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Random music news for Saturday, December 1, 2018

December 1, 2018November 30, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alexa, Amazon, Apple, Apple Music, Ariana Grande, Australia, iTunes, Jay Z, Kan ye West, Neuroscience, Ozzy Osbourne, Paul McCartney, Podcasts, Spotify, Tommy Lee, Travis Scott, Vinyl, VR, VUE, Wizard of Oz

Four more shopping weekends until Christmas. How’s your shopping going? Let’s move to music news for Saturday, December 1, 2018.

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Music News 

Random music news for Wednesday, November 7, 2018

November 7, 2018November 6, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments 8K, Android, Aretha Franklin, Bono, Diddy, El Chapo, International Space Station, iPhone, Mac Miller, Michael Jackson, MP3 player, Muse, Prince, Roy Clark, Tim Berners-Lee, VR

On this day in 1994, WXYC, a student radio station at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, became the

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Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, October 11, 2018

October 11, 2018October 11, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Carpool Karaoke, Chris Cornell, Giorgio Moroder, Hedley, Jacob Hoggard, Jimmy Kimmel, Lady Gaga, Madonna, Nickelback, Quiet Magnet Coin, Soundgarden, VR

My neighbour has started to go crazy with Halloween. There are skeletons hanging from all the trees. Charming. And now,

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Music News 

Geeks and Beats podcast, episode 203: Love Virtually

October 3, 2018October 7, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments A&R, AI, VR

Facebook’s Oculus has finally given early adopters a reason to jump into VR. But should the rest of us? Augmented

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Music News 

Random music news for Thursday, August 23, 2018

August 23, 2018August 22, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments AC/DC, Aerosmith, AI, Aretha Franklin, Chrome, Def Jam, Donald Trump, Drake, Google, Guinness Book of World Records, JJ Abrams, La Roux, Liam Gallagher, New York Jets, Prince, Shortwave, Sinead O'Connor, Spotify, VR, Weird Al

The reason you’re reading this is because on this day in 1991, the World Wide Web was open to the

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Gadgets 

VR comes to the world of DJing: Behold Electronauts

August 1, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Electronauts, Survios, VR

This is kinda cool: a new VR title from a publisher called Survios entitled Electronauts. It’s not really a game,

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Music News 

Random music news for Friday, June 8, 2018

June 8, 2018June 7, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Autism, Bob Marley, David Cassidy, Humboldt Broncos, iPhone, Netflix, Prince, Sonic Attacks, Tetris, Ticketfly, VR

On this day in 1949, George Orwell’s 1984 was published. Back to the future: music news for June 8, 2018.

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Music News 

Random music news for Monday, March 12, 2018

March 12, 2018March 12, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Albert Einstein, Bono, Bose, David Bowie, Ed Sheeran, Elon Musk, Kanye West, Katie Perry, Smashing Pumpkins, Spotify, VR

Why is DST still a thing? It plays hell on the mind and body. It’s never been proven to do

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Music News 

Random Music News for Wednesday, January 10, 2018

January 10, 2018January 10, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Apple, David Bowie, EDM, God Save the Queen, Google Assistant, Ice Cream, Jimmy Iovine, NWA, Radio, Russell Simmons, Sex Pistols, Spotify, Van Halen, VR, Willie Nelson, ZZ Top

David Bowie died two years ago today. To commemorate that, this demo of “Let’s Dance” was released. And in more

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Podcast 

Geeks and Beats Podcast, Episode 149: Walled Gardeners

October 18, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Google, Pixel 2, VR

Google backed up the truck this week to the G&B studios and unloaded a bunch of new toys for us

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Podcast 

Geeks and Beats Podcast, Episode 148: Polyphonic Replicants

October 11, 2017October 11, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2049, Blade Runner, Polyphonic, Vangelis, VR

If you’re at all interested in the story behind the song, rising Youtube star Noah of Polyphonic drops by the

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The Backstage Project Podcast

The Backstage Project Podcast with Mark Silver focuses on the stories behind the biggest and best entertainment products, events, and companies. We go behind the scenes with amazing people who have done or are doing extraordinary things to entertain you, the audience. From sporting events to concerts, from cable tv to music apps; if it’s made an impact on the entertainment world, we cover it.

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