Random music news for Saturday, May 25, 2024

If you have a kid under 18, they may be flipping out over the new Skibidi Toilet line of merch. Moving to music news for May 25, 2024…

1. Postmedia interviewed the director of the upcoming CFNY: The Spirit of Radio documentary.
2. So the latest rumours about an Oasis reunion were wrong. Gee, what a shock.
3. Beyonce has a copyright infringement lawsuit on her hands.
4. Amazon’s Alexa will soon get a big upgrade that will allow for conversations. What could possible go wrong?
5. Spotify’s latest thing is…its own font.
6. Eventbrite, the ticket selling platform, has been called out for something weird.
7. As a radio person, I’m not entirely sure what to make of this.
8. The case involving OpenAI/ChatGPT and Scarlett Johansson got more interesting this week. Here’s how.
9. Meanwhile, there’s a new proposed legislation in the US regulating deep fakes. The twist is that the Republican who introduced the bill used AI to write it.
10. And still with AI, “power is shifting to AI-generated music and algorithmic discovery.” Discuss.
11. Curious about Dolby ATMOS and if it’s any good? Read this.
12. CBC is launching some new radio streams.
13. Celine Dion gave an interview in which she was very open and emotional about her health.
14. Are these really Dave Gahan’s actual sunglasses up fpr sale?
15. Metallica has a pop-up store in Germany.
16. I’m surprised that Oasis found more unreleased material to include on the 30th anniversary edition of Definitely Maybe.

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