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/
The CRTC has changed the definition of Canadian content for TV and streamers–but not radio. At least not yet. #musicnews
The CRTC has changed the definition of Canadian content for TV and streamers–but not radio. At least not yet.
What makes certain content officially “Canadian?” That’s been a complex bureaucratic question that the CRTC has managed for fifty years that’s involved a point system. What worked in the pre-internet age no longer
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November 18, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The CRTC has changed the definition of Canadian content for TV and streamers–but not radio. At least not yet. #musicnews
I’ve got new speaking dates for December! Here’s where you’ll find me. #musicnews
I’ve got new speaking dates for December! Here’s where you’ll find me.
After a bit of a break, I’ll be back on the road for three more speaking dates. Here’s where you’ll find me during the Christmas break. Hope to see you soon!
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November 18, 2025 at 3:36 PM
I’ve got new speaking dates for December! Here’s where you’ll find me. #musicnews
Southern Ontario gets a new major entertainment venue this Friday #musicnews
Southern Ontario gets a new major entertainment venue this Friday
What began as the old Copps Coliseum in 1985 has gone through a few iterations over the last 40 years, but none as big as what’s happened recently. Come Friday (November 21) the
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November 18, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Southern Ontario gets a new major entertainment venue this Friday #musicnews
Contest! Win a limited edition “splatter vinyl” release of One Fine Morning by Lighthouse #musicnews
Contest! Win a limited edition “splatter vinyl” release of One Fine Morning by Lighthouse
Lighthouse was a fascinating Canadian mashup of rock, jazz, and (dare I say it?) big band music that had tremendous success back in the 70s. Anthem Records has just released a fully remastered
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November 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Contest! Win a limited edition “splatter vinyl” release of One Fine Morning by Lighthouse #musicnews
Gift idea: Kid-sized Fender electric guitars #musicnews
Gift idea: Kid-sized Fender electric guitars
I’m starting to hear anecdotes about kids again wanting to form bands. After years of fiddling with laptops and other electronics, more and more of them are discovering the joy of making music
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November 18, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Gift idea: Kid-sized Fender electric guitars #musicnews
Random music news for Tuesday, November 18, 2025 #musicnews
Random music news for Tuesday, November 18, 2025
What’s so special about the number 6,174? This. Cool, no? Now let’s try some music news for November 18, 2025. BONUS: John Cleese canceled shows in Jerusalem and Tel Aliv because he’s being
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November 18, 2025 at 2:48 PM
Random music news for Tuesday, November 18, 2025 #musicnews
New Music from the Inbox Tuesday Edition (November 18, 2025): Handshake In Space, Rose of the World, The Carolyn, & More! #musicnews
New Music from the Inbox Tuesday Edition (November 18, 2025): Handshake In Space, Rose of the World, The Carolyn, & More!
Handshake In Space Song: “We May Never Get this Moment Back”Album: SingleRelease Date: September 25, 2025Location: SwedenWhy I Like It: Danceable but soft and wistful sounding.Listen: Rose of the World Song: “Sucker”Album: SingleRelease
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November 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
New Music from the Inbox Tuesday Edition (November 18, 2025): Handshake In Space, Rose of the World, The Carolyn, & More! #musicnews
ICYMI: Fun music gear history: The 1949 format war #musicnews
Fun music gear history: The 1949 format war
The late 40s was a transformative time in music technology. While magnetic tape technology was being spirited from the Nazis back to the US (setting the stage for multi-track recording), a couple of
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November 18, 2025 at 1:25 PM
ICYMI: Fun music gear history: The 1949 format war #musicnews
ICYMI: Do you watch TV this way? #musicnews
Do you watch TV this way?
