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Monty Python

Music News 

Neil Innes, famed Monty Python musical contributor, has died at age 75

December 30, 2019December 30, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Monty Python, Neil Innes

Remember the whistling bit in “Always Look on the Bright Side of Life?” Neil Innes. Or some of the great

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Television 

South Park pays tribute to Monty Python on their 50th anniversary

October 6, 2019October 5, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Monty Python, South Parlk

Fifty years ago this weekend (October 5, 1969). the first episode of Monty Python’s Flying Circus–entitled Whither Canada?–debuted on the

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Music Industry 

Random music news for Saturday, September 28, 2019

September 28, 2019September 28, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Billie Eilish, Cover Version, Fiona Apple, Metallica, Monty Python, Music Recommendations, Saturday Night Live, Slipknot, SNL

On this day in 1951, the first-ever colour TVs went on sale. No one care and less than a month

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Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, June 27, 2019

June 27, 2019June 26, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments David Lee Roth, Monty Python, Snow Patrol

One more sleep until the long weekend. And aren’t the kids out of school already? If not, it’ll be tomorrow.

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Music News 

Random music news for Wednesday, April 10, 2019

April 10, 2019April 10, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bang and Olufsen, Ed Sheeran, Engelbert Humperdinck, Eric Idle, IKEA, Incubus, Keith Richards, Madonna, Monty Python, Sounds Magazine, Taylor Swift

It was on this day in 1970 that Paul McCartney announced he was leaving The Beatles. As for something more

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Cool! 

How the sound of the Tesla Model 3 was creating using Monty Python

December 15, 2018December 14, 2018 Alan Cross 1 Comment Elon Musk, Model 3, Monty Python, Tesla

Automobile manufacturers like Ferrari, Lamborghini, and Aston-Martin employ engineers whose sole job is to tune the exhaust note into something

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Music News 

Random music news for Wednesday, October 3, 2018

October 3, 2018October 2, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amazon, Brett Kavanaugh, Colin Kaepernick, Corey Taylor, Donald Trump, Ed Sheeran, Eric Idle, Facebook, Google, IMDB, Kanye, Mobile Video, Monty Python, Slipknot, Spotify, Taylor Swift, Tim Berners-Lee, UB40, Vinyl

It was 32 years ago today that the first shovels went into the ground for the construction of what would

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Movies 

The Internet has mashed up Game of Thrones and Monty Python

February 26, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Game of Thrones, Mashup, Monty Python

This isn’t music-related, but it’s too much fun not to propagate. I never realized how much Game of Thrones had

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Music News 

Monty Python’s Terry Jones Reveals Dementia Diagnosis

September 23, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alzheimer's, Dementia, Monty Python, Terry Jones

Whenever Terry Jones dressed up as a woman for a Python sketch, I always laughed out loud. This, however, is

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Recommended Music 

Remember Eric Idle’s “The Galaxy Song” from Monty Python’s The Meaning of Life? It’s Been Covered By Stephen Hawking. Yes, Him.

April 14, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cover Versions, Eric Idle, Galaxy Song, Monty Python, Stephen Hawking

This is one of the weirder offerings for this year’s Record Store Day. And now, the original.

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Music News
Music News 

Random Music News for Wednesday, December 24, 2014

December 24, 2014December 24, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Eric Idle, Iron Maiden, Monty Python, Pogues, Robert Smith

‘Twas the night before Christmas, etc. Robert Smith of the Cure teamed up with Eric Idle to sing “Always Look

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