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RIP Mike Nesmith of The Monkees and the man who named The Tragically Hip

December 11, 2021December 11, 2021 Alan Cross 3 Comments Elephant Parts, Mike Nesmith, Monkees, MTV, Music VIdeos, Rio, RIP, Tragically Hip

You’ll read all kinds of obituaries about Mike Nesmith, the brainiest of The Monkees, who died this week of natural

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Random music news for Friday, January 22, 2021

January 22, 2021January 22, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amazon, Commodore, Joe Biden, Joey Keithley, Meme TikTok, Microsoft, New Radicals, Notorious Markets List, Rio, Vancouver, Zune

More shroom research. Just sayin’. Let’s try some music news for January 22, 2021. No Glastonbury this year. Again. The

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Music News 

Random Music News for Monday, September 25, 2017

September 25, 2017September 25, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beatles, Hip-hop, John Niven, Kill Your Friends, Madonna, Museum, Neil Tennant, Pet Shop Boys, Rio, Rock in Rio, Spotify, USSR

According to a Christian numerologist, the world was supposed to have ended this past Saturday. I hope you didn’t max

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And the Gold Medal for Streaming Music Goes To…

August 9, 2016 Alan Cross 1 Comment Girl from Ipanema, Olympics, Rio

Watching the opening ceremonies from Rio on Friday, you just knew that “Girl from Ipanema” just had to show up

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A MegaMix of Rio Goodness for Your World Cup Party

June 12, 2014June 12, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Brasil, Brazil, Rio, World Cup 2014

Here’s nearly an hour of Brazil cheesiness from the 60s complete with samples from Rod Stewart and Basement Jaxx thrown

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