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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/
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Announcing my UK Legends of Rock Music History Tour! #musicnews
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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For everyone who still wants to bet that #KurtCobain was murdered, I debunk EVERYTHING here.

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Someone wants Kurt Cobain’s death investigated as a homicide. This has to stop - National | Globalnews.ca
Once again, someone has decided that they've got proof that Kurt Cobain was murdered. This requires another debunking.
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February 15, 2026 at 3:06 PM
Sunday Lunch with Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox summons Aerosmith #musicnews
Sunday Lunch with Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox summons Aerosmith
A few special effects, a reappearance of masked guitarist Sidney Jake, and a new costume for Toyah all come together for this edition of Sunday Lunch and their version of
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February 15, 2026 at 1:39 PM
ICYMI: 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 15, 2026 at 1:35 PM
Report: Canadian TV viewing is WY different than the US or UK. #musicnews
Report: Canadian TV viewing is WY different than the US or UK.
A company called ThinkTV is interested in what Canadians watch on their TVs. Their data show that we aren’t like Americans or Brits in this regard. Not at all, in
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February 15, 2026 at 1:21 PM
This music video shows why the internet is necessary #musicnews
This music video shows why the internet is necessary
When Tim Berners-Lee created the protocols for the World Wide Web more than 35 years ago, he had no idea where things might go. Who could have foreseen that this
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February 15, 2026 at 1:02 PM
ICYMI: 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 15, 2026 at 12:27 PM
ICYMI: 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 15, 2026 at 12:23 PM
ICYMI: 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 15, 2026 at 12:18 PM
ICYMI: Ongoing History: Finally quitting the day job #musicnews
Ongoing History: Finally quitting the day job
One of the most difficult jobs a musician has to make is when to quit the day job in order to devote their lives to music full-time.
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February 15, 2026 at 12:14 PM
ICYMI: Random music news for Thursday, February 12, 2026 #musicnews
Random music news for Thursday, February 12, 2026
Elmo’s Grok is still producing evil images, despite warnings. Now what? As that gets sorted, let’s look at music news for February 12, 2026. BONUS: Wot? (Via Tom)
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February 15, 2026 at 12:05 PM
ICYMI: MAGA snowflakes are still angry about Bad Bunny #musicnews
MAGA snowflakes are still angry about Bad Bunny
Earlier this week, a Republican congressman by the name of Andy Ogles (you can’t make that up) demanded a congressional probe into Bad Bunny and the “pure smut, brazenly aired on
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February 14, 2026 at 2:02 PM
ICYMI: HOW MANY songs are now available on streaming music services? Wow. #musicnews
HOW MANY songs are now available on streaming music services? Wow.
In the Olden Days, a big record store might have 100,000 titles in stock at any one time. That covered all eras and all genres. If your store didn’t have
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February 14, 2026 at 1:39 PM
ICYMI: There is now an online radio station just for AI agents: AI music 24/7 #musicnews
There is now an online radio station just for AI agents: AI music 24/7
Here’s a term you’ll be hearing a lot more: AI agent. These are advanced autonomous or semi-autonomous software programs that can run independently of humans. They can plan, analyze, make
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February 14, 2026 at 1:30 PM
How did Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance affect his streams? What do you think? #musicnews
How did Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl performance affect his streams? What do you think?
The NFL doesn’t pay a performance fee to the artists booked for the Super Bowl halftime show, believing quite rightly that the exposure will pay off in other ways. Bad
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February 14, 2026 at 1:23 PM
More interesting reading: The 2025 Music Economics Report. Indie musicians need to pay attention #musicnews
More interesting reading: The 2025 Music Economics Report. Indie musicians need to pay attention
Duetti (est. 2022) has a goal of “expand[ing] financial opportunities for independent music creators.” So far, they’ve partnered with 1,110 music creators from around the planet, hoping to help them
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February 14, 2026 at 1:14 PM
Random music news for Saturday, February 14, 2026 #musicnews
Random music news for Saturday, February 14, 2026
If you’re a fan ofBreaking Bad, why not buy Walter White’s IRL house? It’s for sale. Moving to music news for February 14, 2026… BONUS: Why is MAGA art so
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February 14, 2026 at 1:01 PM
ICYMI: Are you a musician trying to get your music on the radio? Then look at this. #musicnews
Are you a musician trying to get your music on the radio? Then look at this.
Getting your music on the radio is hard. I mean, REALLY hard. There are only so many slots on a playlist and you’re competing with the best in the world.
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February 14, 2026 at 12:27 PM
ICYMI: Randy Rainbow is ready for an anti-MAGA Valentines’ Day #musicnews
Randy Rainbow is ready for an anti-MAGA Valentines’ Day
As so many people say, Randy Rainbow is an American national treasure. Here’s his latest: “Lyin’ and Spinnin’: My Apocalyptic Valentine.” Trumpites will hate this.
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February 14, 2026 at 12:23 PM
ICYMI: A Republican congressman wants a congressional probe into the “unspeakable depravities” of the Bad Bunny halftime show #musicnews
A Republican congressman wants a congressional probe into the “unspeakable depravities” of the Bad Bunny halftime show
Did you see any “pure smut” and “unspeakable depravities” during Bad Bunny’s Super Bowl halftime show? A Tennessee politician–a Republican MAGA-type, of course–wants a congressional probe into Bad Bunny and
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February 14, 2026 at 12:14 PM
ICYMI: Ongoing History Daily: The Afghan music crisis #musicnews
Ongoing History Daily: The Afghan music crisis
It is impossible to be a musician in Afghanistan. When the Taliban came into power the first time back in the 90s, all music except that of an extremely religious
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February 14, 2026 at 12:09 PM
ICYMI: Random music news for Wednesday, February 11, 2026 #musicnews
Random music news for Wednesday, February 11, 2026
Exhausted by doomscrolling? Here’s an option. Moving now to another soothing run-through of music news for February 11, 2026. BONUS: Jeezus. Some school children in North Korea watched Squid Game.
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February 14, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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
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: 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