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Random music news for Thursday, July 2, 2020

July 2, 2020July 2, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Beavis and Butthead, Bob Geldof, Coronavirus, Country Music, COVID-19, Hachalu Hundessa, Lenny Kravtiz, Marshall, Mary J. Blige, MySpace, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, Spotify, The Sound of Music, Walmart

Given that Canada had a day off in the middle of the week, this is not going to be a

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Hundreds of thousands of lost MySpace MP3s have been recovered

April 5, 2019April 4, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments MySpace

You might remember the story from last month about how a botched server migration procedure resulted in MySpace losing 50

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Did you have stuff on MySpace that you forgot about? Well, it’s probably gone now because of a server migration error.

March 18, 2019March 18, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments MySpace

Yes, MySpace is still a thing. But it’s less of a thing after a big oopsie the service encountered when

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Random music news for Saturday, April 14, 2018

April 14, 2018April 14, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Art Bell, Beethoven, Coast to Coast, Fruit Punch Music, HomePod, Huey Lewis, Humboldt Broncos, Katy Perry, Lady Maureen, Lee Abramson, Mariah Carey, MySpace, Podcast, Pope Francis, Rod Stewart, Scarface, Soundcloud, Stevie Wonder

Go home, polar vortex. You’re drunk. That’s all I’ve got–other than these music news items for April 14, 2018. Here

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It Looks Like Mariah Carey is Trying to Scrub Her NYE Performance from the Interwebs

January 6, 2017January 6, 2017 Alan Cross 2 Comments Dick Clark Productions, Internet, Mariah Carey, MySpace

The chatter around Mariah Carey’s disastrous New Year’s Eve performance just won’t go away. Sabotage? Incompetence? Technical failure? Whatever the case,

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Random Music News for Wednesday, January 4, 2017

January 4, 2017May 9, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Beyonce, Black Ops, Bush, BuzzAngle, Cabbage, David Bowie, George Michael, iOS 10.3, iPhone, MySpace, Propaganda, Radio, Woody Woodmansey

I had the 1-800-GOT-JUNK people haul away a bunch of stuff from my basement yesterday, basically giving the house a

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Is SoundCloud in Trouble? And MySpace Was Sold Again?

February 12, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments MySpace, Soundcloud, Time Inc

I love SoundCloud. It’s one of the most convenient ways to share audio for…well, just about anything. The problem is

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Random Music News for Thursday, September 17, 2015

September 17, 2015September 16, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple Music, Beats 1, Dee Snider, Dubai, Katy Perry, Keith Richards, Lady Gaga, Liam Gallagher, MySpace, PMRC, Ricky Gervais, Rolling Stones, Twisted Sister, YouTube

Time to leave Singapore for Kuala Lumpur where the Yellow Shirts and the Red Shirts are battling each other in

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Geeks and Beats Podcast, Episode 121 (Or Maybe 119: The Merch Awakens!

September 9, 2015September 9, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Autonomous Vehicles, Cassettes, Drone, Force Friday, Millennium Falcon, MySpace, Onstar, Samy Kamkar, Star Wars, Technics, Trakdot

After a two week layoff to recharge our martini shakers, we’re back with season four of this thing. How long

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Random Music News for Saturday, January 17, 2015

January 17, 2015January 17, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Chris Cornell, Motley Crue, MySpace, Soundgarden

Off to NYC to see Courtney Love’s opera tonight. I’ll report back. Chris Cornell has started working on a new solo

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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.

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The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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