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Fun: Here’s how South Korea makes vinyl records

December 29, 2022December 29, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments South Korea, Vinyl

In the Olden Days, vinyl record presses were big, stinky, dangerous things. Today they still involved hot non-biodegradable polyvinyl chloride,

Why am I writing about BTS today?

October 17, 2022October 17, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Artificial Intelligence, BTS, Elvis, Military Service, South Korea

Anyone who spends anytime at all on this site knows the focus is mostly on rock music with bits of

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Random music news for Friday, March 11, 2022

March 11, 2022March 11, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Arkells, Brian Adams, CDs, K-Pop, Korn, Nintendo, Notorious BIG, PlayStation, Russia, Sony, South Korea, Ukraine

Oh, great. As if we don’t have enough to worry about, there’s this. Try not to worry too much as

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Random music news for Wednesday, March 2, 2022

March 2, 2022March 2, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Biopic, Lollapalooza, Madonna, Marc Gieger, South Korea, Spotify, Turntables

How would AI apply for a job as a musician? Like this. Let’s now try some music news for March

This South Korean sing contest TV show is…interesting

February 22, 2022February 22, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bee Gees, Singing Contest, South Korea

On the heels of the Masked Singer and its ilk comes another variation on the singing contest: South Korea’s Your

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Random music news for Friday, February 18, 2022

February 18, 2022February 18, 2022 Alan Cross 1 Comment Brian Epstein, Britney Spears, Ed Sheeran, Elvis Presley, Joe Rogan, Nickelback, Peleton, Podcasts, Snapchat, South Korea, Spotify, Ticketmaster, Tony Wilson, Truck Protest

The Queen–yes, the monarch–has launched a brand of dog perfume. Gotta pay for Prince Andrew’s indiscretions somehow, right? Now let’s

North Korea: Distribution of K-pop now carries the death penalty

June 11, 2021June 12, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments K-Pop, Kim Jung-un, North Korea, Propaganda, Soft Power, South Korea

Thuggy North Korea totalitarian dictator Kim Jung Un is not a fun guy. He enjoys things like forced labour camps,

South Korea is using artificial intelligence to produce music by dead musicians

March 22, 2021March 22, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Dead Musicians, Lost Tapes Live, machine learning, South Korea

Artificial intelligence is being harnessed to do some interesting things. New programs are being used to learn and then extrapolate

This might be the most shocking musical performance ever seen on a kid’s show

August 1, 2020August 1, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments South Korea

On July 30, 2005, a South Korean show called Music Camp broadcast another live no-tape-delay episode. Hey, it was a

So you wanna reopen concerts and clubs? Here’s what happened in South Korea.

May 15, 2020May 15, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment Coronavirus, COVID-19, South Korea

A survey released this week on the public’s attitude towards going to concerts and festivals this week shows that we’re

A concert is being planned along the DMZ between the two Koreas. This is a good sign, yes?

May 5, 2018May 4, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments DMZ, Music Festival, North Korea, Peace Train, South Korea

A couple of years ago, I had a chance to visit the DMZ in Panmunjeom along the border between North and

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