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Random music news for Wednesday, December 23, 2020

December 23, 2020 Alan Cross Frank Zappa, Google, Hipgnosis, Jay-Z, Melody Maker, Merck Mercuriadis, Netflix, Rammstein, Rihanna, Robert Johnson, Steel Panther, Taylor Swift

Finished Netflix yet? Good riddance, 2020. Here are some songs to that effect. (Via Sean) DUMB, Steel Panther, DUMB! The U.S. government has earmarked US$15 billion for movie theatres and

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Time on your hands over the holidays? Source out this documentary on Melody Maker, the British music mag

December 25, 2019 Alan Cross Documentary, Melody Maker

In the absence of commercial radio in the UK–it was the BBC or nothing for decades–the main source of music info were the weekly music papers. If you wanted to

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Awesome Magazine Covers from the 1990s

February 3, 2015 Alan Cross British, Britpop, Kerrang!, Melody Maker, Mojo, Music Magazines, NME, Q, Record Collector, Select, The Word, Uncut

I calculated that at one point I spent nearly $4,000 a year on music magazines. (Hey, it was part of my job!) I’d head into Chapters or Indigo every month