Random music news for Saturday, October 26, 2019
Gotta go to LA for a movie junket tomorrow just as southern California is burning up in wildfires. Swell. Meanwhile, in music news for October 26, 2019…
- Here are my weekly music picks for GlobalNews.ca.
- Another inquest was held into the death of Radiohead drum tech Scott Johnson in the Toronto stage collapse in 2012. It found “inherent deficiencies.”
- More evidence that Kanye is still uber-weird.
- A US$1.5 billion guitar-shaped hotel opened Thursday night in Florida.
- Drake had a mob-themed birthday party.
- Bruce Springsteen: Not a fan of Trump.
- Paul McCartney: Not a fan of animal testing.
- Kanye: Keepin’ it weird. He is still certifiably nuts.
- Artists are boycotting any upcoming music festivals created by Amazon unless the company cuts ties with US Immigration Customs and Enforcement (ICE).
- When Prodigy’s Keith Flint died, he owed a lot of money so many of his possessions are now being sold off at auction. Here’s what you can buy.
- Another metal cruise.
- The Theremin turns 100!
- Pex is a new startup that sniffs out the use of unauthorized use of copyrighted music in podcasts.
- Want to learn how to play guitar like Keith Richards? Read this.
- Well, this is a different take on the Doctor Who theme song.
- The average Australian now spends more time listening to podcasts than their privately-owned music collection.