TV is going through a tremendous upheaval. Linear TV and network shows continue to be battered by the rise of streaming, smart TV apps, and YouTube as substitutes for traditional television. We’ve gone
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November 18, 2025 at 1:12 PM
ICYMI: Do you watch TV this way? #musicnews
ICYMI: Random music news for Saturday, November 15, 2025 #musicnews
Random music news for Saturday, November 15, 2025
Republicans are sneaky. They want to ban THC products, including gummies and drinks. If this happens, Canada will be something of a cannabis tourism spot. As for music news for November 15, 2025…
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November 18, 2025 at 1:04 PM
ICYMI: Random music news for Saturday, November 15, 2025 #musicnews
Ongoing History Daily: The heavy metal church #musicnews
Ongoing History Daily: The heavy metal church
Metal and hard rock have long been considered the devil’s music, but one church in metal-crazy Brazil would beg to differ. The Crash Church ibegan in a large garage in Sao Paulo and
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November 18, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Ongoing History Daily: The heavy metal church #musicnews
ICYMI: There might be a measles outbreak after an Oasis show in Australia #musicnews
There might be a measles outbreak after an Oasis show in Australia
Measles, one of the most contagious diseases in existence, is making a stupid comeback because of stupid, selfish anti-vaxxers. Canada just dropped off the list of countries where measles has been eliminated, thanks
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November 17, 2025 at 1:53 PM
ICYMI: There might be a measles outbreak after an Oasis show in Australia #musicnews
ICYMI: Green Day’s 25th anniversary edition of Warning is out today #musicnews
Green Day’s 25th anniversary edition of Warning is out today
‘Tis the season for boxed sets. I mean, who wouldn’t want one of these things for Christmas? Green Day is the latest with today’s (November 14) release of a 25th anniversary edition of
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November 17, 2025 at 1:30 PM
ICYMI: Green Day’s 25th anniversary edition of Warning is out today #musicnews
This new protest album against AI is hard to listen to because it’s completely silent #musicnews
This new protest album against AI is hard to listen to because it’s completely silent
Artists are rightly concerned about how much AI music slop is out there, much of it trained illegally on material written (and owned!) by real human beings. I’ll repeat it: AI should be
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November 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM
This new protest album against AI is hard to listen to because it’s completely silent #musicnews
A chat with Danko Jones about the new album Leo Rising and grinding it out on tour #musicnews
A chat with Danko Jones about the new album Leo Rising and grinding it out on tour
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] I’ve been following Toronto’s Danko Jones and his band — the hardest-working power trio in Canada —since they first appeared in 1996. While his
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November 17, 2025 at 12:57 PM
A chat with Danko Jones about the new album Leo Rising and grinding it out on tour #musicnews
It didn’t take long for Trump-Bubba songs to appear. Credit AI. #musicnews
It didn’t take long for Trump-Bubba songs to appear. Credit AI.
While there’s plenty of justified consternation about what AI is going to do with music, the technology does have its uses, especially when you have an idea that you want to get out
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November 17, 2025 at 12:53 PM
It didn’t take long for Trump-Bubba songs to appear. Credit AI. #musicnews
ICYMI: Spotify is testing a three tiered system for users #musicnews
Spotify is testing a three tiered system for users
One of the reasons Spotify is used by more people than any other streaming platform is that you can listen without a subscription, the so-called “freemium” tier. If you’re okay with some ads
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November 17, 2025 at 12:24 PM
ICYMI: Spotify is testing a three tiered system for users #musicnews
ICYMI: Trump’s Department of Homeland Security released another strange copyright-infringing video #musicnews
Trump’s Department of Homeland Security released another strange copyright-infringing video
You can’t use someone’s copyrighted song in a social media post without proper licensing and permission. That detail was again ignored by Trump’s Department of Homeland Security with…well, whatever this is. It’s pretty
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November 17, 2025 at 12:18 PM
ICYMI: Trump’s Department of Homeland Security released another strange copyright-infringing video #musicnews
ICYMI: The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1063: Weird tales of rock’n’roll sex #musicnews
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1063: Weird tales of rock’n’roll sex
If there’s an official mission statement for the kind of music we all love, it’s “sex, drugs, and rock’n’roll.” These are the three main food groups in this world. All three of these
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November 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
ICYMI: The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1063: Weird tales of rock’n’roll sex #musicnews
ICYMI: Ongoing History Daily: I hate touring #musicnews
Ongoing History Daily: I hate touring
Being in a touring rock band is fun at first but then moving from gig to gig, city to city and venue to venue can get real old real fast. You get lonely
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November 17, 2025 at 12:09 PM
ICYMI: Ongoing History Daily: I hate touring #musicnews
Ongoing History Daily: A selection of dead music storage formats #musicnews
Ongoing History Daily: A selection of dead music storage formats
When it comes to buying music in physical form, there have been various formats. Vinyl, the 8-track, cassettes, and the CD are the successful ones, but have you heard of SA-CD? Blu-Ray Audio?
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November 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Ongoing History Daily: A selection of dead music storage formats #musicnews
ICYMI: Random music news for Friday, November 14, 2025 #musicnews
Random music news for Friday, November 14, 2025
Ratings for South Park have never been higher. Why? People love when the show trashes Trump. There may be some Trump-trashing as part of music news for November 14, 2025. You never know,
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November 17, 2025 at 12:04 PM
ICYMI: Random music news for Friday, November 14, 2025 #musicnews
Random music news for Monday, November 17, 2025 #musicnews
Random music news for Monday, November 17, 2025
Leave it to the French to invent something like this. Makes a great Christmas gift! Music news for November 17, 2025, smells like this. BONUS: If you find yourself taking selfies in Dubai,
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November 17, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Random music news for Monday, November 17, 2025 #musicnews
Sunday Lunch with Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox move to the garden #musicnews
Sunday Lunch with Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox move to the garden
It’s apparently been a rainy windy week in the UK–at least around the Fripp-Willcox house–so this week’s Sunday Lunch is a reminder of days with better weather.
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November 16, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Sunday Lunch with Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox move to the garden #musicnews