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Random music news for Tuesday, April 28, 2020

April 28, 2020April 27, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, Baseball, Beyonce, Clubhouse, Facebook, George Harrison, Jack Dorsey, Lego, Merch, Universal, Yoshiki

This might give you some kind of hope when it comes to what was apparently a hopeless situation. Once you

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Random music news for Tuesday, April 21, 2020

April 21, 2020April 20, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments 8-Tracks, Bob Dylan, David Guetta, Iggy Pop, Live Nation, Pink Floyd, The Prodigy, Ticketmaster, Universal, Wreckless Eric

Can the coronavirus be transmitted through farts? This leads to a discussion of “aerosolized feces.” Once you get over that,

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Random music news for Saturday, March 7, 2020

March 7, 2020March 7, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments A Tribe Called Red, Bernie Sanders, Coachella, David Crosby, Public Enemy, Radio, Sonos, Spotify, Universal

Here’s a topic worthy of exploration these days: edible vaccines. And here are 18 more common ways to die than

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Universal admits the loss of master tapes from these artists in the 2008 fire

February 14, 2020February 14, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Universal

If you remember the story of the fire at Universal Music’s secure vault back in 2008, there were allegations that

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Random music news for Wednesday, January 1, 2020

January 1, 2020January 1, 2020 Alan Cross 0 Comments Goth, Mariah Carey, Massive Attack, Mike Portnoy, Rush, Tencent, Travis Barker, Universal

It’s the future. Time for the first roundup of music news of the new decade. Here’s a list of all

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Random music news for Wednesday, November 6, 2019

November 6, 2019November 6, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 Live Crew, Christian Grammys, Fender, Grammys, LIVELab, Metallica, Pharrell Williams, Podcasts, Roger STone, Smart Speakers, Spinal Tap, Spleeter, Universal

I woke up in Phuket this morning. Bonus points if you can pronounce that correctly. Here’s some music news for

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Random music news for Thursday, August 29, 2019

August 29, 2019August 29, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Keith Flint, Live Nation, Nice Cave, Ozzy Osbourne, Prodigy, Smart Speakers, Soundgarden, Spotify, Ticketmaster, Universal

Millennials have figured out how to stop spam calls on their mobile phones. Basically, if the phone rings, it’s spam.

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Random music news for Wednesday, August 7, 2019

August 7, 2019August 7, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments AI, Drummers, FRBs, Metallica, Near Mint, Simpsons, Sony, Triumph, Universal, Woodstock

On this day in 1955, Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering, the precursor to Sony, sold its first transistor radios. When it comes

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Random music news for Friday, June 28, 2019

June 28, 2019June 27, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Black Sabbath, BTS, Glastonbury, Metal, Nitrous Oxide, Universal

Summer long weekend number 2. How many people are going to *cough* call in sick today to make a four-dayer?

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Random music news for Monday, June 17, 2019

June 17, 2019June 17, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Andre 3000, Bluegrass, Breast Cancer, Chris Cornell, Chris Martin, Coldplay, Jimmy Buffet, Liam Gallagher, Lil Durk, Mariah Carey, Noel Gallagher, Thom Yorke, Universal

No basketball. No hockey. I feel so…empty. Best just concentrate on music news for June 17, 2019. And here come

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This is very, VERY bad: Eleven years ago, thousands of master tapes of albums burned up in a fire. Now there’s a lawsuit involving “the biggest disaster in the history of the music business.”

June 12, 2019June 12, 2019 Alan Cross 0 Comments Universal

Just before 5 am on June 1, 2008, while maintenance workers were using blowtorches to repair the roof of a

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