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/
ICYMI: Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman are back as The Guess Who (almost) #musicnews
Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman are back as The Guess Who (almost)
We knew something was up when this social media post appeared at the beginning of the weekend. How many of you remember the last show The Guess Who did on July 30, 2003,
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November 13, 2025 at 3:02 PM
ICYMI: Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman are back as The Guess Who (almost) #musicnews
This is the weekly Canadian vinyl and CD sales report. Streaming numbers, too. (13 Nov 2025) #musicnews
This is the weekly Canadian vinyl and CD sales report. Streaming numbers, too. (13 Nov 2025)
It’s an interesting time of year for physical music sales. New releases slow down and streaming involves a lot of Christmas music. Here’s the weekly report on vinyl and CD sales for Canada
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November 13, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This is the weekly Canadian vinyl and CD sales report. Streaming numbers, too. (13 Nov 2025) #musicnews
ICYMI: Why were there no hip-hop and rap songs in the Billboard Top 40 for the first time in 35 years? Let me explain. #musicnews
Why were there no hip-hop and rap songs in the Billboard Top 40 for the first time in 35 years? Let me explain.
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Starting in the late ’70s, hip-hop and rap ascended through popular culture, mostly in America but also in other countries. Then, in 1990, a
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November 13, 2025 at 12:34 PM
ICYMI: Why were there no hip-hop and rap songs in the Billboard Top 40 for the first time in 35 years? Let me explain. #musicnews
Marshall has release a line of Spinal Tap amps that can be turned up to “infinity.” #musicnews
Marshall has release a line of Spinal Tap amps that can be turned up to “infinity.”
In the original Spinal Tap movie, guitarist Nigel Tufnel shows off his special Marshall amp that has a volume control that goes up to 11. We’ve talking about “turning things up to 11”
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November 13, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Marshall has release a line of Spinal Tap amps that can be turned up to “infinity.” #musicnews
ICYMI: Photos and a review of The Beaches in Ottawa #musicnews
Photos and a review of The Beaches in Ottawa
[Laura Collins shot the photos, Karen Coughtrey provided the words. – AC] The cold rainy weather did nothing to stop the legions of fans who were ready for a Ladies’ Night as the
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November 13, 2025 at 12:24 PM
ICYMI: Photos and a review of The Beaches in Ottawa #musicnews
AC/DC helped set a new record for simultaneous bagpipers #musicnews
AC/DC helped set a new record for simultaneous bagpipers
An ensemble of bagpipe players–374 of them–set a new world record in Melbourne, Australia, this week. This was the largest number of pipers to play the same song simultaneously. The song they chose?
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November 13, 2025 at 12:21 PM
AC/DC helped set a new record for simultaneous bagpipers #musicnews
ICYMI: This when a radio tower gets dangerous #musicnews
This when a radio tower gets dangerous
A radio transmitter uses a LOT of electricity. A real concern is RF (radio frequency) radiation, which is the raw output of the transmitter at the tower. Get too close and it’s literally
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November 13, 2025 at 12:20 PM
ICYMI: This when a radio tower gets dangerous #musicnews
An interesting new copyright change is coming to Canada #musicnews
An interesting new copyright change is coming to Canada
In the early 80s, the music industry was in the midst of a terrible downturn. The disco bubble burst, returns skyrocketed, and sales dropped year-over-year for the first time since the Great Depression.
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November 13, 2025 at 12:17 PM
An interesting new copyright change is coming to Canada #musicnews
ICYMI: Taylor Swift vs. Donald Trump over “The Fate of Ophelia” #musicnews
Taylor Swift vs. Donald Trump over “The Fate of Ophelia”
The Trump White House, in yet another lawless move, used Taylor Swift’s “The Fate of Ophelia” in a TikTok post. This is a blantant infringement of copyright (and for extra fun, note the
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November 13, 2025 at 12:15 PM
ICYMI: Taylor Swift vs. Donald Trump over “The Fate of Ophelia” #musicnews
Ongoing History Daily: The riddle of Phoenix and “Lisztomania” #musicnews
Ongoing History Daily: The riddle of Phoenix and “Lisztomania”
One of Phoenix’s biggest songs is “Lisztomania” from their 2009 album, Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix. But what are they talking about in that song? It references Franz Liszt, a Hungarian composer who was at
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November 13, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Ongoing History Daily: The riddle of Phoenix and “Lisztomania” #musicnews
ICYMI: Ongoing History Daily: No more concerts at the pyramids? #musicnews
Ongoing History Daily: No more concerts at the pyramids?
One of the most spectacular places for a concert anywhere in the universe is at the Pyramids of Giza in Cairo. Over the years, it’s been the site of gigs by The Grateful
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November 13, 2025 at 12:11 PM
ICYMI: Ongoing History Daily: No more concerts at the pyramids? #musicnews
Random music news for Thursday, November 13, 2025 #musicnews
Random music news for Thursday, November 13, 2025
This is some very important research. Scientists have determined that birds are more likely to poop on cars that are certain colours. Is your car colour on the list? Moving to music news
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November 13, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Random music news for Thursday, November 13, 2025 #musicnews
ICYMI: Random music news for Monday, November 10, 2025 #musicnews
Random music news for Monday, November 10, 2025
This is true: Mark Zuckerberg opened an illegal school at his compound property named after his pet chicken, Bicken Ben. That launched a legal battle with the neighbours. Moving to music news for
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November 13, 2025 at 12:02 PM
ICYMI: Random music news for Monday, November 10, 2025 #musicnews
ICYMI: What’s happening in the kitchen for Sunday Lunch with Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox this week? #musicnews
What’s happening in the kitchen for Sunday Lunch with Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox this week?
