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Random music news for Monday, February 5, 2024

February 5, 2024 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

Monkeys. They’re awful, dirty creatures. Music News, on the other hand, is pretty cool. Here’s what’s happening on February 5, 2024. Random music news for Saturday, February 3, 2024 BONUS: Snoop and the

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Random music news for Tuesday, January 2, 2024

January 2, 2024 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

I spent the holidays watching reruns of Rick & Morty and eating cheese. I’m a mess, of course. I need to get back to doing something productive, beginning with music news for January

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Random music news for Friday, October 27, 2023

October 27, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

How many of these retro toys do you remember? CAUTION: Clicking that link may make you feel your age. Moving on to music news for October 27, 2023… More music news? Check here.

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Does this qualify as a rickroll?

September 19, 2023 Alan Cross 1 Comment 0 min read

It’s well known that the Foo Fighters and Rick Astley have some kind of a bromance going on with the latter sometimes showing up to play with the Foos. Over the weekend, though,

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This could be the strangest rickroll yet

August 6, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

The concept of the rickroll–tricking someone to click a link that will deliver Rick Astley singing “Never Gonna Give You Up,” began sometime in the late aughts and has taken many different forms

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Rick Astley covered the Foo Fighters…and it ain’t bad

March 29, 2023 Alan Cross 1 Comment 0 min read

If you’re a fan of the Foo Fighters, you’ll know that they have a love for Rick “Never Gonna Give You Up” Astley. This admiration is so great that Astley has performed onstage

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This is the world’s worst musical Valentine’s Day card

January 29, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

KILL IT! KILL IT WITH FIRE! @spicybaboon_official The ultimate Vday card doesn’t exci……… Link in bio. #Spicybaboon #vday #prank #lovers #valentine #gift ♬ original sound – spicybaboon_official (Via Tom)

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Music History

The world’s greatest music video was released 35 years ago today

July 27, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment 0 min read

It was on this day in 1985 that the world was first subjected to this. We’re now 1,255,948,148 views in. Who would have guessed? Certainly not Rick Astley.

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What if Rick Astley’s “Never Gonna Give You Up” had been written by Alice in Chains?

July 20, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Then it might sound like this. (Via Metal Injection)

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Random music news for Tuesday, July 19, 2022

July 19, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

The Wife is now really deep into F1 racing. The other week during the Austrian Grand Prix, she turned to me and said “Lewis is on the wrong tires.” In other wondrous stories,

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Random music news for Tuesday, June 28, 2022

June 28, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

Putin is calling up retired generals to help with his awful war in Ukraine–including this guy. Once you’re done scratching your head over that, move to music news for June 28, 2022. At

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