Random music news for Friday, October 22, 2021

October 22, 2021 Alan Cross 0 Comments 1 min read

Dating? You might want to weigh in on this debate. Now that you’re thinking about that, try some music news for October 22, 2021.

Spotify and Canada’s Shopify have come together to offer artists “virtual merch tables.”
At least one person is really, really obsessed with the polka of Walter Ostenek. See? And do you have any of these records?
Nathaniel Rateliff is selling off a bunch of his gear for a good cause.
What’s it like to be Ed Sheeran’s manager? Pretty wild, actually.
Apparently, things are still very, very good for Duran Duran.
How to Drink by Lemmy.
Sorry, Frank. “My Way” is no longer the most-requested funeral song in the UK.
The Death Metal Burger. It’s a real thing.
There’s now a Neil Peart drumming scholarship.
You know that one-of-a-kind Wu-Tang album, Once Upon a Time in Shaolin? It’s been bought from the US Government by a cryptocurrency group.
It’s not over for R Kelly yet. Not by a long shot.
As a Beatles fan, I gotta get me this new upcoming Paul McCartney set on lyrics.
Cops in Burlington, Ontario, were holding a distracted driving blitz. They found someone playing a flute–with both hands–while driving.
And finally, a new social media network from Donald Trump. It’s called TRUTH. (Note that the name of the USSR’s Pravda also meant “truth.” Just sayin’.)