Random music news for Monday, September 9, 2024

This woman deliberately got a big TRUMP tattoo on her forehead. Now she’s begging for money to have it removed. Gee, we didn’t see that coming, did we? How about some music news for September 9, 2024?

1. The BBC has finally discovered The Tragically Hip.
2. We now know the name of the AI music company involved in the big streaming royalty revealed last week. It’s called Boomy.
3. On that topic, YouTube has launched “responsible AI” tools for musicians and other creators.
4. The US, the UK, and the EU have signed the “first-ever internationally legally binding treaty” re: AI.
5. The government of Australia is looking at “guardrails” for AI use.
6. AI avatar musical star Hatsune Miku is now…boxing?
7. Radiohead isn’t doing anything right now, so Colin Greenwood will play bass for Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds for the next tour.
8. Remember Billie Joe Armstrong’s Green Day side project Pinhead Gunpowder? New music is coming for the first time in 16 years.
9. Interesting: How in-store appearances at record shops have changed touring.
10. Ahmet Ertegen, the founder of Atlantic Records has been dead for 18 years but the #MeToo cases he left behind are still proceeding.
11. Meanwhile, Danny Elfman had the sexual misconduct lawsuit against him dismissed.
12. Speaking of lawsuits, The 1975 have responded to a claim against them in Malaysia for submarining an entire music festival.
13. Cable TV is dying. Let me explain.
14. Are you watching Only Murders in the Building? Can you guess which one of the three stars is a billionaire? Nope. Nope. Yep.
15. A Jimi Hendrix biopic is coming.

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BONUS: This guy took a picture of himself every day for 22 years. Here are the results.