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Josh Freese is out. The Foo Fighters are looking for a drummer again.

May 17, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

Josh Freese has been dismissed as the drummer for the Foo Fighters. This has come as a big shock, especially to Josh Freese. Here’s what he posted on Instagram. View this post on

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Donald Trump vs. Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift: How will this play out?

May 17, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

As Donald Trump wound his way through the Middle East, engaging in various crimes and fraud, getting bribed, and enriching himself with personal business deals–who gets a US$400 million 747 as a “gift?”–Bruce

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ICYMI: Things I posted elsewhere this week

May 17, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Among the many things I write about each week are these posts I create for Corus radio and all the company’s rock radio websites. If you missed anything, here’s a summary. Weekly Global

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Random music news for Saturday, May 17, 2025

May 17, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

Still can’t sleep? Try the “puppy paws position” then dive into music news for May 17, 2025. More music news? Go here. BONUS: Shaggy has a new endorsement deal with Fiat. This some

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Taco Bell’s record club has launched

May 16, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

The next time you’re in the mood for a crunchy gordita at Taco Bell, remember that the chain has officially launched its Feed the Beat Record Club. If you’re a part of the

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There’s a Netflix documentary on the Astroworld festival tragedy

May 16, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

On November 5, 2021, Travis Scott was the headliner at the Astroworld festival in Houston. Before his set was over, dozens were injured and ten people lost their lives. This new documentary talks

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The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 1052: Explaining Krautrock

May 16, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 3 min read

After World War II, Germany was destroyed. The country was divided. The East was under the control of the USSR. The western part was part of democratic Europe. And then there was Berlin,

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Ongoing History Daily: Sampling vs. interpolation

May 16, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Modern electronic sampling has been with us since the early 1980s. This is when you use some specialized hardware and software to surgically excise a passage from an old piece of music that

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Random music news for Friday, May 16, 2025

May 16, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

Bad news: Scientists say that the universe will end much sooner than we expected. Good news: It won’t end for one quinvigintillion years. That’s a one followed by 78 zeros. That means you have time

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Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry, episode 040: A buffet of musical murders

May 15, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

On the evening of February 25, 1682, Alessandro Stradella was stabbed to death in a square in Genoa, Italy. Stradella was a classical composer of some renown. It appears he was killed by

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The Diddy Trial, Day Three

May 15, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

The prosecution continued to lay out their case with more questioning of Diddy’s ex, Cassie Ventura. The jury was shown the unedited version of Diddy’s attack on Cassie in the hallway of a

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