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Random Music News for Saturday, December 23, 2017

December 23, 2017December 22, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Led Zeppelin, Oasis, Radio Caroline, Transistor

This is a HUGE day in the history of technology. Seventy years ago today, a new thing called the “transistor”

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Music History 

How Pirate Radio Changed Things

September 29, 2017September 28, 2017 Larry Lootsteen 0 Comments Pirate Radio, Radio Caroline

My family is Dutch and my parents took me to Holland for the first time when I was 12 back

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Music News 

Random Music News for Monday, August 14, 2017

August 14, 2017August 14, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Buzzfeed, Cliff Burton, David Bowie, Metallica, Movies, Pirate Radio, R. Kelly, Radio Caroline, Tupac, Twitter

No, I don’t need my furnace ducts cleaned. STOP CALLING ME! And now, the music news for August 14. In

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Music News 

Random Music News for Monday, May 22, 2017

May 22, 2017May 23, 2017 Alan Cross 1 Comment B-sides, Chainsmokers, Kanye, Kurt Cobain, Lou Reed, Music Industry, Pandora, PayPal, Prince, Radio Caroline, Song of the Summer, Studio 54, Wyoming

It’s a holiday Monday for us in Canada, but since this site has readers around the world, I feel obligated

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Music News 

Random Music News for Tuesday, December 6, 2016

December 6, 2016December 6, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beyonce, Cassettes, Classical Music, Cuba, Fidel Castro, Hip-hop, Iggy Pop, K-Pop, Mixtapes, Morrissey, Music sales, Prince, Putin, Radio Caroline, Rock Opera, TIME, Trump, Vinyl

On this day in 1941, Canada declared war on Finland. (It’s complicated; we followed the UK and Finland was at

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If You’re a Fan of Pirate Radio, Wish Radio Caroline a Happy 50th Birthday

March 30, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Pirate Radio, Radio Caroline, UK

Unfamiliar with the whole concept of pirate radio?  Then give this a look. It’s been fifty years since Radio Caroline

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Music History 

Looking for an Awesome Rock’n’Roll Vacation in 2014? This Could Be It

December 29, 2013 Alan Cross 3 Comments Amsterdam, Graham Webb, Liverpool, London, Pirate Radio, Radio Caroline

Aussie Greg Clayton has put together an amazing rock’n’roll tour for fans of both British rock and the pirate radio

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