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Here’s a mix of New Year’s resolutions and predictions for music in 2023

January 9, 2023January 9, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2023, Metaverse, New Year's Resolutions, Predictions

[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca this week. – AC] Inspired by Quentin Tarantino’s book, Cinema Speculation, I resolved to spend

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Music News 

Random music news for Monday, January 9, 2023

January 9, 2023January 9, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Billy Idol, Classical Music, Donald Trump, Flea, Glaciers, Glastonbury, Hollywood Walk of Fame, Journey, Metaverse, Muppets, VR

I can’t wait to fly Air India one day. You apparently don’t even have to use the washrooms–if you’re a

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Random music news for Wednesday, December 21, 2022

December 21, 2022December 21, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amazon, Bing Crosby, Fred Perry, James Bond, Martin Duffy, Metaverse, Roxi, Sharon Osbourne, Shirley Watts, Simon Cowell, Taylor Swift, Turntable

First day of winter. Just 91 days to go until the first day of spring. Here’s your solstice music news

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Random music news for Wednesday, December 14, 2022

December 14, 2022December 14, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Angelo Badalamenti, Billie Eilish, BTS, Herb Deutsch, Leonard Cohen, Mansun, Metaverse, Resso, Taylor Swift, Ticketmaster, TikTok, U of T, Web3

Duckerstruck. Done. And Husky Axl. (Via Tom) Moving on to music news for December 14, 2022. More music news? Check

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Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, December 1, 2022

December 1, 2022December 1, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Bats, Climate Change, Grammys, Junos, Mariac Carey, Metaverse, Technics SL-1200, Tommy Lee, Twiiter

Science has discovered the need to research and monitor farts. This is potentially very important for health care. Seriously. Ponder

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Medical Mysteries of Music Music News 

Random music news for Tuesday, November 15, 2022

November 15, 2022November 15, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Axl Roses, BBC, Brown Noise, Flavor Flav, Hong Kong, Kanye, Metaverse, Morrissey, Slipknot, Spirit Airlines, UK Singles Chart

Cool skill, dude. Is there are market for this sort of thing? Sequing to music news for November 15, 2022…

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Random music news for Thursday, November 3, 2022

November 3, 2022November 3, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adele, Beatles, Elton John, Facebook, Grateful Dead, Lyrics, Mariah Carey, Metaverse, Michael Jackson, Piracy, Spotify, Tammy Faye Bakker, Tidal

Anyone else find it disturbing that scientists can’t figure out how AI works? What could possibly go wrong? Ponder that

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Concerts Tech 

There’s a metaverse music festival coming up next month

October 18, 2022October 18, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Decentraland, Metaverse, Music Festival, Ozzy

Touring is exhausting, expensive, and bad for the environment. Some are predicting that a shift over to the metaverse to

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Gadgets 

Meta unveils another part of its view of the metaverse with a new AR/VR headset

October 12, 2022October 12, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Facebook, Headset, Meta Quest Pro, Metaverse, VR

Meta–what we’re supposed to call Facebook now–would have you believe that it’s building THE capital-M metaverse. It’s not. It’s building

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Music News 

Random music news for Wednesday, October 12, 2022

October 12, 2022October 12, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments adidas, Art Laboe, Darryl Brown, Grammy Awards, Kanye, Mahsa Amini, Metaverse, Reptilian Christian Christ Violence, Rex Orange County, Rolling Stones

Brains. Yum. And that’s followed my music news for October 12, 2022 The world’s oldest DJ, Art Laboe, has died

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Music Industry Tech 

I have seen the future of music and it’s called the Web3 musicverse

October 3, 2022October 3, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Concerts, Metaverse, Royalties, Touring, Web 1.0, Web 2.0, Web3

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] SINGAPORE — If you want to kill a conversation quickly, just

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