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Let’s talk about music on the moon. There have been developments.

March 11, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

Traffic is heavy heading to the moon with both space agencies and private companies trying to land probes. Others are approaching things differently. Let’s start with the successful one. Massive Attack sent their

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Random music news for Wednesday, February 19, 2025

February 19, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

If you need some music to get you through the week, here’s a seven-hour playlist based on the history of alt-rock. Moving to music news for February 19, 2025… BONUS: At this point

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Massive Attack is staging a gig tomorrow that they hope will change the world

August 24, 2024 Alan Cross 0 Comments 7 min read

Massive Attack cares greatly for the future of the planet, so they’re trying something pretty ambitious. Tomorrow (August 25), they’re holding an all-day gig called Act 1.5 in Bristol, England. Not only is

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Random music news for Tuesday, March 12, 2024.

March 12, 2024 Alan Cross 2 Comments 1 min read

Remember this guy? It still makes me laugh. On to music news for March 12, 2024. More music news? Look here. BONUS: Rockin’ pigeon. This made my day.

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Ongoing History of New Music

The Ongoing History of New Music, encore presentation: Using music as a weapon

March 24, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

[Second week of spring break. A brand new show next week! – AC] Music is one of the greatest gifts the universe has bestowed upon humanity. It provides so much joy, comfort, inspiration,

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Random music news for Thursday, March 18, 2020

March 18, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

Just for fun, let’s start with Tom Petty on the bridge of the Starship Enterprise. Damn the (photon) torpedos? (Give Tom credit for that one.) Moving to music news for March 18, 2021…

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Random music news for Wednesday, January 1, 2020

January 1, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

It’s the future. Time for the first roundup of music news of the new decade. Here’s a list of all rock stars we lost in 2019. Here’s a list of the biggest musical

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Random music news for Tuesday, May 21, 2019

May 21, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

One summer long weekend down. But there’s still three more to go. Meanwhile, let’s get back to work with some music news for May 21, 2019. Weekly Canadian music sales and streaming stats

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Music History

Retro Soviet-era X-ray records make a comeback. Sort of.

March 26, 2019 Alan Cross 2 Comments 2 min read

Back in the 50s and 60s, it was very hard for Soviet kids to get their hands on music from the west. Foreign rock’n’roll was branded as part of decadent capitalistic country and

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Music News

Massive Attack has built a 14,000-person steel venue for just two gigs

February 28, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Every artist constructs some kind of custom sound system when they head out on the road. Massive Attack sees your bespoke PA and raises you an entire custom venue. Two shows are scheduled

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Music News

This band is selling one million copies of an album in a spray can. Wait–what?

October 22, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

One of the great albums of the late 90s is Mezzanine from Massive Attack. When it was released in 1998, it instantly became a trip-hop classic and is an excellent recording to use

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