Random music news for Saturday, November 15, 2025

Republicans are sneaky. They want to ban THC products, including gummies and drinks. If this happens, Canada will be something of a cannabis tourism spot. As for music news for November 15, 2025…

1. AI music slop is spreading fast. It’s on the Billboard and Spotify charts. Is this what we want?
2. Meanwhile, AI is coming for your car.
3. Billie Eilish is going hard after Elon Musk. “Pussy bitch coward,” she says.
4. When Ozzy died, Donald Trump called The Osbournes and left a voice message.
5. Speaking of whom, after all the bills were paid, the Back to the Beginning concert with Ozzy and Sabbath raised US$11 million.
6. Can you imagine Marco Rubio hanging with Mick Jagger? It happened–and it was awkward.
7. Kash Patel’s country-singing girlfriend is “driving MAGA nuts.”
8. There’s more pressure on the UK government to do something about ticket scalpers. Artists are now involved.
9. And still on the topic of activism by UK artists, a bunch of them have come together on a climate change initiative.
10. In lawsuit news, Behr Paint used the Rolling Stones’ song “Paint It Black” in an online commercial without permission. Bad move.
11. Lady Gaga says she had a “psychotic break” after filming A Star is Born.
12. Interesting: “Confessions of a former Grammy voter.”
13. Get this: Hype is being whipped up for an Oasis reunion documentary being nominated for an Academy Award in 2027.
14. Are you a collector of timepieces? There are just 238 pieces of this Nirvana watch available.
15. This is a fun deconstruction of “Changes” by David Bowie. If you love going into the weeds of songwriting, watch this. (Via Gordie)

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BONUS: I covered this on a recent edition of The Ongoing History of New Music. But here’s David Lee Roth explaining the brown M&M’s story himself. (Via Lorne)