Alan Cross🇨🇦
@alancross.bsky.social
Canadian radio, TV, music, and internet guy. My business card reads “Professional Music Geek.” I’m all about English bull terriers. And I follow politics.
Music News: https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/
Music News: https://www.ajournalofmusicalthings.com/
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Announcing my UK Legends of Rock Music History Tour!
About eight years ago, I led a music tour of London with group of music fans. It was fantastic fun, and we agreed to do it again. But just as
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Announcing my UK Legends of Rock Music History Tour! #musicnews
The CFNY: The Spirit of Radio documentary is coming to theatres #musicnews
The CFNY: The Spirit of Radio documentary is coming to theatres
Our little documentary on the Spirit of Radio Years at CFNY (1977-1991-ish) has done VERY well in its 60-minute cut on TVO’s YouTube channel, running up 120,000 views as of
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February 13, 2026 at 2:57 PM
The CFNY: The Spirit of Radio documentary is coming to theatres #musicnews
ICYMI: Jony Ive, Apple’s former chief designer, created this interior for a new electric Ferrari. WOW! #musicnews
Jony Ive, Apple’s former chief designer, created this interior for a new electric Ferrari. WOW!
For years, it was rumoured that Apple was working on an electric car in a special Bay Area skunkworks, but that project was deep-sixed for some reason. Meanwhile, Chinese phone
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February 13, 2026 at 2:12 PM
ICYMI: Jony Ive, Apple’s former chief designer, created this interior for a new electric Ferrari. WOW! #musicnews
ICYMI: This is one of the finest private music collections I’ve seen #musicnews
This is one of the finest private music collections I’ve seen
There are people who have devoted big chunks of their lives to collecting music. James Inge is one of those people. Check out his record collection.
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February 13, 2026 at 2:06 PM
ICYMI: This is one of the finest private music collections I’ve seen #musicnews
ICYMI: Is anyone from the music industry in the Epstein files? Yes. Thanks for asking. #musicnews
Is anyone from the music industry in the Epstein files? Yes. Thanks for asking.
As private individuals sort through the latest dump of Epstein files–some three million documents–they’re turning up some interesting things. They’re finding unredacted and poorly redacted material while also converting seemingly
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February 13, 2026 at 2:02 PM
ICYMI: Is anyone from the music industry in the Epstein files? Yes. Thanks for asking. #musicnews
No new Foo Fighters music this week (yet), but there is this. #musicnews
No new Foo Fighters music this week (yet), but there is this.
Earlier this week, Foo Fighters posted this. It had to be for a new single or album, right? Probably this week, yeah? View this post on Instagram A post shared
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February 13, 2026 at 1:14 PM
No new Foo Fighters music this week (yet), but there is this. #musicnews
There’s new music this week from Gord Downie. Yes, you read that right. #musicnews
There’s new music this week from Gord Downie. Yes, you read that right.
We’re coming up on nine years since Gord Downie left us, but he’s somehow able to keep providing us with new music. This time, it’s a live album created with
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February 13, 2026 at 12:33 PM
There’s new music this week from Gord Downie. Yes, you read that right. #musicnews
Today is World Radio Day! #musicnews
Today is World Radio Day!
Back in 2012, UNESCO and the United Nations proclaimed the annual World Radio Day for February 13. I quote: “It is a Day to thank broadcasters for the news they
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February 13, 2026 at 12:24 PM
Today is World Radio Day! #musicnews
SoundCloud has released its Music Intelligence Report for 2026 #musicnews
SoundCloud has released its Music Intelligence Report for 2026
At last check, SoundCloud has about 140 million registered users, making it one of the best places to post/share music and to sort through material that’s being demoed or otherwise
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February 13, 2026 at 12:15 PM
SoundCloud has released its Music Intelligence Report for 2026 #musicnews
ICYMI: Ongoing History Daily: David Bowie’s psychiatric revelation #musicnews
Ongoing History Daily: David Bowie’s psychiatric revelation
In the early 90s, David Bowie was going through a creative rough patch. After the success of the 70s and early 80s, he wasn’t entirely sure where to go. He
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February 13, 2026 at 12:15 PM
ICYMI: Ongoing History Daily: David Bowie’s psychiatric revelation #musicnews
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1074: A brief history of protest music (part 2) #musicnews
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1074: A brief history of protest music (part 2)
Music is not only a powerful motivating tool, but it’s also a way to get a message out to a vast number of people. And when things hit the fan,
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February 13, 2026 at 12:11 PM
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1074: A brief history of protest music (part 2) #musicnews
ICYMI: New Music from the Inbox Tuesday Edition (February 10, 2026): Moe Killed My Cool, TR3NT, Sibyl Vane, & More! #musicnews
New Music from the Inbox Tuesday Edition (February 10, 2026): Moe Killed My Cool, TR3NT, Sibyl Vane, & More!
Moe Killed My Cool Song: “K (Luv U) Bye”Album: despite everything, it’s still you EPRelease Date: December 12, 2025Location: St. CatharinesWhy I like it: “K (Luv U) Bye” is emo
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February 13, 2026 at 12:09 PM
ICYMI: New Music from the Inbox Tuesday Edition (February 10, 2026): Moe Killed My Cool, TR3NT, Sibyl Vane, & More! #musicnews
Ongoing History Daily: Do you skip songs when streaming? How often? #musicnews
Ongoing History Daily: Do you skip songs when streaming? How often?
