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: Another fake AI artist has been outed and removed #musicnews
Another fake AI artist has been outed and removed
There is absolutely no need for AI to be making “original” music. Can it be used as a tool? Absolutely. But no one is clamouring for music made by a computer program that
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November 25, 2025 at 1:24 PM
ICYMI: Another fake AI artist has been outed and removed #musicnews
ICYMI: Longtime Toronto broadcaster, programmer, and writer Jeff Woods needs your help with a prostate cancer battle #musicnews
Longtime Toronto broadcaster, programmer, and writer Jeff Woods needs your help with a prostate cancer battle
Jeff Woods and I worked together at Corus Radio for years. While we both had on-air and program director gigs, there was another division of labour. While I concentrated on alt-rock with The
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November 25, 2025 at 1:15 PM
ICYMI: Longtime Toronto broadcaster, programmer, and writer Jeff Woods needs your help with a prostate cancer battle #musicnews
Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry, episode 54: The Long Strange Trip of How Owsley Stanley’s LSD Changed Music Forever #musicnews
Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry, episode 54: The Long Strange Trip of How Owsley Stanley’s LSD Changed Music Forever
It’s June 10, 1973, and you’re headed to see the Grateful Dead at RFK Stadium in Washington, DC. You’ll soon be joined by 100,000 Deadheads grooving to the music. Everyone around you is
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November 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry, episode 54: The Long Strange Trip of How Owsley Stanley’s LSD Changed Music Forever #musicnews
ICYMI: Random music news for Saturday, November 22, 2025 #musicnews
Random music news for Saturday, November 22, 2025
Time to review your passwords to see if they’re on the “most common” list. You’re welcome. You’re also welcome for music news for November 22, 2025. SONG: Are you ready for The Great
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November 25, 2025 at 1:02 PM
ICYMI: Random music news for Saturday, November 22, 2025 #musicnews
There’s another development in the case of the dead teenager in the rapper’s Tesla #musicnews
There’s another development in the case of the dead teenager in the rapper’s Tesla
The story thus far: Back on September 8, the body Celeste Riva, a 14-year-old runaway, was found in the boot of a Tesla that had been towed to an impound lot in the
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November 25, 2025 at 12:21 PM
There’s another development in the case of the dead teenager in the rapper’s Tesla #musicnews
Billie Eilish co-directed her documentary. It’s in 3D and she did it with James Cameron. #musicnews
Billie Eilish co-directed her documentary. It’s in 3D and she did it with James Cameron.
There have been 3D music movies in the past–U2 3D from 2007 comes to mind–but I can’t think of another that involves director James Cameron. Yet here we are with a Billie Eilish
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November 25, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Billie Eilish co-directed her documentary. It’s in 3D and she did it with James Cameron. #musicnews
Ongoing History Daily: The one-hit wonderness of Harvey Danger #musicnews
Ongoing History Daily: The one-hit wonderness of Harvey Danger
The late 90s were an awkward time for alt-rock. Pop music and hip-hop were the dominant sounds. Meanwhile, the rock music industry just threw stuff out there, hoping that something would stick. This
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November 25, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Ongoing History Daily: The one-hit wonderness of Harvey Danger #musicnews
New Music from the Inbox Tuesday Edition (November 25, 2025): Ax and the Hatchetmen, Girl Tones, The Midnight, & More! #musicnews
New Music from the Inbox Tuesday Edition (November 25, 2025): Ax and the Hatchetmen, Girl Tones, The Midnight, & More!
Ax and the Hatchetmen Song: “Oasis”Album: SingleRelease Date: October 3, 2025Location: Chicago, IllinoisWhy I Like It: Catchy and jangly.Listen: Girl Tones Song: “Burnout”Album: SingleRelease Date: October 3, 2024Location: Kentucky, USWhy I Like It:
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November 25, 2025 at 12:08 PM
New Music from the Inbox Tuesday Edition (November 25, 2025): Ax and the Hatchetmen, Girl Tones, The Midnight, & More! #musicnews
Random music news for Tuesday, November 25, 2025 #musicnews
Random music news for Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Finding it hard to get moving in the morning, even with coffee? What about this new Chinese wristband that shocks you awake? No? I thought so. On to music news for November 25.
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November 25, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Random music news for Tuesday, November 25, 2025 #musicnews
RIP reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff. He was 81. #musicnews
RIP reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff. He was 81.
While Bob Marley is at the top of the podium when it comes to exporting Jamaican reggae to the world, Jimmy Cliff is right behind him. The singer and actor has died at
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November 24, 2025 at 1:51 PM
RIP reggae pioneer Jimmy Cliff. He was 81. #musicnews
And the winners of the Lighthouse One Fine Day contest are… #musicnews
And the winners of the Lighthouse One Fine Day contest are…
Last week, we launched a contest around a new Lighthouse vinyl reissue of One Fine Day on splatter vinyl. I had two copies to give away. And the winners are: Thanks to all
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November 24, 2025 at 1:15 PM
And the winners of the Lighthouse One Fine Day contest are… #musicnews
Is the future about bands or brands? Let’s take a look at that. #musicnews
Is the future about bands or brands? Let’s take a look at that.
[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] Come next May 26 in Moncton, N.B., Burton Cummings and Randy Bachman will kick off a national tour under the name The Guess Who.
