Random Music News for Friday, October 16, 2015
ALCS starts tonight. Which reminds me: what was music like the last time the Blue Jays played Kansas City in the playoffs? Now, the music news…
- Joni Mitchell is said to be “making progress” in her health battle.
- Is a Radiohead album coming sooner rather than later?
- And could there be a Husker Du reunion sometime soon?
- The FBI had files on KISS? Yep.
- Australia wants Morrissey to butt out of the country’s feral cat issue.
- Minecraft for music? Maybe…
- Deezer continues to lose money but people keep investing in it.
- The Steven Tyler-Donald Trump thing over “Dream On” isn’t going away anytime soon.
- This is a good reminder of how the Go Go’s (yes, them) began as a punk band.
- Scientific American finally takes on the science involved with the artwork of Joy Division’s Unknown Pleasures album.
- If you’re a musician (or just deeply concerned about music in this country), examine this poll taken of the political parties by Canadian music publishers.
- Someone else asks the question: “If streaming is still growing in popularity, where’s all the money going?”
- A nine year-old has been nominated for a Canadian Folk Music Award for a song about her bunny.]
- Another TV series has gone into production. It’s about the last days of Michael Jackson.
- And ANOTHER hip hop series is going into production. This one stars Donald “Childish Gambino” Glover.
- Billboard has a new “digital power players” list.
- Of people who are looking at new cars, 75% of those surveyed say that getting a connected car is very important to them.
- If you go to a music event in Amsterdam, you will be allowed to carry five pills.
- This church in Oakland sings so loud that they’ve been threatened with a $500 a day fine.
