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Twerking

Music History 

Lizzo gave a TED Talk on the history of twerking

October 1, 2021October 1, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Africa, Black History, Lizzo, tradition, Twerking

Think twerking is just about shaking your booty. Not a chance. There’s some deep history here. Thanks, Lizzo.

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Music 

Random music news for Wednesday, October 23, 2019

October 23, 2019October 22, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Airpods, Apple, Katy Perry, Liam Gallagher, Netflix, Spotify, Twerking, Vinyl

The furnace died. You don’t want to know how much it cost. But better now that in January, I guess.

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Music News 

Stuck for a gift idea? How about an Alexa-powered twerking teddy bear?

December 17, 2018December 17, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alexa, Teddy Bear, Twerking

Meet Gemmy’s teddy bear, a plush toy that will twerk to the beat of songs and will lip-sync responses from

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Music News 

Random Music News for Wednesday, April 12, 2017

April 12, 2017April 12, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alanis Morissette, Creed, Ed Sheeran, Gorillaz, HMV, Iggy Azalea, Jared Kushner, Kendrick Lamar, Last.fm, LyricFind, Mount Everest, Pink Floyd, Prince, Revolution, Scott Stapp, Sunrise Records, Tupac, Twerking, U2

Playoffs! Baseball! Yay! And now, the music news for April 12. HMV will be done completely by Saturday night. Can

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Music News 

Random Music News for Tuesday, December 30, 2014

December 30, 2014December 30, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments 5 Seconds of Summer, AC/DC, Christina Aguilera, Connected Home, DMX, Grammys, Madonna, Metallica, Mickey Mouse, Miley Cyrus, Twerking, U2

Now I have a cold. Nice timing, rhinovirus. Christina Aguilera went to Disneyland and got into a fight with Mickey

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Music News 

Well, This Basement Jaxx Video Is Interesting with Its Twerking Robots…

July 27, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments Basement Jaxx, Twerking

Greggory found this–linked from a hockey blog, of a places.  It’s kinda NSFW–depending on where you work, really.

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