More fun cosplay with Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox for this week’s Sunday Lunch as they run through Motley Crue’s “Shout at the Devil.”
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November 12, 2025 at 1:26 PM
ICYMI: What’s happening in the kitchen for Sunday Lunch with Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox this week? #musicnews
Worried about AI musicians taking over from humans? We should be. The robots are already here. #musicnews
Worried about AI musicians taking over from humans? We should be. The robots are already here.
If you’re a fan of country music, you’ve probably heard “Walk My Walk” by an artist called Breaking Rust. This person/band does not exist. It’s a creation powered by generative AI technology. It’s
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November 12, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Worried about AI musicians taking over from humans? We should be. The robots are already here. #musicnews
ICYMI: Here’s our weekly check on our naive and sweet opera singer as she reacts to rock songs for the first time–plus a big bonus. #musicnews
Here’s our weekly check on our naive and sweet opera singer as she reacts to rock songs for the first time–plus a big bonus.
I like to post at least one of Elizabeth Zharoff‘s reaction videos once a week. She (under the name The Charismatic Voice) has more than two million subscribers who enjoy her reactions and
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November 12, 2025 at 1:12 PM
ICYMI: Here’s our weekly check on our naive and sweet opera singer as she reacts to rock songs for the first time–plus a big bonus. #musicnews
ICYMI: Miss collecting concert ticket stubs? This may help. #musicnews
Miss collecting concert ticket stubs? This may help.
Somewhere in my office I have a shoebox filled with concert ticket stubs dating back decades. One day, I’ll create a collage in a big frame. Sadly, though, I haven’t added to the
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November 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
ICYMI: Miss collecting concert ticket stubs? This may help. #musicnews
What does it take to put AC/DC on the road? This video shows how it’s done. #musicnews
What does it take to put AC/DC on the road? This video shows how it’s done.
When an act the size of AC/DC goes on the road, it’s like mobilizing an army. In the case of the band’s current tour, they travel with 28 trucks of production gear and
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November 12, 2025 at 12:55 PM
What does it take to put AC/DC on the road? This video shows how it’s done. #musicnews
A new survey says that live music is Canada’s favourite form of entertainment #musicnews
A new survey says that live music is Canada’s favourite form of entertainment
Live Nation has just released a global report that surveyed 40,000 people aged 18-54 across 15 countries about how they like to spend their leisure time. The “Living for Live” report shows that
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November 12, 2025 at 12:19 PM
A new survey says that live music is Canada’s favourite form of entertainment #musicnews
This is fun: A mini-documentary on CFNY Toronto #musicnews
This is fun: A mini-documentary on CFNY Toronto
While we wait for the official CFNY Spirit of Radio documentary (patience, people, it’s coming), here’s a throwback to a mini-doc on the station created by Karim Mosna, a self-professed radio junk, who
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November 12, 2025 at 12:14 PM
This is fun: A mini-documentary on CFNY Toronto #musicnews
Ongoing History Daily: Tori Amos invented WHAT? #musicnews
Ongoing History Daily: Tori Amos invented WHAT?
Each year around the end of August, pumpkin spice latte returns. It’s everywhere, and not just in lattes. And you gotta admit, it’s pretty tasty. Who came up with the idea? There is
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November 12, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Ongoing History Daily: Tori Amos invented WHAT? #musicnews
Random music news for Wednesday, November 12, 2025 #musicnews
Random music news for Wednesday, November 12, 2025
I should have guessed that something like this existed, but at least we now know for sure. Here’s what we know about music news for November 12, 2025. BONUS: Lessons on how to
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November 12, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Random music news for Wednesday, November 12, 2025 #musicnews
ICYMI: Atlanta and Donald Glover: The Price of Surreal Success #musicnews
Atlanta and Donald Glover: The Price of Surreal Success
Donald Glover’s Atlanta changed television forever. Part comedy, part social commentary, part dream sequence — Atlanta blurred the line between reality and hallucination, between fame and identity. Each season peeled back another layer
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November 12, 2025 at 11:51 AM
ICYMI: Atlanta and Donald Glover: The Price of Surreal Success #musicnews
Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry, episode 53: The Crimes of Chuck Berry #musicnews
Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry, episode 53: The Crimes of Chuck Berry
On May 21, 1955, a new sound came from Universal Recording Studios in Chicago. A 29-year-old guitarist from St. Louis ripped through his new song. It told the story of a man driving
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November 11, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry, episode 53: The Crimes of Chuck Berry #musicnews
The mystery of the dead teenager in a rapper D4VD’s Tesla is still a mystery #musicnews
The mystery of the dead teenager in a rapper D4VD’s Tesla is still a mystery
Back in September, the body of runaway teenager Celeste Rivas Hernandez was found in the boot of a Tesla that had been towed to an impound lot. It was easy to identify the
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November 11, 2025 at 1:26 PM
The mystery of the dead teenager in a rapper D4VD’s Tesla is still a mystery #musicnews