Trakdot Archives - Alan Cross' A Journal of Musical Things

Geeks and Beats Podcast, Episode 122: DJ Pope, Boyee

September 30, 2015September 30, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Back to the Future, Huey Lewis, Marty McFly, Marvin Sotelo, melatonin, Nirvana, One-Hit Wonder, Podcasting, Pope Francis, REM sleep, Satanism, Saudi Arabia, sleep naked, Smells Like Teen Spirit, Trakdot, Woody Guthrie

I’ve spent the last couple of days fiddling with my new iPhone 6s. Jeebus, I’m frustrated. It’s not the phone,

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

Geeks and Beats Podcast, Episode 121 (Or Maybe 119: The Merch Awakens!

September 9, 2015September 9, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments Autonomous Vehicles, Cassettes, Drone, Force Friday, Millennium Falcon, MySpace, Onstar, Samy Kamkar, Star Wars, Technics, Trakdot

After a two week layoff to recharge our martini shakers, we’re back with season four of this thing. How long

Geeks and Beats Podcast, Episode 119: 20/20 Hindsight

August 12, 2015 Alan Cross 0 Comments 20/20 News, Apple, Boardwalk Empire, CKLW, Erin Lawrence, HBO, Martin Scorsese, mix tape, Motown, Randall Carlyle, Spaceballs, Trakdot, Vinyl

I’ve been fascinated by radio since my grandmother gave me a Lloyds transistor radio for my sixth birthday. I didn’t