Random music news for Saturday, October 22, 2022
Snake on a mother******g plane! No snakes in music news for October 22, 2022.
- Drake lost CAD$830,000 betting on soccer last weekend. I…I…can’t imagine…
- A Dave Grohl drum solo has blown up on TikTok.
- In today’s “Kanye is having an episode” news…
- …oh, and there are now calls to have Spotify and Apple to stop streaming his music.
- Worth reading: A new biography on Canada’s punk legend Art Bergman.
- Fun: Music and the mafia.
- Can you really use Big Data to predict a hit? Let’s take a look.
- Back to Kanye and his purchase of right-wing social media site Parler…
- The last Monkee standing.
- Joni Mitchell, who has had all kinds of health issues over the last few decades, has announced her first live performance in 20 years.
- Pinterest seems to really want to get deeper into the music space.
- We’ve heard of double albums and triple albums. But how about a septuple set? The Chili Peppers almost did it.
- There is now a full-time terrestrial “yacht rock” radio station.
- Uh, Britney? Can I get you a robe? (Probably NSFW)
- When regular gin won’t do, you need KISS NAVY STRENGTH COLD GIN. My head hurts just from typing that.
- Andy Partridge of XTC has opened up about mental illness. (Via Sean)
- Here’s something I don’t do very often: A video podcast.
- Wilfred Laurier University is offering a new PhD in Music with fields in Community Music and Music Therapy. Details here.
BONUS: Sink this, dude. (Via Rick)
