Skip to content
Thursday, March 23, 2023
Latest:
  • What are the top music markets in the world? And where does Canada rank these days?
  • What are Canadians listening to and watching these days? I’m glad you asked.
  • Here’s a running list of artists who have sold some or all of their song catalogues to a new breed of company. (Updated as required)
  • An interesting corner of the metal universe: Behold the hard-rocking women of Japan.
  • Quebec City’s FEQ unveils line-up for this year: Foos, Green Day, Imagine Dragons and more
Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Filtering what is happening in music to save you time, money and effort.

  • Home
  • Alan’s Shop of Musical Things
  • About Alan Cross & FAQ
  • Newsletter
  • Blog Archive
  • Advertise with Us

Movies

Music News 

Monday’s Round-Up of Miscellaneous Prince News

April 25, 2016April 25, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Album sales, AOL, Bridal Path, Cremation, Intestate, Movies, Piana, Prince, Radio Dead, Video Games, Will, Yahama

Here’s a selection of Prince news from around the world that doesn’t involve his cause of death. Here’s the moment

Read more
Cool! 

Awesome Movie-Inspired Guitars

February 21, 2016February 21, 2016 Larry Lootsteen 0 Comments Guitars, Movies

Who says guitars have to have a prescribed shape? Try telling it to the people who designed these things. Guitars

Read more
Recommended Music 

A Mashup of 100 Dance Scenes from 100 Movies

September 20, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Dance, Mashup, Movies

Here’s 100 dance scenes culled from 100 movies all mashed up together. The patience of some people…

Read more
Music History 

Kill Time with this Documentary on Synthesizers in Movies

May 29, 2015May 28, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Movies, Synthesizers

If you grew up in the late 60s and early 70s, there was a very good chance that your first

Read more
Cool! 

There’s a Canadian Music Connection to This Furious 7 Movie Trailer Parody

April 1, 2015April 1, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Edmonton, Furious 7, Movies, Parody, Russ Dawson, SIINES, Social Code, Travis Nesbitt

Behold the work of Travis Nesbitt (ex of Edmonton’s Social Code, now of SIINES) and singer-songwriter Russ Dawson. (Or was

Read more
Cool! 

This Video Made Me Like Michael Bolton

March 11, 2015March 8, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment Michael Bolton, Movies, Office Space, Parody

If you’re a fan of Office Space, you’ll understand this video. If you aren’t, get lost. (Via Danny) Office Space with

Read more
Music History 

The Weird Winnipeg Phenomenon of Phantom of the Paradise

May 15, 2014 Alan Cross 3 Comments Movies, Phantom of the Paradise, Winnipeg

I had a chance to speak to Paul Williams at Canadian Music Week.  “I betcha I’ve seen you in Phantom

Read more
Music News 

Halal Hip Hop?

April 9, 2014April 9, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Halal, Hip-hop, Movies, Omar Regan

This comes from Umid.com (via FYI Music) We’ve all heard of Hollywood and Bollywood. Some of you may have even

Read more
Guest Blog 

Guest Blog: Horrible Movies with Great Soundtracks

April 7, 2014April 7, 2014 Alan Cross 9 Comments Movies, Opinion, Soundtracks

[I’m always looking for people with interesting opinions and positions on music.  This comes via Jason Kane. – AC] Every

Read more
Music History 

Spinal Tap Turns 30

March 2, 2014March 2, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Movies, Rob Reiner, Rocukentary, Spinal Tap

I remember when This is Spinal Tap first came out back on March 2, 1984.  It was a failure.  A

Read more
Recommended Reading 

My Favourite Novel Set in the Music Industry Is Finally Being Made into a Movie

February 13, 2014 Alan Cross 1 Comment Britpop, John Niven, Kill Your Friends, Movies, Novel

If you’ve never read John Niven’s 2008 novel, Kill Your Friends, order it now and read it immediately.  It is

Read more
  • ← Previous
  • Next →
  • Facebook
  • Instagram
  • LinkedIn
  • TikTok
  • Twitter
  • YouTube
  • Facebook

Ongoing History of New Music Podcast

Music Tech MeetUp

Each week, the podcast looks at something from the alt-rock universe, from artist profiles to various thematic explorations. Whatever the episode, you’re definitely going to learn something that you might not find anywhere else. Trust us on this.

Listen Here

apple google spotify stitcher

Recent Comments

  • Ramy Flynn on The first review for my children’s book, The Science of Song, is in!
  • Alex on Comparing Cure shows in Canada and the United Stats
  • Steve on And the new drummer for the Foo Fighters is…
  • Jason on And the new drummer for the Foo Fighters is…
  • Stacey on K-pop star makes second serious wardrobe miscalculation
Copyright © 2023 Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things. All rights reserved.
Theme: ColourMag by ThemeGrill. Powered by WordPress.