Random music news for Tuesday, February 2, 2021
Today’s Groundhog Day? So what? The last year has been nothing but Groundhog Days. And there are still a lot more to come. I hate COVID. I do love bring you music news, though. Here’s what’s happening for February 2, 2021.
- How about a guitar made out of 5,000 coffee beans? You heard me. (Via John)
- Tony Bennett has been diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.
- There’s a doc coming on the one-and-only Sparks. There’s nothing like Sparks out there. See?
- The Ronnie James Dio autobiography is almost here, eleven years after he died of stomach cancer. Wait–autobiography?
- The rise of “social audio” (think Clubhouse). Read more here. (Via Peter)
- Is COVID an opportunity to reset the music industry? Discuss.
- This isn’t helping, Olivia Newton-John.
- Now THIS is heavy metal! (You’ll see what I mean when you click the link.)
- Printed paper speakers? Cool.
- Bridgeton on TikTok–and now Broadway?
- Streaming platform Deezer now offers a search-by-lyrics feature.
- The Super Bowl has once again sold out of ad time. It’s US$5.5 million per 30 seconds.
- Marilyn Manson has been accused of abuse by Evan Rachel Wood and four other women. And now he’s been dropped by his label.
- Drake did a really, really nice thing.
- The Clash’s Sandinista album: A mess? A masterpiece? Both? Discuss.
- Another one: Are DJs real musicians? Discuss.
- Now THIS is cool tech. But what if you cross the streams? Anything?
- Grimes waxes poetic about the current stock market mania.