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
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
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 12, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Ongoing History: Finally quitting the day job #musicnews
ICYMI: CDs coming back? Yes. Maybe. Let’s examine that. #musicnews
CDs coming back? Yes. Maybe. Let’s examine that.
For the past two years, vinyl has outsold CDs in many counties, including Canada. Year-over-year numbers on sales of CDs keep going down. But is the format down and out?
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February 12, 2026 at 12:12 PM
ICYMI: CDs coming back? Yes. Maybe. Let’s examine that. #musicnews
ICYMI: Ongoing History Daily: How a member of Faith No More became a multimillionaire #musicnews
Ongoing History Daily: How a member of Faith No More became a multimillionaire
There are no guarantees in the music business. At some point, the hits will stop coming, and fans will stop caring, so it’s best to have a backup plan. Roddy
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February 12, 2026 at 12:08 PM
ICYMI: Ongoing History Daily: How a member of Faith No More became a multimillionaire #musicnews
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 12, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Random music news for Thursday, February 12, 2026 #musicnews
ICYMI: Random music news for Monday, February 9, 2026 #musicnews
Random music news for Monday, February 9, 2026
We’re accelerating towards Skynet and the robot revolution. Check out Moltbook here and here. (Thanks for the nightmares, Rick J.) Back to humanity with music news for February 9, 2026.
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February 12, 2026 at 12:03 PM
ICYMI: Random music news for Monday, February 9, 2026 #musicnews
ICYMI: Green Day stops short of going anti-MAGA at the Super Bowl, but… #musicnews
Green Day stops short of going anti-MAGA at the Super Bowl, but…
Green Day fans were anxious to see what the band might do when they played the opening ceremonies at Super Bowl LV. Would they perform “American Idiot?” And if they
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February 12, 2026 at 12:35 AM
ICYMI: Green Day stops short of going anti-MAGA at the Super Bowl, but… #musicnews
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 11, 2026 at 2:01 PM
MAGA snowflakes are still angry about Bad Bunny #musicnews
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 11, 2026 at 1:38 PM
HOW MANY songs are now available on streaming music services? Wow. #musicnews
ICYMI: We lost two more: RIP Fred Smith of Television and Brad Arnold of 3 Doors Down #musicnews
We lost two more: RIP Fred Smith of Television and Brad Arnold of 3 Doors Down
Two more musicians disappeared from this planet over the last couple of days. Fred Smith was part of Television, the New York art-punk band that created the foundations for the
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February 11, 2026 at 1:34 PM
ICYMI: We lost two more: RIP Fred Smith of Television and Brad Arnold of 3 Doors Down #musicnews
ICYMI: So what will happen with Green Day’s Super Bowl performance? Here’s a real possibility. #musicnews
So what will happen with Green Day’s Super Bowl performance? Here’s a real possibility.
In what looks like the NFL trolling Donald Trump, Green Day will perform as part of the opening ceremonies for tonight’s Super Bowl LX in Santa Clara, California. Make no
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February 11, 2026 at 1:29 PM
ICYMI: So what will happen with Green Day’s Super Bowl performance? Here’s a real possibility. #musicnews
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 11, 2026 at 1:29 PM
There is now an online radio station just for AI agents: AI music 24/7 #musicnews
ICYMI: There are some dodgy grunge-y prop bets for the Super Bowl #musicnews
There are some dodgy grunge-y prop bets for the Super Bowl
Thanks to the rise of online gambling–jeezus, all those ads!–we can bet on anything, anytime. Nothing, though, is bigger than the Super Bowl. The number of prop bets–wagers on non-football
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February 11, 2026 at 1:16 PM
ICYMI: There are some dodgy grunge-y prop bets for the Super Bowl #musicnews
ICYMI: Just in time for their Super Bowl performance, our naive opera singer breaks down Green Day #musicnews
Just in time for their Super Bowl performance, our naive opera singer breaks down Green Day
Elizabeth Zharoff (aka The Charismatic Voice) continue to work her way through all the music she missed as a kid because studying opera was more important. And with over two
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February 11, 2026 at 1:02 PM
ICYMI: Just in time for their Super Bowl performance, our naive opera singer breaks down Green Day #musicnews
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 11, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Are you a musician trying to get your music on the radio? Then look at this. #musicnews
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 11, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Randy Rainbow is ready for an anti-MAGA Valentines’ Day #musicnews