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Random music news for Saturday, November 14, 2020

November 14, 2020November 13, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bernard Sumner, clubs, COVID-19, Drums, Eddie Van Halen, Graham Coxon, Little Richard, Maynard James Keenan, Metal, New Order, Singapore, Sonos, Streaming, Super Bowl Halftime Show, Sync

Fifty years ago, officials in Oregon, had to nuke a whale. And that’s not much of an exaggeration. And thirty

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Random music news for Saturday, November 30, 2019

November 30, 2019November 29, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Beck, COLORS, Elton John, Johnny Depp, Jonny Ive, K-Pop, Kid Rock, Michael Jackson, Oprah, Singapore, Star Wars, Tool, Twenty One Pilots, U2

In Singapore to see U2’s first-ever show in the city state. This should be interesting. As for music news on

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Fun with bloodthirsty ruthless dictators: North Korea’s video summarizing the Singapore Summit

June 16, 2018June 15, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Donald Trump, DPRK, Kim Jong-Un, North Korea, Singapore

Not that long ago, Donald Trump and Kim Jong-Un were on a path to nuclear war. Now they’re apparently BFFs.

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Music News 

Random Music News for Monday, January 8, 2018

January 8, 2018January 8, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments #MeToo, Arthur Usherton, Axl Rose, Buble, David Bowie, Donald Trump, EDM, Fred Durst, Green Day, Limp Bizkit, Live Nation, Low-power radio, Photography, Singapore, Tool, Ultra

It’s FINALLY warmed up around where I live. About time, too, because the dogs had been asking how to use

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Random Music News for Wednesday, February 24, 2016

February 24, 2016February 24, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adam Levine, Black Eyed Peas, Cats, Guns 'N Roses, Janet Jackson, Kanye West, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Singapore, smartwatch, Soundcloud, Streaming Music, Sub Pop, TV, Will.i.am

Don’t celebrate this: the Nazi Party was founded on this day in 1920. Let’s leave that behind and focus on

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Podcast 

Geeks and Beats Podcast, Episode 137: Scooby Snacks

February 3, 2016February 3, 2016 Alan Cross 1 Comment B.o.B., Coffee, David Bowie, El Macombo, Flat Earth Society, Lisa Oake, Lou Schizas, Making a Murder, Michael Wekerle, Michael Yurkovich, Passwords, Pearl Jam, Scalping, Singapore, Ticketmaster, web design, Will

I’m back home now, but the last two weeks’ worth of podcasts were done from hotel rooms, one in London

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Geeks and Beats, Episode 121: Android Love

September 23, 2015September 23, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Billy Handshaw, Doctor Who, Edge of Forever, hand mines, iOS 9, Matchbox 20, Princess Leia Slave Costume, Rob Thomas, Santana, sex robots, Singapore, Smoothcon, Star Trek, Star Wars, Steven Moffat, Tardis, Trakdot, William Shatner

Excuse me if I sound a little out of it on this week’s program because (a) I had just arrived

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Random Music News for Thursday, July 23 2015

July 23, 2015July 23, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments After the Burial, Alternative Press, BABYMETAL, Blink-182, Bon Jovi, Drake, Singapore, Splash Club, U2

I think I saw my first “back to school” flyer. This is depressing.  Let’s distract ourselves with some music news.

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Music Industry 

The State of Music in China, India and the Rest of Australasia

May 21, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2015, All That Matters, Digital Matters, Guvera, Music Matters, Singapore

Every May I come here to Singapore for the Music Matters Conference, Asia’s biggest music industry gathering. It’s my annual

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Podcast 

Geets&Beats Podcast, Episode 107: Whale of a Timewaster

May 20, 2015May 19, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 Tone, Apple Watch, fireworks, in-app purchases, Occulus Rift, Roku 3, Singapore, Six Million Dollar Man, Ska, The English Beat, Ubisoft, Victoria Day, VR

So I’m back in Singapore, sweltering in the equatorial humidity as I attend the annual Music Matters Conference in an

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Random Music News for Tuesday, April 7, 2015

April 7, 2015April 7, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apps, Bob Geldof, Elvis Presley, Game of Thrones, Khaotika, McBusted, Music Festivals, Paula Yates, Priscilla Presley, Prodigy, Roman Abramovich, Singapore, Tidal, Wormreich, Wormrot

Back on this day in 1967, Robert Ebert filed his first movie review for the Chicago Sun-Times. What’s with the

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