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Medical Mysteries of Music Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, July 23, 2022

July 23, 2022July 23, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Dementia, Drake, Facebook, Instagram, Kennedy Center, Lady Gaga, Metadata, Music Festivals, Music Therapy, Musical Taste, Pat Benetar, Pete Seeger, Ricky Martin, TikTok, U2

Why would a robot dog with a machine gun bother anyone? Oh, right. More indications of the dystopian future ahead.

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: What your musical preferences say about you

April 20, 2022April 20, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Classical Music, Metal, Musical Taste

There’s a study from the psychology department at Heriot-Watt University in Scotland.  They studied the personalities of 36,000 music fans

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Playlistism

October 27, 2021October 26, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Musical Taste, Playlistism

No one likes to be discriminated against, which is why people are disturbed by a form of discrimination called “playlistism.”

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Music News 

The science is in: You CAN judge a person by their musical taste

April 9, 2021April 9, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Musical Taste, Myers-Brigg

It used to be that judging a person by what music they listen to was considered to be a form

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Gadgets 

Looking for your musical soulmate? This app might help.

March 24, 2021March 24, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment Musical Taste, MusicTaste, Spotify

It can be really tough to be in a relationship with someone who doesn’t share your taste in music. How

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Music News 

Your taste in music could be sabotaging your relationship

August 1, 2019August 1, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Dating, Musical Taste, Relationship Advice

Dating is hard. Maintaining a serious relationship is even harder. Sure, you probably have plenty of things in common. But

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

Where Does Your Musical Taste Come From?

April 16, 2017April 17, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments CNN, Musical Taste, Soundtracks

Is musical taste nature or nurture? For me, it’s gotta be nature because my parents have terrible taste in music.

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

Do You Have Bad Taste in Music? Blame Your Parents.

July 17, 2016July 17, 2016 Alan Cross 1 Comment Musical Taste

Looking back on my upbringing, I really shouldn’t have ended up in radio or the music business. Sorry Mom and

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Controversy 

Why Do We Fight So Much About Music? Here’s the Answer.

May 20, 2016 Alan Cross 1 Comment Musical Taste

We all fight about music because everyone has an opinion about it. But is there more to these fights than

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

Interesting: What Your Musical Taste Says About Your Personality

December 18, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Musical Taste, Personality Type

We’ve all done it: judged someone’s personality by what kind of music they like. Is that a valid way to

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Music News 

A Great Question: Where Do You Get Your Musical Taste?

March 4, 2015 Alan Cross 1 Comment Musical Preferences, Musical Taste, Nature vs. Nurture

If you were to create a Venn diagram describing the musical tastes of me and my sister, there would be

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