Random music news for Monday, May 18, 2020
The COVID-19 dreams are getting crazy. I dreamt that I was in charge of a McDonald’s focus group to determine if Grimace was the right shade of purple. I did not make that up. Now for some music news for May 18, 2020.
- Coronavirus update 1: How music has changed during the lockdown.
- Coronavirus update 2: 19% of British musicians are considering giving up their careers because of current financial stresses.
- Coronavirus update 3: Motley Crue and Def Leppard have started postponing summer concert dates.
- Coronavirus update 4: A drive-in rave.
- Coronavirus update 5: Really, dude? Really?
- Coronavirus update 6: Aw. Too bad.
- Coronavirus update 7: It’ll be a while before nightclubs get back to normal.
- Astrid Kirchherr, the photographer who helped shaped the early image of The Beatles, has died.
- The Allen Grubman hack just got worse. Material involving Lady Gaga has been posted online.
- Nearly 1,000 Peel Sessions are now online. Time to explore!
- That is a LOT of Grateful Dead recordings.
- An interesting interview with Moby about being in isolation.
- Want to use the lockdown to learn a new language? Try this karaoke app.
- Audio deep fakes: This is gonna be a real problem for the recorded music industry. (Via Andrew)
- Will Ferrell is involved in a movie about the totally batshit Eurovision Song Contest. This is what we can look forward to.
- Interesting: If there was such a big flu pandemic in 1969, why did life go on as usual? For example, why did Woodstock still happen?
