Random music news for Monday, October 12, 2020
Happy Thanksgiving! (Yes, American readers, we have our own that doesn’t seem to involve an orgy of shopping.) It’s a day off, but that doesn’t mean we don’t have music news for October 12, 2020.
- Coronavirus update 1: Satire, but… (Via Tom)
- Coronavirus update 2: Can Jimi Hendrix help?
- Spotify says that one of the fastest-growing genres on the platform is “mental health.”
- Eddie Van Halen and his family had to endure racism…
- …and then there’s this about ex-wife Valerie Bertinelli.
- A good interview with Eddie from 2017. (Via Tim)
- And here’s the inevitable reaction video from people hearing Van Halen for the first time.
- Gary Numan and his wife sound...interesting.
- Simon Cowell is walking again after his big bike crash.
- I would not want to move this.
- Universal Music is getting into the hotel business.
- This is not a good look for Phil Collins.
- Not music related, but too good to ignore. Watch this.
- Blue Oyster Cult has something to say about the creature known as “Florida Man.”
- Death metal for a TV dancing competition? ABSOLUTELY!
- Johnny Lydon has officially gone MAGA. Oh, dear…
- The history of Toronto’s legendary Lee’s Palace.
- Have too much money to spend on a turntable? Try this one.
- One of the guys accused of planning to kidnap the governor of Michigan is a metalhead.
- Bonus: Now THIS is hot sauce.
