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Random Music News for Thursday, September 22, 2016

September 22, 2016September 22, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adele, BBC, Beats, Donald Trump, DPRK, Dr. Dre, Michael Jackson, North Korea, Prince, Salesforce.com, SL-1200, U2

And just like that, it’s autumn. Here’s some music news. Interesting: BBC Radio 1 wants to become “the Netflix of

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Random Music News for Thursday, July 21, 2016

July 21, 2016July 21, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beggars, Blink-182, Corey Taylor, Donald Trump, Faroe Islands, G Festival, Gorillaz, Grunge, North Korea, Record Collecting, Rock Against Racism, Selena Gomez, Slipknot, Spotify, Temple Of The Dog, VCR, Woodstock

The American space shuttle program ended five years ago today. Not much has happened with NASA manned space flight since

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Random Music News for Wednesday, June 8, 2016

June 8, 2016June 8, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments ABBA, Alanis Morissette, Bruce Springsteen, Ellie Goulding, Kim Jong-Un, Lana Del Rey, Michael Buble, Muisc Streaming, North Korea, Ozzy, Prince, Prince Harry, Spotify, Tool, Troy Carter

That squirrel who lives in the neighbour’s shed in tormenting one of the bull terriers. At least it’s keeping her

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WTF? 

Propaganda Fun! Life in North Korea Mixed with Hall and Oates

March 3, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments DPRK, North Korea

North Korea is a horrible little country where a brutal paranoid dictator funnels the nation’s scarce resources into military might while

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Music News 

South Korea Responds to North Korea’s Nuclear Test with…Pop Music?

January 8, 2016January 8, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Kim Jong-Un, North Korea, Pop-aganda, Propaganda, South Korea

The world is still rattled by North Korea’s apparent detonation of a nuclear device earlier this month. The chubby (and

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Music News 

Kim Jong-Un Has Sent This Band Out to Promote North Korea

December 11, 2015 Alan Cross 2 Comments Kim Jong-Un, Moranbong Band, North Korea

North Korea, everyone’s favourite goofy H-bomb-armed state, has decided they need to improve their image with China, their neighbour and

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Podcast 

Geeks and Beats Podcast, Episode 124: What’s in a Name?

October 14, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Aerosmith, Bob Marley, CIA, dog translator, Donald Trump, Erin Lawrence, North Korea, Parrot, Qwerkywriter, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, Steven Tyler, Thanksgiving, Zik 2.0

This week’s show was recorded after too much turkey and wine. Although my Thanksgiving meal was the day before, I

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Music News 

North Korea Musical Drama Over Kim Jong-Un’s Sister and the Guitarist Security Lapse

October 9, 2015October 9, 2015 Alan Cross 1 Comment DPRK, Guitarist, Kim Jong-Un, North Korea

Oh, North Korea. You’re just a nutty, horrible place. We all hate performance reviews, but be thankful that you don’t

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Music News 

North Korea Invades South Korea–Through It’s Karaoke Machines

September 5, 2015September 7, 2015 Alan Cross 2 Comments Karaoke, North Korea, Propaganda, South Korea

Having been to South Korea (and 12 feet inside North Korea at the DMZ), I know exactly how weird this part

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Music News
Music News 

Random Music News for Thursday, August 27, 2015

August 27, 2015August 27, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Brian Eno, Drake, Keith Richards, Laibach, Morrissey, North Korea, Pyongyang, Serena Williams, Spotify, Taylor Swift

Do NOT believe anything about that “double moon” bullshit for tonight. But when it comes to music news, you can

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Music News 

Random Music News for Tuesday, August 25, 2015

August 25, 2015August 25, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Avirl Lavigne, Bruce Springsteen, Celine Dion, Drake, Foo Fighters, K-Pop, Kirk Hammett, Metallica, MTV, North Korea, One Direction, Serena Williams, South Korea

Back on this day in 1991, the first version of Linux was released. That has nothing to do with music

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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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