Random Music News for Friday, February 27, 2015
Still in Vancouver. Damn, it’s nice out here–unless you’re running a ski resort. No snow this year.
- Thankfully, the FCC didn’t do anything stupid regarding net neutrality.
- Here’s a quiz for “dumb kids who know nothing about the 90s.”
- And now, 18 songs Grey’s Anatomy ruined for everyone. Come on down, Snow Patrol!
- Courtney Love is still dealing with a Twitter libel issue. This one has been going on for six-and-a-half years.
- Kanye has formally apologized to Beck for being an asshole.
- Music makes you a better reader, apparently.
- Why do so many legendary rappers get so little respect in later years?
- Think streaming music services aren’t a thing? They outperform downloads in at least 24 countries.
- Speaking of which, Led Zeppelin tracks are HUGE with the streaming crowd.
- And Spotify has added lyrics to its desktop version.
- What a cowboy rapper and a DJ can teach us about branding.
- What does a sound mixer do, exactly? Glad you asked.
- Al Jourgensen has a new band: Surgical Meth Machine and he says they make “the fastest music in the history of music.”
- It was 35 years ago yesterday that U2 got their first big break.
- Apparently a lot of those MTV Pimp My Ride rides were fake. Imagine that. (Via Tom)
