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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History Daily: Krist Novoselic and the Art of TV-Tossing

February 20, 2023February 19, 2023 Alan Cross 0 Comments Hotel, Krist Novoselic, Nirvana, TV

One of the big rock’n’roll cliches of being on tour is throwing a TV out of a hotel room window.

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Music Industry 

Why are Canadians such big music and TV pirates?

February 13, 2023February 13, 2023 Alan Cross 2 Comments Canada, Canadians, IIPA, Movies, Music, Piracy, Pirates, Stream-Ripping, TV

[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] I’ll admit it: If you go through the files on my

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Ongoing History of New Music Television 

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 974: The Story of TV theme songs

February 3, 2023February 3, 2023 Alan Cross 1 Comment Television, Theme Songs, TV

Like Homer Simpson, I love my TV. Without my local, network, cable, on-demand, and streaming subs, I would have never

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Music News 

That time Kate Bush presented a TV Christmas special

December 16, 2022December 16, 2022 Alan Cross 0 Comments Christmas Special, Kate Bush, TV

If you’re one of the millions of people who discovered Kate Bush in 2022 through the appearance of “Running Up

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WTF? 

Donald Trump is planning a video streaming service. What shows might be on the schedule? Let’s speculate wildly.

May 14, 2022May 15, 2022 Alan Cross 4 Comments Donald Trump, MAGA, Streaming, TV

Hot on the heels of the total failure of Truth Social, Donald Trump’s right-wing version of Twitter comes word that

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Gadgets Music History 

Fun: A quick history of home entertainment

October 13, 2021October 13, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Home Entertainment, TV, Video Stores

Most of us have been spending quite a bit of time at home because of bloody COVID. Chances are you’ve

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Music News 

Random music news for Tuesday, October 29, 2019

October 29, 2019October 28, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Amber Alerts, Coheed and Cambria, Dave Mustaine, Flea, Megadeth, Morrissey, Neil Young, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Spotify, Taylor Swift, TV, Violin, Walls of Jericho

Still in LA. I remain unconsumed by wildfires. A good thing, that, otherwise I wouldn’t be able to report on

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Music News 

Random music news for Friday, December 14, 2018

December 14, 2018December 14, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Baby It's Cold Outside, Blu-Ray, Cannibal Corpse, China, Christmas Music, David Lee Roth, Deadpool, GG Allin, Hip-hop, Lean, Mormons, Music Piracy, MusicCounts, Noel Gallagher, Peter Murphy, Smart Speakers, TV, Van Halen, William Shatner, YouTube

Plutonium was isolated on this day in 1940. As for music news on December 14, 2018… Nominations for the 2019

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Lists 

Top Music On TV In 2017

December 14, 2017December 12, 2017 Larry Lootsteen 0 Comments 2017, Music, Top, TV

Tunefind is a service that tracks music from television and movies. According to their data, this has been a banner

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Music News 

Random Music News for Saturday, April 29, 2017

April 29, 2017April 29, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Recording Studios, TV

The LA riots after the beating of Rodney King started 25 years ago today. And now, the music news for

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Music News 

The New Sonos Playbase: A Review

March 24, 2017March 24, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Playbar, Sonos, Speakers, TV

If you’re going to spend a bunch of money on a big-screen TV, it seems silly to skimp on the

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