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Random music news for Wednesday, October 28, 2020

October 28, 2020October 27, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Airpods, Apple, Brody Dalle, Cher, Chernobyl, David Bowie, Dementia, Evan Dando, Josh Homme, Lemonheads, Radio, Snapchat, Spotify

Imagine going to school on this bus. Cool. Now let’s study music news for October 28, 2020. Now that they’re

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Random music news for Thursday, August 6, 2020

August 6, 2020September 28, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bob Geldof, Donald Trump, Drive-In Concerts, Exercise, Jimi Hendrix, Neil Young, Paul McCartney, Radio, Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube

The vacation staycation continues. Today’s the day I rid the garden shed of mouse poop. Fun. Frankly, I’d rather stay

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Random music news for Wednesday, October 24, 2018

October 24, 2018October 23, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, ASMR, Beatles, Beyonce, Cardi B, Drake, Facebook, Greta Van Fleet, Instagram, Jay Z, Lil Tay, Netflix, Nicki Minaj, Rich the Kid, Snapchat, Spotify, Third Man Records, Tracy Chapman

Canadian baseball fans will remember this day in 1992 when the Blue Jays became the first non-American team to win

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Random music news for Wednesday, October 17, 2018

October 17, 2018October 16, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apollo 11, Bono, Brian May, Cats, Gord Downie, Kanye, Music Festivals, Netflix, Podcasts, Queen, Richard Branson, Snapchat, Sound Waves, The Edge, Tragically Hip, U2

Is there something special happening in Canada today? I seem to remember that there’s supposed to be some kind of

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Random music news for Tuesday, August 28, 2018

August 28, 2018August 27, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Email, Florence + The Machine, Headphones, John McCain, Lady Gaga, Leeds, Marilyn Manson, Metallica, Nixon, Noel Gallagher, Podcasts, Smart Speakers, Snapchat, Swan River, Taylor Swift, Tragically Hip, Yoga

Happy 32nd birthday to Florence Welch of Florence + The Machine. In other music news for August 28, 2018… Canadian

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Random music news for Thursday, May 3, 2018

May 3, 2018May 2, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alex Turner, Apple, Arctic Monkeys, Brian Wilson, Disney, Instagram, iTunes, Jay Z, Justin Timberlake, Milli Vanilli, Portugal. The Man, Roc Nation, Snapchat, Spotify, Taylor Swift, WhatsApp

Oh, crap! I forgot to take care of my quarterly HST payment! Sorry, CRA. I’ll do it today. But first,

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Random Music News for Tuesday, February 13, 2018

February 13, 2018February 13, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Ed Sheeran, Facebook, James Hetfield, Leeds, Mark E. Smith, Metallica, Pharell Williams, Prince, Reading, Snapchat, Ted Bundy, Unison

I’d never heard of mixed doubles curling before last weekend. Amazing how it suddenly mattered when Canada was in contention

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Random Music News for Monday, September 4, 2017

September 4, 2017September 3, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beatles, Brexit, DuckDuckGo, INXS, iPhone 8, Logic, Michael Hutchence., MTV, Queens of the Stone Age, Radio, Ringo Starr, Shazam, Snapchat, Taylor Swift

Man, those numbers spin fast on the gas pumps these days, don’t they? Distract yourself with this music news for

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Go to Concerts? Use Snapchat? The Two Now Can Go Together in a Feature Called “Crowd Surf”

August 15, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Crowd-surf, Instagram, Snapchat

After a promising start, Snapchat is having its lunch eaten by Instagram, so it needs to up its game. The

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This Startup App Does Music Instant Messaging Better Than Snapchat

May 15, 2017 Mathew Kahansky 0 Comments app, Beatshare, Instant, Messaging, Music, Snapchat, Startup

Do you wish you could add a bit more tunage to your Snaps? The current process for adding music to Snapchat

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Random Music News for Friday, March 24, 2017

March 24, 2017March 24, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adele, Chuck Berry, CIA, Connected Car, Elvis Presley, Geffen Records, GPS, iPhone, Major Labels, Paul McCartney, Rock Band, Snapchat, Streaming, SXSW, VR

On this day 59 years ago, Elvis was drafted into the army. And in music news… Chuck Berry apparently left

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