Random music news for Wednesday, June 19, 2019
On this day in 1978, the Garfield comic strip debuted. It’s now the most widely-syndicated strip ever. As for music news on June 19, 2019…
- Still with that big 2008 fire that destroyed the master tapes of hundreds of thousands of song: Universal allegedly secured a big settlement from the disaster but didn’t give any of it to artists.
- Slipknot whisky!
- You don’t have to like her, but don’t call Madonna “a human toilet.”
- Liam Gallagher says he should be the next British prime minister. Hey, how could he do any worse than the recent occupants of 10 Downing?
- Aftermarket smart speakers are starting to appear in cars in larger numbers.
- Two more pirate music sites, Mixstep and NoFile, have been shut down.
- The newest installment of Often Forgotten Canadian Hard Rock and Metal Bands features Goddo.
- Picture-in-picture is apparently coming to AppleTV.
- Oh dear, Google. You didn’t, did you?
- Oh dear. Is there really a need for something like this?
- Want to keep up to date with what Taylor Swift is listening to on Spotify in real time? Try this.
- Meanwhile, Spotify = digital predator.
- Ed Sheeran 1, his neighbours 0.
- The former marital home where Gavin Rossdale and Gwen Stefani is up for sale. In fact, the price has been reduced to just $25 million.
