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Record Stores

Music Industry 

There’s a new 12-part doc on record shops coming

January 28, 2022January 28, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Documentary, Record Shops, Record Store Day, Record Stores, UK

If you’re the kind of person who loves to root around in record shops, a new 12-part documentary entitled Behind

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: The effect of streaming music

January 17, 2022January 17, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Record Stores, Streaming

When streaming started to take off more than a decade ago, skeptics said it would never work. After more than

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Opinion 

I really, really miss old-school stores. Let me count the ways.

August 16, 2021August 15, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments 8-Tracks, Cassettes, Record Stores, Vinyl

[This was my column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] One night while trying something other than endlessly doomscrolling for stories about

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Music News AJMT
Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, July 1, 2021

July 1, 2021June 30, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments David Hasselhoff, Facebook, Halsey, Influencers, Metallica, MTV, Mumford & Sons, Neil Peart, Pop Music, Record Stores, Sesame Street, Streaming, The Weeknd, Trent Reznor, USS, Wintston Marshall

Expecting to die one day? Go to Mars! On that cheery note, here’s just news for July 1, 2021. Is

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: The longbox, part 2

May 27, 2021May 28, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment Longbox, Ongoing History, Record Stores

A major complaint of record stores in the early 80s was the cost of installing new shelving to display this

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Music Industry Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: The longbox, part 1

May 26, 2021May 26, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments CDs, Longbox, Record Stores

Back in the early 80s, the recorded music industry was suffering. The disco bubble had burst. Record sales were in

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Television 

This is the Thing, a comedy set in a Canadian record store is now available

May 18, 2021May 19, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Record Stores, This the Thing

There’s something about the environment of a record store that makes it a natural setting for a comedy. This is

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Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 920: The history of the record store

May 7, 2021May 7, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Camelot, Depeche Mode, HMV, Record Stores, Sunrise Records, Tower Records, Virgin, Wherehouse

Before we begin, I am very aware that there are many people who have never, ever set foot in a

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Movies 

Looking for a new movie set in a hipster record store? Check out this.

March 19, 2021March 18, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Record Stores, Warmed-Over Krautrock

Whenever the movie version of Nick Hornby’s High Fidelity comes on TV, my wife leaves the room. “I don’t need

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Music News 

Random music news for Wednesday, December 30, 2020

December 30, 2020December 30, 2020 Alan Cross 2 Comments Canadian Music Week, Jay-Z, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, Nashville, Record Stores, Streaming Music Services, Tidal, Weldon Angelos

Pleeeeasee eexcusee any typos in today’s missivee. The eeeee key on my MacBook Pro is screeweed, so eeach keeeystrokeee reeesults

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Music News 

Random music news for Wednesday, November 4, 2020

November 4, 2020November 4, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Death Metal, Eddie Vedder, Grammys, Livestreams, Record Stores, Stairway to Heaven, Windows 95

Is it over yet? Is it safe to come out? Jeebus, it’s not? Can we afford to divert our attention

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