Random music news for Wednesday, January 3, 2024
Mickey Mouse entered the public domain on January 1. There’s already a Mickey Mouse slasher film. Disney can’t do anything about it. And they can’t do anything about these things, either. This is only going to get weirder. Moving on to music news for January 3, 2024…
- Speaking of things entering the public domain this year, here are some songs that are now free to use by everyone.
- Here’s something that’ll get the Swifties all upset: “The shady side of Taylor Swift.”
- NBC will have a special correspondent for the 2024 Olympics: Snoop Dogg.
- AI will continue to be a big issue in 2024. There’s a new bill proposing AI regulation before the US Congress.
- The Apple CarPlay interface: Everything we know so far.
- What’s “Pinoy hip-hop?” Just the hottest genre in the Philippines, that’s all.
- This is a cool site: Drive & Listen allows you to drive through a number of cities while listening to local radio.
- Twitter’s decay into X has been heartbreaking. My feed is increasingly filled with junk I never asked to see. Nice one, Elon.
- Why did KISS’s dressing room always smell like burnt toast? For a very good reason, actually.
- There’s a new Blu-ray player. It costs US$13,990.
- YouTube is apparently changing the rules and actions of dating.
- These Scottish prisoners are making music in jail.
- Rage Against the Machine 1, Fox News 0.
- Kanye is still is super-weird and creepy.
BONUS: Larry David is 100% correct. Please follow his direction.