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Uncharted

Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry, episode 51: The horrific rap sheet of R. Kelly

October 15, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

Throughout the 90s and early 2000s, R. Kelly was selling tens of millions of records—perhaps as many as 75 million worldwide—winning awards, having hit singles, and collaborating with Michael Jackson, Britney Spears, Whitney

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Funny/Weird

Is this what happened to Ronald McDonald? (Stay with me on this.)

October 15, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

For decades, Ronald McDonald was the face of McDonald’s worldwide. Then he just…disappeared. You’d be hard-pressed to find any remains of him at any McDonald’s restaurant anywhere in the world. Why? Officially, it

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Gadgets

Looking for a new turntable this Christmas? This one is a little…specialized.

October 15, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Pro-Ject is a turntable manufacturer that sells some great conventional machines (I have one) along artist-branded turntables, including one based on Pink Floyd, this one specifically for the hardcore Metallica fan, and even

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Concerts

Photos and a review of Strange Advance, Images in Vogue, and The Box in Ottawa

October 15, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 8 min read

[Zachary Resnick and Melody Maloney were there for us. – AC] For the second-to-last stop on their 2025 tour, Strange Advance played Ottawa’s Bronson Centre Music Theatre on a crisp October evening. Known

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Music Industry

Here’s a running list of artists who have sold some or all of their song catalogues to a new breed of company. (Updated as required)

October 15, 2025 Alan Cross 27 Comments 25 min read

[If you’re seeing this in your feed again, it’s because another deal has gone down. -AC] The music world is being shaken by the actions of a growing group of companies which are

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Ongoing History of New Music

Ongoing History Daily: Rock stars checking into hotels

October 15, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

Rock stars spend a lot of time on the road, which means a lot of hotel stays. And just like everyone else, they have to sign in. Some like to have a little

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Music News AJMT
Music News

Random music news for Wednesday, October 15, 2025

October 15, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

In the very near future, if you want to recline your seat while flying WestJet, it’ll cost you. Meanwhile, leaning back and reading music news for October 15, 2025, is still free. BONUS:

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Interview

An interview with Drew Arnott of Strange Advance

October 14, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 12 min read

[This one was covered by Zachary Resnick.- AC] Before their Ottawa, ON, show on October 10th, AJMT got a chance to sit down with Strange Advance’s frontman & O.G. synth-wizard Drew Arnot in

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Funny/Weird

MAGA types fell for this fake Super Bowl halftime show announcement

October 14, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

The MAGA world remains apoplectic over the choice of Bad Bunny for the Super Bowl halftime show because…well, we can only assume racism is involved. He’s one of the biggest artists in the

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Ongoing History of New Music

Ongoing History Daily: The Clash broke up because of…The Who?

October 14, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 0 min read

The Clash never really officially broke up. After a final record with a new lineup in 1986, they just kind of evaporated, faded away, never to be heard from again. Why? The usual

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Music News AJMT
Music News

Random music news for Tuesday, October 14, 2025

October 14, 2025 Alan Cross 0 Comments 2 min read

What’s a great sin of our time? Pope Leo XIV says it’s “clickbait.” I’ll try to keep that to a minimum for music news for October 14, 2025. I don’t want to go

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Uncharted: Crime and Mayhem in the Music Industry

Have I got a story for you! Award-winning Music Historian and host of the chart-topping Ongoing History of New Music Podcast Alan Cross unleashes his next amazing podcast. In every episode, Alan Cross takes you inside unbelievable true stories of crime, murder, scandal, strange deaths, unexplainable events, and the general mayhem from the music industry through the decades. There is a lot of bad behaviour that needs to be talked about. It’s a one-of-a-kind podcast featuring true crime stories from the world of music. OUT NOW!

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