earbuds, Facebook, Kanye West, Marilyn Manson, Mars, Metal, Pitbull, Podcasting, Radio, Streaming, Travis Barker

Before we begin, it’s worth remembering some of the things Rush Limbaugh said about a couple of musicians. Now on

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Mars music. Or at least audio by Mars. As in the planet.

February 27, 2020February 26, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Mars

Earlier this week, NASA announced that scientists have been detecting a lot more seismic activity on Mars than they thought

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