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Random music news for Tuesday, December 17, 2019

December 17, 2019December 17, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Drake, Raptors

Thirty years ago today, the first episodes of The Simpsons premiered on Fox with an episode entitled “Simpsons Roasting on

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Random music news for Saturday, August 24, 2019

August 24, 2019August 24, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Airpods, AM Radio, Apple, Bose, Drake, eOne, Hasbro, Headphones, Jeffrey Epsteein, Lemmy, Oscar Peterson, Podcasts, Raptors, Tidal, Van Halen, WWE

If you’re going to a movie this weekend, note that Thomas Edison patented something called “motion pictures” on this day

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Random music news for Tuesday, June 18, 2019

June 18, 2019June 17, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bleach, Keith Flint, Nirvana, Raptors, Rick Astley, Smartphones, Woodstock 50

Happy 77th birthday, Paul McCartney! (Check out the reference to him in this story.) Now on to music news for

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RAPTORS WIN! Time for the anthem.

June 14, 2019June 14, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Peter Jackson, Raptors

Those last few seconds (specifically that lat 0.9 seconds) of last night’s game were excruciating. But in the end, the

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Think it’s tough getting tickets to a hot concert? Try buying game 7 Raptors tickets.

June 11, 2019June 11, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Raptors

The Toronto Raptors missed a chance to take the championship last night with game five of the NBA finals at

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Maestro Fresh Wes drops Raptors-inspired video

June 7, 2019June 7, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Maestro Fresh Wes, Raptors

It seems that everyone in Canada is now a Toronto Raptors fan, none more crazy than those who show up

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The NBA finals between Toronto and Golden State start tonight. We need a fight song for the series. How’s this?

May 30, 2019May 30, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Azeem Haq, NBA, Raptors

Azeem Haq is an extreme fan of Toronto sports teams. His latest opus is entitled “King of the North,” a

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Random music news for Thursday, May 30, 2019

May 30, 2019May 29, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beatles, Collosus, Julian Temple, Nirvana, Pirate Bay, Raptors, Russia

A robin has built a nest on top of the lantern on my front porch. I’ve named her Estelle. As

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Attention NBA fans: Here’s the battle between bands from Toronto and Golden State (okay, Oakland)

May 29, 2019May 28, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Drake, Golden State, Raptors, Smash Mouth, Toronto

[Frequent contributor Gilles LeBlanc has set up a battle between the two cities with teams in the NBA finals which

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Random music news for Wednesday, May 29, 2019

May 29, 2019May 28, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bagpipes, iPhone, Podcasting, Raptors, Scalpers, Smartphones, Stream Ripping, Walk Off The Earth

My spring speaking tour resumes tonight with a gig in Buffalo. If you want to see if I’ll be in

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It’s not just the Raptors vs. Golden State in the NBA finals. It’s also Drake vs. Smash Mouth. Wait–what?

May 27, 2019May 27, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments NBA, Raptors

God bless Drake for his enthusiastic support of Toronto and the Raptors. But a lot of people outside the city

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