Random music news for Saturday, June 25, 2022
Oh, great. First COVID, then monkeypox, and now POLIO? Yay, anti-vaxxers! Distract yourself for a moment with music news for June 15, 2022.
- Give it up for this Pearl Jam fan with a terminal illness. He would NOT be stopped.
- Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky appeared at Glastonbury.
- Oh, so THAT’S how Tommy Lee broke his ribs…
- …and it’s sort of why Tommy threw racks of ribs at audiences. I think.
- Pink Floyd wants to sell their catalogue. They’ll get at least US$500 million for it.
- Still with health news, Violent J of Insane Clown Posse talks about his health problems and hospitalization.
- This is fun: A restaurant in Wisconsin has a new music policy. (It’s meant as a joke, people.)
- Jukebox ZEROES. And there’s a part two to that, too. (VIa Oreo)
- The power of the protest song.
- Why is Ed Sheeran so popular? This may explain it.
- That’s really creepy, Alexa.
- Who knew this about “Pass the Dutchie?”
- Scott Weiland’s kid has a new solo album.
- Someone wrote an erotic novel about Gojira, the French metal band.
- Nice one, Shaq.
- Interesting: The secret sampling service.
BONUS: This could be the worst restaurant dining experience in the world–and it all done on purpose.
I don’t understand why people keep billing this Alexa offering as “creepy”. I lost my last living grandparent when I was in college almost 25 years ago now, and I’d love to be able to hear her voice again. To me, this technology could be creepy, but you have to decide to go that direction with it. For me, it would be a wonderful way to remember friends and family who were gone too soon.