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Who will find Marty McFly’s Gibson ES-345 from Back to the Future? A worldwide search is on.

June 4, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

In the original Back to the Future, Marty McFly helps bring his future mother and father together at the Under the Sea high school dance as he sits in with the band playing

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Music News

That 1997 Bentley Turbo R for sale on Autotrader? A previous owner was Noel Gallagher.

June 4, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

More than 25 years ago, Alan McGree, the head of Creation Records and the guy who discovered and signed Oasis, gifted Noel Gallagher a chocolate brown 6.8 litre 1997 Bentley Turbo R. A

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Our adorkable opera singer reacts to hearing Geddy Lee and Rush

June 4, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

As she closes in on two million subscribers for her Charismatic Voice YouTube channel where Elizabeth Zharoff reacts to rock music she’s never heard before, fans continue to submit suggestions. On this episode,

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Ongoing History Daily: Music from before 2000 is better for your nervous system. Here’s why.

June 4, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Scientists know music can be used to modify and enhance how we feel mentally, emotionally, and physically. This has prompted much study into music therapy, including how to regulate our nervous systems in

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Random music news for Wednesday, June 4, 2025

June 4, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

Looking for a brain implant but don’t want to deal with an Elon Musk company? There’s now a competitor. Meanwhile, nothing compares to music news for June 4, 2025. BONUS: Be happy you

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Hang on. Are we about to see a Talking Heads reunion?

June 3, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 3 min read

Talking Heads never really formally broke up. They just…evaporated with everyone going their separate ways. And on the list of most-wanted reunions, I’d put them in the top five. The band–or at least

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Here we go again: Fyre Festival is now looking at Honduras

June 3, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 4 min read

If you were keeping track, Fyre Festival (also known as FYRE II) was supposed to have taken place this past weekend in Isla Mujeres, Playa Del Carmen, Mexico. Naturally, it all collapsed in

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Music News

Rock memorabilia continues to be big business. Check out the receipts from this recent auction.

June 3, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

I’m fascinated by the prices people will pay for rock memorabilia. Julien’s, one of the auction houses who handles these sales, recently held an event. Here’s what they sold and the prices the

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Can you “see” music in three dimensions?

June 3, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

I’d never heard of Jules Antoine Lissajous, a 19th-century French physicist before this Boing Boing article. Using tuning forks, he created Lissajous curves, two dimensional shapes that correspond to musical notes and the

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Ongoing History Daily: Your favourite song does strange things to your brain

June 3, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Everyone gets an emotional and physical rush when a favourite song comes on. Those neurological and physical processes are very complex. Our brains love to predict patterns in music. When we hear a

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New Music from the Inbox Tuesday Edition (June 3, 2025): Empired, Chinese Medicine, Witherbride, & More!

June 3, 2025 Nerhys 0 Comments 1 min read

Empired Song: “Blood on the Ceiling”Album: SingleRelease Date: May 16, 2025Location: Los Angeles, CaliforniaWhy I Like It: Fast-paced punk.Listen: Chinese Medicine Song: “Gospel”Album: The Trans Agenda EPRelease Date: May 16, 2025Location: TorontoWhy I

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