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Random music news for Friday, June 11, 2021

June 11, 2021June 11, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple Music, Bill C-10, Chris Martin, Coldplay, Concerts, Diddy, Festivals, Jimmy Fallon, Live Nation, Megadeth, Metallica, Rock Cruises, Stone Roses, YouTube

Britain is one of the most sweariest places in the world. And now some want it to be less sweary?

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Ongoing History Daily: Was this the worst record contract of all time?

April 22, 2021April 21, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Record Contacts, Silvertone, Stone Roses, Zomba

One of the worst record contracts ever signed was between the Stone Roses and their first label, a company called

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Random music news for Friday, March 5, 2021

March 5, 2021March 5, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beatles, Bob Marley, Covid, Dolly Parton, Gen Z, Grunge, Ian Brown, Janet Jackson, Jay-Z, Machine Gun Kelly, Mars Volta, Pussy Riot, Rod Stewart, Stone Roses, Tidal, Tina Bell, Tragically Hip

SpaceX Starship go BOOM! Now some not-quite-as-explosive music news for March 5, 2021. Ian Brown of the Stone Roses is

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Random music news for Monday, September 7, 2020

September 7, 2020September 6, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment Bob Marley, Hatebreed, Ian Brown, Iron Maiden, Live Nation, New Order, Radio, Rolling Stones, Stone Roses, System of a Down, Ticketmaster, Vinyl, William S. Burroughs

The bad news: It’s Labour Day, the unofficial end of summer. The good news: This is the latest day on

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Music History 

Random music news for Wednesday, September 18, 2019

September 18, 2019September 18, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Documentary, Every Time I Die, Liam Gallagher, Noel Gallagher, Peggy Gallagher, Stone Roses

One more day (possibly, hopefully) of erratic postings before things get back to a normal schedule. Here’s what I’ve found

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Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music encore presentation: Hard Time – Musicians Who Have Gone to Jail

June 29, 2018July 1, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alien Ant Farm, As I Lay Dying, Cake, Charlatans UK, Coheed and Cambria, Crime, Lostprophets, Sid Vicious, Stone Roses, Stone Temple Pilots

The community of musicians is like any other. While most people are good, you will have your bad actors:  musicians

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The Ongoing History of New Music, Encore Presentation: Airplanes!

April 20, 2018April 22, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Airplanes, Barenaked Laides, Blink-182, Cranberries, Jamiroquai, Offspring, Public IMage Lit., REM, Stone Roses, U2

[Note: 102.1 the Edge ran the wrong program last week. Listeners to the Edge will get the finale of the

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Bono’s Son, Eli Hewson, Has His Own Band. Watch.

December 16, 2017December 15, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Bono, Eli Hewson, Inhaler, Stone Roses, U2

Like father like son? Eli Hewson, son of Bono, is in a Dublin-based band called Inhaler who list their influences

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Random Music News for Monday, June 19, 2017

June 19, 2017June 18, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Ben Sasse, Beyonce, Bob Dylan, Bob Seger, Bruce Springsteen, Fleetwood Mac, Gotye, Jay Z, Joshua Tree, Kid Rock, Lindsey Buckingham, Lorde, Music Supervision, Nick Broomfield, Nickelback, Stone Roses, Streaming, U2, Whitney Houston

This is officially World Sauntering Day. Get up and go take a leisurely walk. Go on. Do it after you

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Marvel at Reni’s Isolated Drums on the Stone Roses’ “Love Spreads”

April 12, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Isolated Drums, Reni, Stone Roses

One of the things that immediately attracted me to the Stone Roses back in 1989 was the rhythm section. The

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Music History 

Fun Stats: Which Big Manchester Bands Found Love in Canada?

January 17, 2017 Alan Cross 1 Comment Buzzcocks, Happy Mondays, Joy Division, Manchester, Morrissey, New Order, Stone Roses, The Fall, The Smiths

Cameron Gordon of Completely Ignored was curious as to which Manchester bands were embraced by Canadians (and vice-versa), so he

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