Random music news for Monday, November 11, 2024
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- RIP Elwood Edwards. He was the guy who said “You’ve got mail” for AOL. He was 74.
- This copyright infringement sample looks complicated. It involves a sample within a sample.
- Like Billy Talent, Sum 41, Simple Plan, and all those Canadian bands who came out in the early 00s? There’s a new book on the subject.
- Here comes the leaks about a possible titles for a new Oasis album.
- Snoop Dogg is now a character in Fortnite.
- This metal band is offering a “golden ticket” Willy Wonka-like thing for fans.
- A Christmas carol victory for Mariah Carey? It looks like it.
- Remember internet radios? They’ve fallen out of favour, but you can still buy one.
- Speaking of radio, will the push to keep AM radio in cars survive the new Trump administration? We’re not sure.
- More radio: A Polish radio station experimented with AI presenters and DJs. It ended in disaster.
- This year has been a very good time for turntables. Here’s why.
- Fun: “This is your brain on Star Wars.”
- Gordon Lightfoot’s “The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald” is now an old-school radio play.
- This kid is 11. ELEVEN!
- Rapper Bhad Bhabie (aka the “Cash Me Outside” girl) has been diagonsed with cancer.
BONUS: For the first time ever, artwork created by a robot has been sold at auction. I don’t want AI to create art. I want it to do the crap I don’t want to do so I can create art.
BONUS BONUS: ‘Murcia. Jeezus. Very dumb people–on both sides.
