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Music News 

Kid Rock got punked by pro-Kremlin trolls

December 14, 2022December 14, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Donald Trump, Kid Rock, Propaganda, Russia, Social Media, Trolls

Kid Rock remains one of Donald Trump’s biggest supporters. It appears that Russian trolls took notice and exploited this love.

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Music News 

North Korea: Distribution of K-pop now carries the death penalty

June 11, 2021June 12, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments K-Pop, Kim Jung-un, North Korea, Propaganda, Soft Power, South Korea

Thuggy North Korea totalitarian dictator Kim Jung Un is not a fun guy. He enjoys things like forced labour camps,

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Music News 

An anti-US trade war song has become a viral hit in China

May 21, 2019May 21, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments China, Propaganda

As the US and China continue to slap tariffs on each other in a tit-for-tat trade war, a new song

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Music News 

North Korea Challenges America to a…Dance Off?

September 3, 2017September 2, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments North Korea, Propaganda

Oh, North Korea. You always find new ways to amuse and confuse the rest of the world. Is this new

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Music News
Music News 

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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WTF? 

Thom Yorke: Satan

July 28, 2016 Nerhys 0 Comments New Generation for God, Propaganda, Radiohead, Satan, Thom Yorke

I’m sure there are plenty of examples of religious groups trying to spread their message that God’s not dead in

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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 

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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Radio 

The BBC Is Going to Open a North Korea Radio Service. What Should They Play?

March 18, 2015March 18, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments BBC, North Korea, Propaganda, World Service

  A couple of years ago, I ventured 3 metres inside North Korea. I was at the DMZ in the

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Music History 

What Roll Did the CIA Have in Promoting Rock’n’Roll?

December 19, 2013 Alan Cross 0 Comments CIA, Propaganda, Rock and Roll

In the political world, “soft power” is the use of culture and consumer products as a way of influencing foreign

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