Random music news for Monday, December 16, 2024

RFK Jr. wants to learn more about the assassination of JFK and RFK. That might be interesting. As for music news for December 16, 2024…

1. Over 600 musicians want to rescue the Internet Archive. Let’s hope they’re successful.
2. Tom Morello has a musical challenge for Donald Trump over Trump’s diss of “Bruce Springstern.”
3. Speaking of Bruce and dumb politicians, there’s this knob.
4. A new survey says that half of American teenagers are online “almost constantly.”
5. Oak View Group is has big plans for live music in Canada.
6. TikTok is fighting government orders to shut down in Canada. Will they be successful?
7. People are watching YouTube on TV screens for more than one billion hours a day.Not computers or tablets or phones. Full-sized TVs.
8. Interested in how radio is doing? Still quite well, actually. Here’s the latest report.
9. But then there’s this regrettable situation.
10. Ed Sheeran has launched a new charity.
11. There’s a new Oasis-themed bar in Manchester.
12. The Ramones War probably means there won’t be a Ramones biopic anytime soon. (Via Rick J)
13. Spotify Wrapped is coming under some harsh criticism.
14. Yacht Rock is having a moment–although people seem to forget how most of thought it was so wretched back in the back.
15. We are now officially in the era of full-length AI-generated movies.

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BONUS: Prepare to see more of these Elon Musk stickers on Teslas.

BONUS BONUS: Hmm.

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