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November 24, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Is the future about bands or brands? Let’s take a look at that. #musicnews
ICYMI: Ukraine managed to jam Russia’s “superweapon” by playing a song #musicnews
Ukraine managed to jam Russia’s “superweapon” by playing a song
If you’re following the Russia’s illegal invasion of Ukraine, you’ll know that Ukraine has been putting up far, far more of a fight than Putin expected. Every once in a while, Putin bloviates
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November 24, 2025 at 12:30 PM
ICYMI: Ukraine managed to jam Russia’s “superweapon” by playing a song #musicnews
ICYMI: The Cure has posted a trailer for the new concert film, The Show of a Lost World #musicnews
The Cure has posted a trailer for the new concert film, The Show of a Lost World
Last November, I traveled to London to see The Cure perform their then-new album, Songs of a Lost World, at the 3000-person Troxy on the night the record was released. There were cameras
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November 24, 2025 at 12:25 PM
ICYMI: The Cure has posted a trailer for the new concert film, The Show of a Lost World #musicnews
ICYMI: Spotify’s expanded “Song Credits” try to bring back liner notes #musicnews
Spotify’s expanded “Song Credits” try to bring back liner notes
The great thing about physical music like CDs and especially vinyl was the package itself. Beyond the artwork, there are lyrics, liner notes, and all manner of printed information that gives us more
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November 24, 2025 at 12:20 PM
ICYMI: Spotify’s expanded “Song Credits” try to bring back liner notes #musicnews
Billie Corgan’s Mellon Collie opera debuted over the weekend #musicnews
Billie Corgan’s Mellon Collie opera debuted over the weekend
It’s hard to pick the definitive Smashing Pumpkins album, but I’m guessing most people will go wtih 1995’s Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness. That record has proved to be remarkably enduring. Billy
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November 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Billie Corgan’s Mellon Collie opera debuted over the weekend #musicnews
ICYMI: The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1063: What Bowie Still Matters, part 1 #musicnews
The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1063: What Bowie Still Matters, part 1
I remember where I was when I heard that David Bowie had died. It was 2:30 in the morning on Monday, January 11, 2016. I was already having a restless night, so instead
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November 24, 2025 at 12:12 PM
ICYMI: The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1063: What Bowie Still Matters, part 1 #musicnews
Ongoing History Daily: Trent Renzor’s little-known past #musicnews
Ongoing History Daily: Trent Renzor’s little-known past
Trent Reznor has evolved from just helming Nine Inch Nails to an award-winning composer for film and video games. But if you dig deep into his past, you’ll see that his resume contains
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November 24, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Ongoing History Daily: Trent Renzor’s little-known past #musicnews
ICYMI: Ongoing History Daily: What was “Tin Pan Alley?” #musicnews
Ongoing History Daily: What was “Tin Pan Alley?”
In your wanderings through the history of music, you’ve probably heard the phrase “Tin Pan Alley.” What the heck was that? Back in the late 19th century and early 20th century, writing songs
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November 24, 2025 at 12:07 PM
ICYMI: Ongoing History Daily: What was “Tin Pan Alley?” #musicnews
Random music news for Monday, November 24, 2025 #musicnews
Random music news for Monday, November 24, 2025
Hurricane Melissa had maximum wind speeds of 405 kph (252 mph). The fastest an F1 car has gone in a race is 378 kph (235 mph). Music news for November 24, 2025, will
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November 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Random music news for Monday, November 24, 2025 #musicnews
ICYMI: Random music news for Friday, November 21, 2025 #musicnews
Random music news for Friday, November 21, 2025
Researchers say that beings on this planet have been kissing for 17 million years. That pre-dates humans, obviously. Music news is right up to date for November 21, 2025 BONUS: These suitcases will
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November 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
ICYMI: Random music news for Friday, November 21, 2025 #musicnews
ICYMI: RIP Gary “Mani” Mounfield, bass player with The Stone Roses and Primal Scream. He was 63. #musicnews
RIP Gary “Mani” Mounfield, bass player with The Stone Roses and Primal Scream. He was 63.
Gary “Mani” Mounfield, the astoundingly good and innovative bass player best known for his work with The Stone Roses and later Primal Scream, has died at the age of 63. His death was
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November 23, 2025 at 6:55 PM
ICYMI: RIP Gary “Mani” Mounfield, bass player with The Stone Roses and Primal Scream. He was 63. #musicnews
And what has our adorably naive opera singer discovered this week? #musicnews
And what has our adorably naive opera singer discovered this week?
You would think that by posting two or three reaction videos a week, Elizabeth Zharoff (aka The Charismatic Voice) would be all caught up on all the rock music she missed while studying
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November 23, 2025 at 2:08 PM
And what has our adorably naive opera singer discovered this week? #musicnews
Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox have launched Christmas Sunday Lunch #musicnews
Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox have launched Christmas Sunday Lunch
Yes, it’s that time again in the kitchen. Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox welcome the holiday season with this week’s edition of Sunday Lunch. Hey, it’s better than that song from Mariah Carey.
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November 23, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox have launched Christmas Sunday Lunch #musicnews
ICYMI: This is your weekly Canadian CD and vinyl sales report along with some streaming numbers (20 Nov 2025) #musicnews
This is your weekly Canadian CD and vinyl sales report along with some streaming numbers (20 Nov 2025)
It looks like holiday shopping is starting to have an effect. The numbers two weeks from now–the ones following Black Friday–will most likely be the biggest of the quarter. Meanwhile, here’s what Luminate
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November 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
ICYMI: This is your weekly Canadian CD and vinyl sales report along with some streaming numbers (20 Nov 2025) #musicnews