Random music news for Monday, June 5, 2023
A brutal truth about Al Pacino becoming a father at age 83. And here are more brutal truths when it comes to music news for June 5, 2023.
- This company wants to use AI and neuroscience to identify music that works best for advertising.
- Meanwhile, this company wants to fix all the metadata tagging in the world’s music. I’m all for that.
- The adorable Linda Lindas played the Scripps National Spelling Bee.
- Wait: If Noel Gallagher doesn’t have a driver’s license, how did he get dinged for six points?
- Physical music is not dead. In fact, far from it. This analysis shows why.
- A Springsteen fan handed in his dissertation to…Springsteen. In the middle of a concert.
- Billy Joel will end his 10-year-long monthly residency at Madison Square Garden by July 2024. That’ll be 150 shows.
- A Milli Vanilli doc is finally being made.
- Alan Wilder, ex of Depeche Mode, is asking £4,500,000 for this house.
- Rihanna for the win over Taylor Swift.
- If you’re going to give radio listeners advice, it better be proper advice. Otherwise…
- Dolly Parton has more entries in the Guinness Book of World Records than you might imagine.
- There are money/legal problems in K-pop Land.
- Chris Shiflett of the Foo Fighters has launched a new guitar-based podcast called “Shred with Shifty.”
- This is gonna take the productivity out of your Monday.
- You are never too old to cover Slipknot.
- The hottest source of new music these days? Mexico.
BONUS: Was this the worst band in the world? Maybe. (Via Rick J)
I highly doubt that anyone is going to be take those records from Dolly any time soon. Wow, some of them are extremely impressive for anyone!