Random music news for Thursday, January 23, 2020
My winter speaking tour starts tonight. Details here. Maybe we’ll end up discussing the music news of January 23, 2020.
- The scandal inside the Grammy Awards organization is getting even more explosive. And hey, aren’t the Grammys themselves on Sunday?
- And then we have this issue with Aerosmith drummer Joey Kramer and the rest of Aerosmith.
- Slipknot shows now have a dress code–in Glasgow, anyway.
- Like music? Like mysteries? This new podcast blends the two.
- Speaking of podcasts, Spotify is giving Apple a real run for its money as the number one source of podcasts.
- Another Python gone.
- John Travolta just sold his house to Scooter Braun.
- It’s time again to rate the worst Super Bowl halftime shows.
- Here are a few more guesses about what comes next for streaming.
- Hugh Dillion of The Headstones has an idea for a TV show which has been green lit by the Paramount Network.
- When she found out her husband was cheating on her, she dumped him and then re-did her kitchen floor using his record collection.
- Amazon Music is doing okay with 55 million subscribers.
- When you go on vacation, do you listen to any of these songs?
- Here comes another look at the payola situation in the US.
- Kirk Hammett: “We were wrong about Napster.”