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Random music news for Tuesday, February 13, 2024

Thinking about investing in an Apple Vision Pro? Read this first. And now, some music news for February 13, 2024.

  1. Here is a Joy Division mystery. Can anyone solve it?
  2. Not good: Rolling Stone’s editor-in-chief has quit.
  3. AC/DC has announced a European tour for this summer.
  4. This fascinates me: The neuroscience of musical taste.
  5. Google’s AI assistant isn’t called Bard anymore. Call it Gemini.
  6. But is Gemini as responsible an AI program as Goody-2? No. But there’s a caveat.
  7. A crazy list: Entertainers who died in front of audiences.
  8. Amy Winehouse’s father is fighting two of her friends over some stuff they sold, including a bra.
  9. Coca-Cola has a new drink that seems to be exclusive to TikTok.
  10. TikTok creators are growing more and more pissed over Universal Music’s ban on the platform using their artists music.
  11. Universal Music Group wants to build a “music city” in the UAE to expand their footprint in North Africa and the Middle East. Here are details on recordings studios (apparently to be called Capitol Studios), schools, and a new label.
  12. Blur, the documentary.
  13. “Daytime clubbing?” It’s a thing.
  14. How to build your own digital music library.
  15. A nightclub with a capacity of 6,000 may reopen in London.
  16. Meanwhile, a UK report shows that there’s a decline in clubbing.

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BONUS: I‘d go here for a manicure.

BONUS BONUS: Kevin Bacon has an alpaca named Sharona who doesn’t like The Knack. (Via Christopher)

@kevinbacon

If that doesn't get Sharona’s attention, I don’t know what will.

♬ original sound – Kevin Bacon

Alan Cross

is an internationally known broadcaster, interviewer, writer, consultant, blogger and speaker. In his 40+ years in the music business, Alan has interviewed the biggest names in rock, from David Bowie and U2 to Pearl Jam and the Foo Fighters. He’s also known as a musicologist and documentarian through programs like The Ongoing History of New Music.

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