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Random Music News for Tuesday, November 21, 2017

November 21, 2017November 20, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amazon, Beethoven, David Bowie, Dustin Bentall, FACTOR, Joni Mitchell, Kindle, Netflix, Pharrell, Radio, Soviet Union, Spotify, Taylor Swift, Tom Wilson

Okay, people. Time to take down the Halloween decorations. Those carved pumpkins look pretty disgusting. You’ve been warned. And now,

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Music History 

Flashback: The Soviets Really Hated Rock Music

May 22, 2016May 21, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Censorship, Soviet Union, USSR

Back in the USSR, it was tough to be a rock fan. Regarded with suspicion and fear, the authorities did

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Music News 

The Singing Soviet Spacecraft

April 5, 2016April 5, 2016 Alan Cross 0 Comments Luna 10, Soviet Union, The Internationale, USSR

There’s a surprising amount of music in space. Both Voyager probes carry the famous Golden Record, an old-school phonograph record

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Mikhail Gorbachev’s Mixtape. He Sings.

March 7, 2016 Alan Cross 2 Comments Mikhail Gorbachev, Russia, Soviet Union

On my first trip to Russia about six years ago, the first thing I learned was that if you pour

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Music History 

This Is Fun: Artists Banned from Soviet Radio

June 3, 2014June 3, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Banned Music, Censorship, Julia Iglesias, Neofacism, Radio, Soviet Union, Village People

Everyone knows that music carries all sorts of power to influence the masses, so it should comes as no surprise

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