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Random music news for Tuesday, January 24, 2023

January 24, 2023January 24, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bono, Fox, NFL

Something for the shopping list this week: Novelty toiler paper. Just as novel but less gross is music news for

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Random music news for Wednesday, September 14, 2022

September 14, 2022September 14, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Hardcore, Instagram, John Lennon, Lizzo, Mark David Chapman, Marshmello, NFL, Production Music, R Kelly, Radio, Smart Speakers, TikTok, Tommy Lee

When Starbucks gets into NFTs, you know we’ve reached an odd place. As for music news for September 14, 2022…

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73-year-old Ozzy Osbourne helped start the NFL season with this performance

September 9, 2022September 9, 2022 Alan Cross 3 Comments NBC, NFL, Ozzy Osbourne, SoFi Stadium

The NFL’s regular season started last night (September 8) at SoFi Stadium in LA. When the Rams and the Bills

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Pepsi is out as the sponsor of the Super Bowl halftime show. Enter…Taylor Swift? Here’s how that could happen.

May 25, 2022May 26, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Coca-Cola, Coke, Halftime Show, NFL, Pepsi, Sponsorship, Super Bowl, Taylor Swift

Pepsi has a big sponsorship deal with the NFL that goes back close to four decades. That deal has just

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Prepping for the NFL season with the league’s biggest pump-you-up songs

September 2, 2021September 2, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments AC/DC, Football, Game Operations, NFL, Pro Sports

For a couple of years, I was the music director for the Toronto Maple Leafs, selecting the music played before,

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Random music news for Tuesday, July 13, 2021

July 13, 2021July 13, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Anti-Vaxxers, Apple TV, Blink-182, Canada's Walk of Fame, Cancer, Cardi B, Dan Reynolds, Imagine Dragons, K-Pop, Mark Hoppus, Netflix, NFL, NFTs, Nightclubs, Podcasts, Radio, Super Mario, Voice Cloning, YouTube

That’s a little too much for a Super Mario 64 game, don’t you think? Now let’s switch to music news

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Random music news for Saturday, May 1, 2021

May 1, 2021May 2, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment Bruce Dickinson, Iron Maiden, Kings of Leon, Motorhead, NFL, Nightclubs, Sarajevo, Satanic, Ska, Twisted Sister, WSOU

Now THAT’S a knife! Music news for May 1, 2021. Marilyn Manson has been sued for sexual assault and sex

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Random music news for Saturday, November 21, 2020

November 21, 2020November 21, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments AC/DC, Apple, Beatles, Beats, Celine Dion, Christmas 2020, Dischord, Karaoke, Liam Gallagher, Lil Pump, NFL, Ringo Starr, Simpsons, Taylor Swift, The Voice, Wilco

If you’re a fan of The Simpsons, you’ll appreciate this. And meanwhile, back in Russia… Once you’re done watching that

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Random music news for Saturday, July 4, 2020

July 4, 2020July 3, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment AM, Ferrari, fm, Indonesia, Kehlani, NFL, Podcasting, Spotify, The Weeknd

If there’s a better metaphor for what’s happening in the US right now, I haven’t seen it. Fisticuffs 😂 pic.twitter.com/KCJnnad7la

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Random music news for Saturday, February 1, 2020

February 1, 2020February 1, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Billie Eilish, BMW, Deborah Dugan, emoji, Grammys, NFL, Prince, Snoop Dogg, Super Bowl, Taylor Swift, TR-808, VHS

Aliens exist. Tom DeLonge will be proven right. Moving to music news for February 1, 2020… This is important: A

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Random music news for Wednesday, September 4, 2019

September 4, 2019September 5, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments 5G, Andy Summers, Clowns, Japan, Jay Z, Leica, Liam Gallagher, Music sales, NFL, Photography, Podcasts, R. Kelly, Satellite Radio, Toilets

Twenty-one years ago today, Google was founded. How long did it take before “google” became a verb? Moving on to

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