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Fun with bloodthirsty ruthless dictators: North Korea’s video summarizing the Singapore Summit

June 16, 2018June 15, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Donald Trump, DPRK, Kim Jong-Un, North Korea, Singapore

Not that long ago, Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un were on a path to nuclear war. Now they’re apparently BFFs.

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Music News 

And now, a musical break from North Korea

June 11, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Donald Trump, DPRK, Kim Jong-Un, North Korea

Funny how Donald Trump likes to cozy up to authoritarian leaders and dictators while simultaneously insulting America’s allies and friends.

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Music News 

The hacker who broke into a North Korean radio station and started broadcasting hair metal

May 6, 2018May 6, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Europe, Final Countdown, North Korea, The Jester

North Korea is one f-ed up country. Citizens are required to have a radio, but the only approved units tune only

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Music News 

A concert is being planned along the DMZ between the two Koreas. This is a good sign, yes?

May 5, 2018May 4, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments DMZ, Music Festival, North Korea, Peace Train, South Korea

A couple of years ago, I had a chance to visit the DMZ in Panmunjeom along the border between North and

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Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, April 5, 2018

April 5, 2018April 4, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adele, Alexa, aliens, Amazon, Apple, Beatles, Billie Joe Armstrong, Fleetwood Mac, Guns 'N Roses, Mick Jagger, Music VIdeos, North Korea, Radio, Spotify, Sting, U2, Whales

Sixty years ago today, there was a big underwater boom in Canada. A BIG one. Let’s see what’s booming in

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Random music news for Wednesday, March 28, 2018

March 28, 2018March 28, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Chance the Rapper, Freddie Mercury, iTunes, Mai Khoi, Noise Cannons, North Korea, Pon Farr, Psy, Queen, R. Kelly, Spotify, Streaming

Thirty-nine years ago today, Pennsylvania almost disappeared with the Three Mile Island nuclear meltdown incident. And for music news on

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Movies 

This Laibach concert film could be the weirdest thing to come out of North Korea

March 24, 2018March 23, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Concert Film, DPRK, Laibach, North Korea

Laibach, the heavy industrial act from Slovenia (est. 1980), was weird to begin with. But when they announced they were

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WTF? 

If you need some cheering up today, watch this

March 9, 2018March 8, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cheerleaders, North Korea, Snake Flux International

Under the heading of Snake Flux International – “Cheerleader Song” comes this music video featuring North Korea’s Army of Beauties

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Your Gee-I-need-a-laugh-because-it’s-Monday music video of the week: Flat Clang Heavy Metal

March 5, 2018March 4, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments China, Death Metal, North Korea

When you load the video (click on the image to get started), you’ll be taken to a Weibo website in

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Music News 

Random Music News for Monday, January 22, 2018

January 22, 2018January 21, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Chris Martin, Dolores O'Riordan, Exile on Main Street, Gwyneth Patrow, Jim Rodford, John Fogerty, Motley Crue, North Korea, Olympics, Proud Mary, RIP, Rod Stewart, Rolling Stones, Simon and Garfunkel, South Korea, Sting, Tom Petty, Will.i.am

It was on January 22, 1984, that this commercial ran once. It was during Super Bowl XVIII. It’s still one

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Random Music News for Tuesday, January 16, 2018

January 16, 2018January 15, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Air France, Dave Grohl, David Bowie, DPRK, Facebook, Foo Fighters, France, Keith Richards, North Korea, Plagiarism, Pogues, Rock is Dead, Shane McGowan, Vanda and Young

Now that Blue Monday is behind us, we can concentrate on getting through the second half of what’s been (generally)

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