Random Music News for Monday, October 12, 2015
Just because it’s Thanksgiving doesn’t mean there isn’t music news…
- Kayne West auditioned for American Idol over the weekend. No, seriously.
- Love this: in 1972, Black Sabbath had a $75,000 cocaine budget.
- Now that it’s Thanksgiving, it’s time to start thinking about Christmas. How about any of these music-related clocks?
- Here’s the first-ever picture of Frances Bean Cobain wearing a wedding ring after her secret nuptials.
- Remember when ringtones were going to be the salvation of the record industry? A story of audio branding.
- Tom Petty’s new biography may be the most honest biography ever written about a rock star. This looks really good. Did you know he was a heroin addict in the 90s?
- Another interesting article on the future of podcasting. It’s really a thing.
- Could the new TPP mean the end of filesharing as we know it?
- I’m not a One Direction fan, but you have to admire this.
- Pet sounds. Not the Beach Boys, but actual pet sounds on record.
- A bulldog that sounds like Chewbacca.
- “Bette Midler calls Justin Bieber’s dad a dick on behalf of the universe.”
- Is this what’s next for music marketing? (Via ThatEricAlper)
- Ozzy is using a drone to spy on his neighbours.
- Remember that story about Lou Reed coming to Father John Misty in a dream? Yeah, that’s a lie.
- Florence Welch to Dave Grohl about his leg: “Eat more broccoli.”
- I had no idea that Muzu.TV was still in business. Not for long…
- Here’s the BBC on Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield’s new album.
- Steve Mackay of The Stooges has died at age 66.