Random music news for Friday, September 23, 2022
As you read this, I’m somewhere halfway to Singapore. Fortunately, there’s in-flight WiFi so I can do music news for September 23, 2022.
- You can now take a course in Lana Del Rey. That’ll help you get a job…
- Now this is an exclusive show.
- Dude: Do you really want to go there?
- Need some new reading on music? Here are six books worth checking out.
- The US Space Force has a new song and…oh, dear.
- REM’s “Losing My Religion” has passed one billion YouTube views.
- What the hell is going on with Grimes?
- BTS is not like everyone else in South Korea. See?
- Neil, dude. Time to upgrade.
- Why would anyone do this? WHY?
- Satanic kicks? That’s what this religious group thinks about these new Reeboks.
- A singing chihuahua. Cute.
- Explainer: Why do circle pits always seem to go counterclockwise?
- HMV, still thriving with some stores in the UK, has launched a new record label.
- Here comes a new collection of James Bond themes.
- Wut?
- And again, wut? Jeezus, Florence.
BONUS: More David Blaine sorcery.
I posted it on Hypebot but I’ll post it here as well. If you like synthpop or whatever label you want to call it, there’s a new book coming out soonish by a guy with scads of experience in the industry and an all around super fellow and who is really deserving of a plug. He manages the Erasure newsletter and puts his heart and soul into it. I’m not a monstrous Erasure fan but I’m into the whole fan of a fan of a…. you get the idea. Plus they make great sounds and they always have scads of covers. It’s a must for new wave lovers everywhere.
Anyways, his book is coming out soonish and if you still buy books, toss some $$ his way (I get nothing out of this but the pleasure of helping him succeed – the fans lot in life – I think he’s swell!):
and yes, I’m pre-ordering the book from the UK.
Ruins
Thanks for the tip, Ruins. Looks right up my alley.