Random music news for Thursday, October 26, 2023
What’s it like to have your face peeled back in a car that goes from 0-100 kph in less than a second? This. Music news for October 26, 2023, has far fewer G forces.
- RIP Massive Attack guitarist Angelo Bruschini. He had lung cancer.
- Papa Roach has made a US$150,000 donation to a suicide prevention organization.
- Because it seems to be part of The Law of the Internet, I’m required to post some Taylor Swift stories. Is she a secret spy novelist? And it’s a Tay-Tay Halloween.
- George Harrison has a new memoir. Yes, he’s been dead since 2001.
- DeadMau5 feels bad for “being a dick to fans at airport.”
- Here’s a nichey bit of Canadian msuic history. (Via Paul)
- Devo has now been around for 50 years. They have a new 50th-anniversary compilation.
- A Rolling Stones hologram show? Keef thinks it’s inevitable.
- Does the music industry have the concept of “music discovery” all wrong? Maybe.
- There could be a delay in passing AI legislation in the EU.
- Meanwhile, the EU is moving ahead with legislation against ticket scalping.
- We have a virtual boy band from a video game. Watch.
- YouTube is helping kids in the Philippines learn the guitar. Here’s how.
- Do you have time to read all the privacy policies of every website you use? If you did, it would take you an entire workweek every month.
- A Las Vegas woman has been arrested for stealing US$50,000 from her sugar daddy’s safe at Caesar’s Palace while he was at the U2 show at the Sphere.
- Black metal is just surf music with added distortion? Discuss. (Via Dan)
- This pilot gives ukulele players a bad name.
BONUS: Ha. (Via Rick J)
BONUS BONUS: Ha-ha. (Rick again)
