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The return of Winamp–and this could be very useful

July 11, 2022July 11, 2022 Alan Cross 2 Comments Aggregator, Amazon Music, Apple Music, NFTs, Spotify, Streaming, Winamp, YouTube Music

If you’re of a certain age, chances are you’ll remember using Winamp as your digital music player/ripper on a desktop

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Random music news for Tuesday, November 23, 2021

November 23, 2021November 23, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Black Friday, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Duran Duran, Headphones, MathBoi, Music VIdeos, Nevermind, Nirvana, Roger Daltrey, Spencer Eldon, Tidal, U2, Vinyl, Winamp

In coding? Then you might want to meet Marty the Moose. If not, there’s still music news for November 23,

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Random music news for Thursday, June 18, 2020

June 18, 2020June 18, 2020 Alan Cross 1 Comment 78 RPM Records, Alexisonfire, CeeLo Green, Dan Auerbach, Dolly Parton, Elon Musk, Elton John, Gone with the Wind, Grimes, iOS, Kim Jong-Un, Kim Kardashian, My Chemical Romance, Radiohead, Rap Metal, Spotify, Winamp

How did Aunt Jemima last this long? Buh-bye. And on the topic of extremists, we have John Cleese to explain

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Music News 

Random music news for Tuesday, October 16, 2018

October 16, 2018October 16, 2018 Alan Cross 0 Comments Beyonce, Bryan Adams, Country Music, Disturbed, Harmonica, India, Johnny Lydon, Music sales, Piracy, Roger Daltrey, Streams, Wilco, Winamp

It was on this day in October 1970 when Pierre Trudeau enacted the War Measures Act. It was a scary

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Music History 

Hey, Whatever Happened to Winamp?

July 5, 2017July 4, 2017 Alan Cross 9 Comments Winamp

Back in the pre-iTunes era (and for quite some time after), the go-to CD ripper and MP3 playback player was

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Random Music News for Tuesday, February 28, 2017

February 28, 2017February 28, 2017 Alan Cross 0 Comments Black Metal, Chad Smith, Chris Martin, Donald Trump, Jackie Evancho, Jacula, Plagiarism, Podcasting, Randy Lennox, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Scott Baio, SOCAN, U2, Universal Music, Waze, Winamp, YouTube

I had a sinus headache this morning so I went to the medicine chest to get some relief. How the

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Music News 

Winamp Lives!

January 15, 2014 Alan Cross 1 Comment AOL, Radionomy, Shoutcast, Winamp

Late last year, AOL, the owners of Winamp, announced that after about 15 years, the iconic MP3 player/ripper had outlived

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Winamp: Not Dead Yet

January 2, 2014 Alan Cross 0 Comments AOL, Radionomy, Shoutcast, Winamp

It looked as if AOL was going to close down the venerable Winamp a few days before Christmas.  But there’s

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