Random music news for Monday, February 3, 2025
Great. A radioactive Saharan dust cloud. What other fresh hell will befall us? There’s certainly nothing in music news for February 3, 2025, that looks too fatal.
- Kanye and Bianca were kicked out of the Grammys. Too much nakedness.
- Would you be onboard with a Nirvana with a new singer? Discuss. (Via Rick J)
- DeepSeek is cool, but it’s not very safe. Not very safe at all.
- The Trump White House is awful. Here’s another example.
- Will American radio stations finally have to pay properly for using music like virtually every other country in the world? Maybe.
- Since there’s a lot of talk about SNL’s 50th annivesary, here’s a list of the show’s worst musical performances.
- Warner just bought a giant catalogue of film and TV music for about US$1 billion.
- Bluetooth headphones/earbuds have almost reached their best-before date because bandwidth is insufficient for hi-res audio. That may be changing, though. I’m all for it. (Rick J again)
- Another list: Musicians who hate their own iconic songs.
- And one more list: Weird reasons these songs were banned.
- The guys in Public Enemy are excellent people. Here’s proof.
- “Toxicity” by System of a Down has reached one billion views on YouTube.
- After the freakout over being banned, TikTok traffic in the US is back to normal.
- Headbanging: Not the healthiest thing to do.
- The Rolling Stones were gong to tour in 2025. Now maybe not.
- This is fun: A history of the theme from The Twilight Zone.
BONUS: Can anyone ID this song? Asking for a friend. (Via Steven)
