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Random music news for Saturday, February 11, 2023

February 11, 2023February 12, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Britney Spears, Burger King, earworms, Headphones, Karen Carpenter, Keith Moon, Mendelson Joe, Metallica, Sam Smith, Satan, Spotify, Van Halen, Winnie the Pooh, Women in Music

How many podcasts like this exist? (It’s a parody, but it’s awfully accurate.) Try some music news for February 11,

Ongoing History of New Music

The Ongoing History of New Music, Episode 764: Unfortunate Sonic Coincidences

October 21, 2016October 23, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beatles, Coldplay, Copyright Infringement, Joe Satriani, John Denver, Killing Joke, Nek, New Order, New Seekers, Nirvana, Oasis, Offspring, Paul and Mary, Peter, Plagiarism, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Ripoff, Sam Smith, Sum 41, Tom Petty

It’s happened to all of us. We hear a new song and go “Hey! That sounds just like [insert title

Movies Music News

Music Notes from the Oscars That You May Have Missed

February 29, 2016February 29, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2016, Academy Awards, Dan Gerson, Dave Grohl, Ennio Morricone, Oscars, Public Enemy, Radiohead, Sam Smith

Three hours and 35 minutes. If you made it through the whole thing, then you’re either (a) a super hardcore

What Were the Top Selling Vinyl Albums in Canada in 2015?

January 8, 2016January 8, 2016 Alan Cross 4 Comments Adele, Arctic Monkeys, Beatles, Bob Marley, Canada, CCR, City and Colour, Ed Sheeran, Hozier, Lana Del Rey, Led Zeppelin, Miles Davis, Mumford & Sons, Music sales, Pink Floyd, Sam Smith, Taylor Swift, Vance Joy, Vinyl

All the sales numbers and various statistics from 2015 are coming in from the Canadian music industry (I have more links

Radiohead’s Rejected James Bond Theme Works Well Over the Opening Credit Sequence

December 28, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments James Bond, Opening Theme, Radiohead, Sam Smith, Soundtrack, SPECTRE

Let’s say for a second that Radiohead’s “SPECTRE,” the Bond rejected in favour of something by Sam Smith, had instead

Random Music News for Saturday, October 24, 2015

October 24, 2015October 24, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adele, Beastie Boys, Concerts, CRTC, David Bowie, Dennis PoP, Donald Trump, Henry Rollins, Jon Moss, Michael Jackson, Rage Against the Machine, Sam Smith, Smiths, Songwriting, Statistics Canada

Ate a bad kushi oyster here in Vancouver last night. You don’t want to know anymore about it. I will,

Movies Music Industry

How Did Sam Smith Have a #1 with a Bond Theme When So Many Others Did Not?

October 11, 2015October 10, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bond, Number One, Sam Smith

In fifty years, not a single theme song from a Bond film reached #1 on the British charts. Paul McCartney

Random Music News for Monday, September 28, 2015

September 28, 2015September 28, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Brian Eno, Drake, Ed Sheeran, Future, Gavin Rossdale, Global Citizen, Gwen Stefani, Professor Green, Rolling Stones, Ryan Adams, Sam Smith, Shakepseare, Summer Ends, Taylor Swift, The Power Station, TomorrowWorld

Is it just me or are the cups at Starbucks getting thinner and flimsier? On to music news… In “Dave

Random Music News for Saturday, September 26, 2015

September 26, 2015September 25, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple Music, David Tolley, Drake, Giraffe, James Bond, Kanye West, Playola, Sam Smith

Did you know we were almost obliterated on this day in 1983 when the USSR thought that US had launched

Random Music News for Tuesday, September 22, 2015

September 22, 2015September 22, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beatles, Blur, Bono, Brian Wilson, CERN, Deerhoof, Drake, Foo Fighters, Frances Bean Cobain, Guns 'N Roses, James Bond, Large Hadron Collider, Sam Smith

Is it fall already? I need to put away my white shoes. And now, in music news… So why did

Random Music News for Tuesday, September 8, 2015

September 8, 2015September 8, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 3D printing, Aimee Osbourne, Ben Folds, Bono, Gene Simmons, Google, James Bond, Joey Ramone, KISS, Napalm Death, Ozzy Osbourne, Sam Smith, Turntables, U2, Vinyl

Back to work. Back to school. Back to…pumpkin spice lattes? Really, Starbucks? So soon? And now, some music news. Bono

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