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Alice in Chains: The Musical? No, Not Really–But This Was Funny While It Lasted

December 13, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Reader Mike grabbed a screenshot of a new ticket sale announcement that was quickly rescinded and corrected. Damn, it would have been interesting to see how Layne Staley’s life could have been turned

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Random Music News for Monday, November 6, 2017

November 6, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

Off to Nashville tonight for Vintage-TV business for the Country Music Awards (I know, I know…). Here’s what I’m not supposed to talk about. And now, some music news for November 6, Sean

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Game of Thrones, The Musical

July 31, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Okay, so it’s for Red Nose Day and not Broadway. And yeah, some of this stuff is more than two years old. Still, it’s fun to revisit the Game of Thrones musical, no?

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Donald Trump, The Musical (Probably the First of Many to Come)

July 19, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Australian comedian Tim Minchin is a clever bloke when it comes to music. He took one of his songs, “When I Grow Up” (from his own musical, Matilda) and adapted to the Age

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Grunge: The Musical. No, Really

July 8, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

Imagine for a moment it’s the summer of 1992. Lollapalooza is roaring across North America featuring both Pearl Jam and Soundgarden. Nirvana is still riding high on Nevermind. A&R people are crawling over

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Random Music News for Friday, April 14, 2017

April 14, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

Unless my calculations are off, the last time Good Friday fell on April 14 was 1933. And now in music news for April 14… Here’s an actual job interview question from an ad

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Controversy

Meme Scores After Pence Hamilton Moment

November 21, 2016 Larry Lootsteen 1 Comment 0 min read

You had to know a Trump presidency would bring a near endless supply of memes. Even before taking office the fun has already begun. In case you missed the story of Vice-President elect

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Music News

Musical.ly: 50 Million Users Under the Age of 21. Wow.

October 2, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

I really need to get on Musical.ly to find out all the fuss is. Fifty million users, all under the age of 21? Instant music videos? What’s going on here? VICE takes this

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Lazarus Cast Album to be Released in October

September 16, 2016 Nerhys 0 Comments 3 min read

It has been eight months since David Bowie’s passing. In November Lazarus, a musical written by Bowie and Enda Walsh, opens at Kings Cross Theatre in London. Lazarus opened at the New York

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Air India 182: The Musical

November 11, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

One of the greatest civil airline tragedies occurred on June 23, 1985, when Air India 172, a 747 bound from Toronto to Delhi via Montreal and London, exploded over the Atlantic. It was

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Random Music News for Monday, July 27, 2015

July 27, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

Is this the last week of July? Already? Here’s some music news to start the week. Bobbi Kristina Brown died last night. She was 22. The first WayHome Music Festival north of Toronto

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