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Random music news for Tuesday, April 14, 2020

April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment Amazon, Beatles, Bee Gees, Death Angel, Documentaries, Kevin Lyman, Live Nation, livestreaming, Radio, Samsung

As if we don’t have enough to worry about, there’s this and this. Oh, and this, too. Swell. Now, the

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Random music news for Friday, February 22, 2019

February 22, 2019February 21, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alex Lifeson, Amy Winehouse, Apple Music, Ariana Grande, Blu-Ray, Cream Soda, Donald Trump, Florida, Jussie Smollett, Michael Jackson, NWA, Peter Tork, Rush, Samsung, Spotify, The Monkees

Heading out of the hemisphere for a few days, but I promise to keep on top of things with music

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Sign of the times: Samsung has stopped making new Blu-ray players

February 18, 2019February 18, 2019 Alan Cross 4 Comments Blu-Ray, DVD, Samsung

Like you, I have a couple of DVD and Blu-ray players in the house. I haven’t touched any of them

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Random music news for Thursday, January 31, 2019

January 31, 2019January 30, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments AC-DC, American Airlines, Apple Music, Beatles, Brian Johnson, Hello Kitty, Let It Be, Radio, Samsung, Spotify

Still brutally cold over much of North America. At my parents’ place in Manitoba, it reached -50 C with the

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Random music news for Wednesday, January 30, 2019

January 30, 2019January 30, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Bernie Sanders, David Bowie, Grammy Awards, Jazz, KISS, Mariah Carey, Ozzy Osbourne, Pink Floyd, Ringo Starr, Route 91 Festival, Samsung, Sharks, Ziggy Stardust

The dogs stuck their noses outside this morning, sniffed the cold and said “Nope. We’re holding it until April.” I

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Random music news for Tuesday, January 22, 2019

January 22, 2019January 22, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bon Jovi, Campus Radio, Chris Brown, Donald Trump, Drake, Emim Agalarov, Galaxy S10, Lady Gaga, Lionel Ritchie, O'Keefe Centre, Oscars, R. Kelly, Samsung, Slik Toxik, Spice Girls, Thom Yorke, Woodstock

The first 747 went into commercial service with Pan Am on this day in 1970. As for music news on

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Random music news for Tuesday, January 15, 2019

January 15, 2019January 14, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments 5G, Apple, CES, Chumbawamba, Classical Music, iPhone, Lady Gaga, R. Kelly, Samsung, Super Bowl, Tidal, Travis Scott, Twisted Sister, Twitter, Universal Music, Vivendi, YouTube

Okay, okay! I’ll take the Christmas tree down this weekend. I’ve been busy doing things like gathering music news. Here’s

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Random music news for Tuesday, October 30, 2018

October 30, 2018October 29, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments BBC, Bon Jovi, DAB, Donald Trump, El Mocambo, High-Res Audio, Huawei, iPhone, Kim Kardashian, Manowar, Pearl Jam, Samsung, Smart Speakers, Spotify, Steely Dan, Tim Heidecker, Walter Becker

Music news for All Hallow’s Eve Eve: October 30, 2018. Weekly Canadian music sales and streams vs. this point last

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Random music news for Friday, October 5, 2018

October 5, 2018October 5, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments 8K, A Star is Born, Adele, Aunt Mimi, Billy Corgan, Eminem, Fight Club, Green Day, John Lennon, Johnny Lydon, Kanye West, Lady Gaga, Oasis, Radiohead, Samsung, Theresa May, Tina Turner, UB40, W Hotels

Marc Garneau became the first Canadian in space on this day in 1984. And in music news for October 5,

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Random music news for Friday, August 10, 2018

August 10, 2018August 9, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Aerosmith, Anything for a Hit, Apple, Bixby, Britney Spears, BTS, DAVE MATTHEWS BAND, Drake, Intel, K-Pop, Mick Jagger, Music Video, Samsung, Songwriting Camps, Spotify, Tim Cook, Troy Carter

The staycation continues. How much have I accomplished with that list of things I was planning to do around the

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Music History 

Random music news for Tuesday, August 7, 2018

August 7, 2018August 7, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments AC/DC, Alex Jones, Alt-Country, Amazon Prime Music, Beatboxing, Drill, EDM, Facebook, inforWars, Janis Joplin, Morning Radio, Samsung, Smartphones, Spotify

Day two of my solo staycation. Maybe I’ll clean out the shed today. Or maybe I’ll just post some music

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