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Sesame Street

Funny/Weird 

Aliens discover Rush and “The Spirit of Radio”

January 17, 2023January 17, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments aliens, Rush, Sesame Street, Spirit of Radio

Okay, so this may not have been the entirely what happened on Sesame Street, but… (Via Tom) @entrenous2112 #rush #neilpeart

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Music News AJMT
Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, July 1, 2021

July 1, 2021June 30, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments David Hasselhoff, Facebook, Halsey, Influencers, Metallica, MTV, Mumford & Sons, Neil Peart, Pop Music, Record Stores, Sesame Street, Streaming, The Weeknd, Trent Reznor, USS, Wintston Marshall

Expecting to die one day? Go to Mars! On that cheery note, here’s just news for July 1, 2021. Is

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Television 

While Sesame Street still looks for Bruce Springsteen to appear on the show, Dave Grohl stepped in

November 14, 2019November 13, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Dave Grohl, Sesame Street

The surprise is not that Dave Grohl made an appearance on Sesame Street, it’s that it’s taken him this long

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, November 9, 2019

November 9, 2019November 9, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bruce Dickinson, Bruce Springsteen, Iron Maiden, Kanye, Madonna, Pakistan, Sesame Street, StubHub, Underworld, YouTube Music

The first edition of Rolling Stone magazine was published on this day in 1967. Over to music new for November

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Recommended Music 

Your weird video for the day: Sesame Street vs. the Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage”

June 20, 2019June 20, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Sabotage, Sesame Street

A mashup of Sesame Street and “Sabotage?” Why not?

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Music News 

Random music news for Wednesday, November 28, 2018

November 28, 2018November 27, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments 8K video, Alessia Cara, Auschwitz, BBC, Brexit, Broadway, Bruce Springsteen, Country Music, Donald Trump, Facebook, Go-Gos, iPhones, Music sales, NHK, Primus, Roland, Sesame Street, Streaming, Studio, Ticketmaster, Toilets

Something happened in astronomy on this day in 1967 that eventually resulted in one of the most famous album covers

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Podcast 

Geeks and Beats podcast, episode 181: SPACED!

May 9, 2018May 10, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Elon Musk, Geeks and Beats, Milky Way, Saturday Night Fever, Sesame Street

With the rabbit hole the geeks went down this week, you’d be forgiven for wondering if they were high. (Well,

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Cool! 

Someone Has Finally Mashed Up the Beastie Boys’ “Sabotage” with Sesame Street

July 7, 2017July 6, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beastie Boys, Mashup, Sesame Street

What took you so long, Internet?

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Music News 

Random Music News for Friday, June 2, 2017

June 2, 2017June 1, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Arcade Fire, Ariana Grande, Grateful Dead, Jerry Garcia, Keith Richards, Manchester, Mariah Carey, Mental Illness, New Order, No Sleep Til Sudbury, Podcasts, Rolling Stons, Ronnie Wood, Sesame Street, Sony, Star Trek, Taylor Swift, Universal Translator

It was on this day in 1999 that Bhutan became the last country in the world to get television. And

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Music News 

Random Music News for Saturday, January 28, 2017

January 28, 2017January 29, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Carole King, David Bowie, George Michael, Grunge, Iron Maiden, J-Pop, Jimmy Kimmel, Mozart, Rock Paper Scissors, Sarajevo, Sega, Sesame Street, Singles, Soundrack, Spotify, Steve Miller, Video Games

The Great Lakes Blizzard happened on this day in 1977–40 years ago–which saw Buffalo and the surrounding area hit with

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Music News 

Jazz Harmonica Great Toots Thielemans Has Died, Taking Part of My Childhood with Him

August 23, 2016August 23, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Sesame Street, Toots Thielemans

Toots Thielemans brought the harmonica to jazz. He ended up playing with greats like Miles Davis, Benny Goodman and many

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