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Random music news for Thursday, August 20, 2020

August 20, 2020August 20, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Classical Music, COVID-19, Gene Simmons, Joe Strummer, Kanye West, KISS, Marc Almond, Metadata, Mood Music, Muzak, Netflix, Nick Cave, NME, Soft Cell

Because we can never get enough of The Simpsons’ steamed hams. There should be an InstaPot update, if you ask

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Recommended Music 

A Totally Scientific View on 2018’s Best Albums (Part 2)

December 29, 2018December 29, 2018 Mathew Kahansky 0 Comments 2018, Album of the Year, Anthony Fantano, Best Album, Best Record, Consequence of Sound, Editorial, End of Year, KEXP, NME, Noisey, NPR, Record of the Year, Rolling Stone

Here we go again – the remainder of this year’s best albums, according to a whack of publications and somewhat

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Recommended Music 

A Totally Scientific View on 2018’s Best Albums (Part 1)

December 26, 2018December 26, 2018 Mathew Kahansky 2 Comments 2018, Album of the Year, Anthony Fantano, Best Album, Best Record, Consequence of Sound, Editorial, End of Year, KEXP, NME, Noisey, NPR, Record of the Year, Rolling Stone

Let’s start with this – this article may take a while to load on your device. There are a LOT

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Music Industry 

The golden age of print music journalism is definitely over.

March 12, 2018March 11, 2018 Alan Cross 1 Comment British Music Magazines, Music Magazines, NME, Print

[This is my weekly column for Global News. -AC] In preparation for finishing our basement last year, I had to

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Music Industry 

Goodbye, print edition of The NME.

March 9, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Kerrang!, NME, Wired

I wonder how many final copies of The NME will be distributed by Time Inc UK? The weekly music paper

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Music Industry Music News 

More music media slips into the past: The NME to halt print edition

March 7, 2018March 7, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments NME

It’s hard to overstate how important the weekly music magazines used to be in the UK. In the absence of

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Interview 

17 of the Most Cringeworthy TV Interviews Ever

July 23, 2015 Alan Cross 2 Comments Awkward, Interviews, NME

When anyone asks me of the hundreds of artists interviews in my career, which was the worst? Easy: the Beautiful

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Music News
Music News 

Random Music News for Tuesday, July 14, 2015

July 14, 2015July 14, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 50 Cent, Ariana Grande, Bankruptcy, Burma, David Bowie, Denis Leary, HMV, Justin Bieber, Kanye West, Lauren Hill, Madonna, Mike Tyson, Minions, Mynamar, New Horizons, NME, Pluto, Punk, Sharknado, Simply Red

It’s New-Horizons-at-Pluto-Day! What will we see? Will the Annunaki be awakened from their slumber? (Note to mission specialist Alan Stern:

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Music News 

The New Musical Express is Going from “Paid” to “Free” (And, Er, With Less Music)

July 6, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Lifestyle, NME, Rebrand

The New Musical Express–the NME to longtimers–has been covering music in the UK, Ireland and beyond for sixty-three years. But

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Music History 

Awesome Magazine Covers from the 1990s

February 3, 2015 Alan Cross 3 Comments British, Britpop, Kerrang!, Melody Maker, Mojo, Music Magazines, NME, Q, Record Collector, Select, The Word, Uncut

I calculated that at one point I spent nearly $4,000 a year on music magazines. (Hey, it was part of

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Podcast 

Geeks&Beats Episode 44 Available! Here Are Your Show Notes

February 19, 2014February 19, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Fishbone, Gadgets, Geeks, Hoverboard, NME, Stage Diving

During every Olympiad, there’s always That Guy. You know the person I’m talking about.  The dude who is suddenly an

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