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Opinion 

Why would anyone want to be a music critic today? Here’s why I ask that.

August 8, 2022August 8, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Music Criticism, Music Critics, Reviews, Rolling Stone, Social Media

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Back when music was expensive and required effort to acquire, people

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Music News AJMT
Music News 

Random music news for Monday, April 25, 2022

April 25, 2022April 25, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Black Keys, Broken Social Scene, Eddie Vedder, Mick Jagger, Misfiits, Paul Shaffer, Rolling Stone, Steel Panther, The Tubes, Vinyl, Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra, WKRP

A poop pill miracle for crushing it at the gym? Maybe. Now here’s the situation with music news for April

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Music News 

Doctors are fed up with Joe Rogan and Spotify

January 13, 2022January 13, 2022 Amber Healy 0 Comments Covid, Fake News, Joe Rogan, misinformation, Rolling Stone, Spotify, Vaccines

In April 2021, Spotify removed more than 40 episodes of the Joe Rogan Experience from its library, episodes that included

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Funny/Weird 

Someone started a fictional list of the worst songs of all time

October 8, 2021October 8, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments 500 Greatest Songs, 500 Worst Songs, Rolling Stone

There’s a building thread on Twitter started by @blainecapatch that’s a fictional rebuttal to Rolling Stone Magazine’s highly controversial list

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, September 18, 2021

September 18, 2021September 18, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Climate Action, David Bowie, Death from Above 1979, Genius, Jay-Z, Lyrisc, NFTs, Podcasts, Rolling Stone, Shrek, U2, Warner Music

Are Zoom meetings making you so self-conscious that you’re running for the plastic surgeon? You’re not alone. Now take a

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Music News 

Random music news for Monday, July 12, 2021

July 12, 2021July 13, 2021 Alan Cross 1 Comment 50 Cent, ABC, ASMR, Deezer, Dua Lipa, Fyre Festival, iPod, Jack Antonoff, Johnny Lydon, MTV, My Chemical Romance, Olivia Rodrigo, Rolling Stone, Sex Pistols, St. Vincent, Taylor Swift, TikTok, Triumph, YouTube

Back to work after a short vacation. Things on these pages will be operating as normal for the next while.

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Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, September 24, 2020

September 24, 2020September 23, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments BandCamp, BBC, Fall Out Boy, Family Feud, Headphones, Hillary Clinton, Jem Finer, Kanye, New Romantics, Ozzy, Q107, Qubuz, Rick Astley, Rolling Stone, Spotify, Steel Panther, Streaming, Van Morrison, Weezer

The Model Plaid? Weird name, but hella fast! On to music news for September 24, 2020. Coronavirus update 1: Van

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, August 15, 2020.

August 15, 2020August 15, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment Apple, Bon Jovi, David Bowie, Duff McKagan, Hans Zimmer, John Legend, Kanye West, Livestreams, Michael Jordan, Mike Ness, Rihanna, Rolling Stone, RZA, Sister of Mercy, Social Distortion

That’s a lot of money for a pair of sneakers. But I guess everyone needs a hobby. Mine is collecting

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Music News 

Jumpin’ Jack Flash Coming to THEMUSEUM

August 9, 2020August 9, 2020 Amber Healy 1 Comment Kitchener, Rolling Stone, The Rolling Stones, Unziipped

Can’t you hear them knocking? Mick, Keith and the rest of the Rolling Stones will be dancing in the streets

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Random music news for Tuesday, June 11, 2019

June 11, 2019June 11, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Boris Johnson, Cadillac Lounge, Courtney Love, Five Finger Death Punch, Imagine Dragons, Juggalos, MMVAs, Music sales, Rolling Stone, Slash, Stairway to Heaven, TsuShiMaMiRe

Tyrion turns 50 today. He used to front a punk band back in the day. As for other music news

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Random music news for Thursday, May 23, 2019

May 23, 2019May 22, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alabama 3, Brian Eno, Cardi B, Celine Dion, Fake Artists, Game of Thrones, Jake Blake, James Corden, Jay Z, Justin Bieber, Rolling Stone, Spotify, Stephen Hawking

It was on this day in 1873 that the Canadian government established the RCMP. As for music news on May

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