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Random music news for Tuesday, July 29, 2025

Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons, offers this handy tip for deleting Fox News. Once you digest that, dive into music news for July 29, 2025.

  1. RIP music satirist Tom Lehrer, a big influence on Weird Al. He was 97.
  2. No, Phil Collins is not in hospice, despite what you may have seen on social media. He’s in hospital for some surgery.
  3. Former Anti-Flag vocalist Justin Sane failed to show up in court, he was ordered to pay US$1.9 million.
  4. Bob Geldof vs. the Israeli Defense Force.
  5. How many more artists are going to bail on Spotify now that CEO Daniel Ek is investing in a military hardware company?
  6. Okay, if you do that, what are the alternatives to Spotify? Well, here’s four.
  7. Even Celine Dion paid tribute to Ozzy.
  8. And right on cue, streaming of Ozzy and Sabbath songs have exploded.
  9. There’s now a baby white rhino in California named Ozzy.
  10. Is there really a chord known as the “Devil’s Interval?” Let’s look into that. (Via Nate)
  11. Now Trump wants to prosecute Beyoncé. Go away, old man.
  12. Noel Gallagher shared this picture of the pedal board he’s using on the Oasis reunion tour.
  13. Makers of music with computers: The Commodore 64 is back!
  14. Survey: Americans spend nearly half their day online. I’ll bet that it’s close for Canadians, too, when you factor work into the equation.
  15. The drumming bird. (Via Andrew)

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BONUS: “Old Man Trump.” (Via Oreo with thanks to Woody Guthrie)

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Alan Cross

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