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Tech 

Elon Musk’s raging Twitter dumpster fire, weekend edition

November 12, 2022November 12, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Dumpster Fire, Eli Lilly, Elon Musk, Jesus, Satan, Twitter

This might turn out to be just part one of a weekend report, but we’ll see, won’t we. WTF is

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Controversy 

Christians accuse a metal festival of wanting to open a portal to hell in order to summon Satan

July 27, 2022July 27, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Christians, Metal, Satan, Tennessee

It’s been a while since we’ve had a solid Satanic panic over metal music, so perhaps we’re overdue. The Tennessee

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Funny/Weird 

Michigan Republican politician calls out singers for being tools of the devil

April 26, 2022April 27, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Ariana Grande, Beyonce, Billie Eilish, Cardi B, Illuminati, Kristina Karamo, LUCIFER, Satan, Satanic Panic

Meet Kristina Karamo, a Republican candidate for Secretary of State in Michigan. She has some interesting ideas about how the

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Music News 

QAnon nuts believe that the Astroworld disaster was Satan “snatching people’s souls”

November 9, 2021November 9, 2021 Alan Cross 2 Comments AstroWorld, QAnon, Satan, Satanic Rituals, Travis Scott

Leave it to QAnon whackos to uncover a “conspiracy” about what really happened in Houston at the Astroworld Festival last

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Music News 

These are the most metal shoes EVER! (UPDATE: Sorry. Sold out. And there’s now a lawsuit.)

March 29, 2021March 30, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Fashio, Lil Nas X, MSCHF, Nike, Nike Air Max 97s, Satan, Shoes

Footwear is important to musicians. It’s nice if it’s functional, but it’s far more important to look good and to

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Funny/Weird 

This Christian author says he recorded the actual voice of Satan

August 6, 2020August 6, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Satan

Sure. Okay. But here we go. As he pushes his new book, The Devil’s Playground, Christian author Roderick Millington says

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Music News 

Dave Grohl’s latest role: SATAN!

December 20, 2018December 24, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Billy Crystal, Dave Grohl, Jimmy Kimmel, Satan

The Nicest Man in Rock showed up on Jimmy Kimmel the other night playing Satan to Billy Crystal’s God. They

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Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, April 26, 2018

April 26, 2018April 26, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Blondie, Charity Singles, Clem Burke, Facebook, Hip-hop, K-Pop, Lou Pearlman, Meghan Markle, Moby, Panic! At the Disco, Prince, Prince Harry, Satan, Spotify, Vinyl

Today is Melania Trump’s birthday. I wonder what she really wants? Meanwhile, in music news for April 26, 2018… For

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WTF? 

Thom Yorke: Satan

July 28, 2016 Nerhys 0 Comments New Generation for God, Propaganda, Radiohead, Satan, Thom Yorke

I’m sure there are plenty of examples of religious groups trying to spread their message that God’s not dead in

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Music News 

Leaflets Found in a British School Call Music “Acts of the Devil”

June 17, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Devil, Muslim, Satan

From the BBC: Inspectors made an unannounced visit to the Darul Uloom Islamic High School in Birmingham after having previously

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Music History 

A Golden Oldie: “Hidden and Satanic Messages in Rock Music” Radio Broadcast from 1981

March 25, 2016March 25, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Backwards Masking, Satan, Secret Messages

There was a time in the late 70s and early 80s when hardcore religious types were convinced that rock music–evil

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