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  • Rage Against the Machine releases a short doc on race called Killing in Thy Name
  • Can a cat sing “Down with the Sickness” from Disturbed? Absolutely.
  • Music + Science + Shrooms = This!
  • Another way of looking at the sale of Neil Young’s catalogue
  • Random music news for Saturday, January 16, 2021
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Rage Against the Machine releases a short doc on race called Killing in Thy Name

January 16, 2021January 16, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Documentary, Race, Rage Against the Machine, The Ummah Chroma

The guys in Rage can’t tour like they were supposed to, but this has freed up some time wade into

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Funny/Weird 

Can a cat sing “Down with the Sickness” from Disturbed? Absolutely.

January 16, 2021January 15, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Cat, Disturned

Is this what TikTok was made for? I’d argue yes. @the_jaybird379 ##stitch with @storkythecat ##downwiththesickness ##help ♬ original sound –

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Medical Mysteries of Music 

Music + Science + Shrooms = This!

January 16, 2021January 15, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Magic Mushrooms, Psybacilin

Musicians have known for decades/centuries/eons that certain psychoactive drugs can lead to bursts of creativity. But because of various taboos,

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Funny/Weird 

Another way of looking at the sale of Neil Young’s catalogue

January 16, 2021January 15, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Neil Young

Earlier this month, it was announced that Neil Young sold a big chunk of his publishing for an estimated US$150

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Music News 

Random music news for Saturday, January 16, 2021

January 16, 2021January 14, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Def Leppard

A “smart mask?” I’m surprised it took this long. Moving to music news for January 16, 2021… RIP Tim Bogert,

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Music History Music News 

RIP New York Dolls guitarist Sylvain Sylvain

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments New York Dolls, Sylvain Sylvain

When I was the program director at Y108/Hamilton in the early 2000s, a short man in a porkpie hat walked

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Ongoing History of New Music 

Ongoing History of New Music Daily: Fall Out Boy Facts

January 15, 2021January 14, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Fall Out Boy

Here are a couple of facts about Fall Out Boy that may have escaped your attention until now. (1) The

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Movies Music History 

Movie based on the UK’s Creation records due in March

January 15, 2021January 14, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Alan McGree, Creation Records

Creation Records, the scrappy (and drug-fueled label) indie British label run by Alan McGee, is being turned into a movie.

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Ongoing History of New Music 

The Ongoing History of New Music, episode 906: Unfortunate sonic coincidences: The lawsuits.

January 15, 2021January 14, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Copyright Infringement, Lawsuits, Ongoing History, Plagiarism

Okay, let’s go over this one more time. There are just twelve notes in the Western scale. The ways they

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Gadgets 

This nifty little device allows you to make music with your body

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Mictic

It’s called Mictic, “The Body Instrument.” It allows anyone to make music just through movement. Check it out. (Via Andrew)

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Music News 

Random music news for Friday, January 15, 2021

January 15, 2021January 15, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments Adam Ant, Bandsintown, Bitcoin, Brian May, Drill Muisc, Mobile Phones, New Horizons, Phil Collins, Shingoose, Skunk Anansie, Song Catalogues, The Voice, TikTok, Video Games

We just lost a couple trillion galaxies. Oops. And this guy has two more guesses at his bitcoin wallet password.

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