and curated a museum exhibition on the science of rock music for the Ontario Science Centre. In the fall of that year, he returned to CFNY and relaunched The Ongoing History of New Music, as well as a new weekday programming feature called Adventures in Vinyl. In 2015, he formed the company Major League Mixes with colleague Dave Charles; the company currently holds the contract for game music at Toronto Maple Leafs games. Personal life Cross is married to Mary Ellen Beninger, a journalist who has been associated with the Toronto radio stations CFNY, CFTR and CHFI. Books The Alternative Music Almanac (1995) The Making of Pretty Hate Machine and The Downward Spiral (1996) Over the Edge: The Revolution and Evolution of New Rock (1997) 20th Century Rock and Roll: Alternative Rock (2000) The History of Alternative Rock, volumes 1-4 (audio book series)'' References External links Alan Cross Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Canadian radio hosts Canadian radio executives Canadian podcasters Canadian music historians 20th-century Canadian male writers Canadian music journalists People from Burlington, Ontario People from Stonewall, Manitoba Canadian bloggers 20th-century Canadian non-fiction writers 21st-century Canadian non-fiction writers 21st-century Canadian male writers Canadian male non-fiction writers Male bloggers