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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

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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…

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Devo Man Scored This Weekend’s Highest-Grossing Movie Using the Band’s Ancient Synthesizers

February 10, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Devo, Movies, Mutato Muzika, Soundtrack, The Lego Movie

On the south side of Sunset Boulevard is a lime green flying saucer-shaped building.  You can’t miss it. This is

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