Random music news for Monday, October 9, 2023
To international readers: Today is Canadian Thanksgiving, which means plenty of eating. But I did managed to gather music news for October 9, 2003 before heading into the kitchen.
- Part of the Hamas attack on Israeli included invading a music festival where people were shot.
- Here comes the resurrected dead artists: Universal and Google are working on an AI tool that will replicate artists voices–even if they’re long dead.
- Drake break: He could be away from music for up to a year to deal with “crazy stomach problems.”
- This will make some people old: Gen Z kids have made Nirvana t-shirts preppy.
- The Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce romance(?) is actually having an effect on NFL TV ratings.
- Speaking of whom, how are you going to control ticket prices when you have people like this?
- Indie labels are worried that the majors are sucking up all the CD and vinyl distribution.
- There’s now AC/DC whisky.
- And AC/DC played their first show in seven years over the weekend.
- This is Madonna today. Discuss.
- Drake apparently didn’t clear a Pet Shop Boys sample for a new song. The PSBs are pissed.
- Chinatown punk in LA was a thing back in the day. Take that, Hollywood.
- Remember when Apple Watch was released and came in a US$17,000 gold version? Apple won’t support them anymore.
- Do you use Discogs.com? There are some concerning problems. (Via Andrew)
BONUS: A Prada spacesuit? As in something for lunar astronauts? Yes–sort of.
BONUS BONUS: That time in 1984 when Morrissey and Johnny Marr were interrogated by school children on TV. (And no, it’s not “Paul Morrissey.)