The rise of streaming music services has resulted in some interesting consumer behaviours. According to people who track such things, Spotify users will skip a song within the first five
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February 13, 2026 at 12:06 PM
Ongoing History Daily: Do you skip songs when streaming? How often? #musicnews
ICYMI: Randon music news for Tuesday, February 10, 2026 #musicnews
Randon music news for Tuesday, February 10, 2026
Fake ticket sales boosting the box office for the Melania movie? I’m shocked, SHOCKED, I tell you. Let’s clutch our pearls as we go through music news for February 10,
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February 13, 2026 at 12:06 PM
ICYMI: Randon music news for Tuesday, February 10, 2026 #musicnews
Random music news for Friday, February 13, 2026 #musicnews
Random music news for Friday, February 13, 2026
Good news for fans of the Kuiper Belt. I’m all over this, but I’ve always been an astronomy nerd. I’m also a nerd for music news for February 13, 2026.
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February 13, 2026 at 12:02 PM
Random music news for Friday, February 13, 2026 #musicnews
ICYMI: Looks like new Foo Fighters is coming this week. #musicnews
Looks like new Foo Fighters is coming this week.
Foo Fighters posted this clip on Instagram on Monday (February 9). That can only mean one thing for…Thursday? View this post on Instagram A post shared by Foo Fighters (@foofighters)
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February 13, 2026 at 12:06 AM
ICYMI: Looks like new Foo Fighters is coming this week. #musicnews
ICYMI: Let’s deconstruct Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show, including the Easter eggs #musicnews
Let’s deconstruct Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show, including the Easter eggs
After weeks and weeks of hype, Bad Bunny performed at the Super Bowl halftime show. Here’s a deconstruction of what happened. How many people watched that halftime show? Numbers will
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February 12, 2026 at 1:38 PM
ICYMI: Let’s deconstruct Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show, including the Easter eggs #musicnews
Audiophiles are paying extra for these CDs made of “premium” material. They need to stop. #musicnews
Audiophiles are paying extra for these CDs made of “premium” material. They need to stop.
Standard CDs are made with a little polycarbonate plastic, a splash of aluminum, and some glue. Audio is decoded by a red laser reading the microscopic pits on the disc’s
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February 12, 2026 at 1:34 PM
Audiophiles are paying extra for these CDs made of “premium” material. They need to stop. #musicnews
ICYMI: This vinyl factory is cranking out 70 million units a year. #musicnews
This vinyl factory is cranking out 70 million units a year.
Vinyl sales show no signs of slowing down. Reader Sean offers this video of the world’s biggest vinyl factory that is producing 70 million pieces year year.
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February 12, 2026 at 1:11 PM
ICYMI: This vinyl factory is cranking out 70 million units a year. #musicnews
ICYMI: An attempt to explain the explicable when it comes to rock traditions and behaviours #musicnews
An attempt to explain the explicable when it comes to rock traditions and behaviours
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Back in 2024, I wrote a column that attempted to explain some widely accepted but largely inexplicable things we’ve come to know in
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February 12, 2026 at 1:06 PM
ICYMI: An attempt to explain the explicable when it comes to rock traditions and behaviours #musicnews
ICYMI: Kid Rock’s Rock the Country festival has been cancelled in South Carolina #musicnews
Kid Rock’s Rock the Country festival has been cancelled in South Carolina
Kid Rock has this idea of doing a Lollapalooza-style pro-MAGA anti-woke festival tour this summer. It’s not going well. The festival was supposed to be in Anderson, South Carolina, the
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February 12, 2026 at 1:02 PM
ICYMI: Kid Rock’s Rock the Country festival has been cancelled in South Carolina #musicnews
Are CDs making a comeback? Let’s ask statistics! #musicnews
Are CDs making a comeback? Let’s ask statistics!
Despite what we may see in the weekly sales numbers, dig a little deeper, and it’s possible to perhaps say that CDs are having something of a comeback. There’s plenty
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February 12, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Are CDs making a comeback? Let’s ask statistics! #musicnews
Photos and a review of Gowan in Ottawa #musicnews
Photos and a review of Gowan in Ottawa
[Zachary Resnick and Melody Maloney were there for us. – AC] The chilly night air was all but forgotten as Gowan heated things up at Ottawa’s Bronson Music Theatre on
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February 12, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Photos and a review of Gowan in Ottawa #musicnews
ICYMI: The rock world went crazy over this Canadian band over the weekend #musicnews
The rock world went crazy over this Canadian band over the weekend
Montreal’s Angina Poitrin performed for KEXP-FM in Seattle. The video has gone insanely viral over the last few days, and it’s easy to understand why. Not only to they take
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February 12, 2026 at 12:21 PM
ICYMI: The rock world went crazy over this Canadian band over the weekend #musicnews
ICYMI: A cool NASA recording: The sound of deep space #musicnews
A cool NASA recording: The sound of deep space
Sound can’t travel in a vacuum, of course, but there is a way to convert emissions from stars, nebulas, and galaxies into audio. NASA has done just that with this
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February 12, 2026 at 12:17 PM
ICYMI: A cool NASA recording: The sound of deep space #musicnews
Lost in the whole Epstein files controversy? These four songs will bring you up to date. #musicnews
Lost in the whole Epstein files controversy? These four songs will bring you up to date.
As some very smart members of the public continue to sleuth through millions of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein’s horrors–you heard that Trump is listed more than one million times,
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February 12, 2026 at 12:17 PM
Lost in the whole Epstein files controversy? These four songs will bring you up to date. #musicnews