Random music news for Wednesday, May 8, 2024
If you’re going to get a throat tattoo, you might want to consider the reactions these guys got. I hope you react much more kindly to music news for May 8, 2024.
- A fan in Australia suffered a catastrophic spinal injury as the result of a stage dive.
- There seems to be a growing problem in the US with subscribers to streaming music services.
- Classic rock is going nowhere. See?
- There’s a growing problem with iPhone spyware.
- Meanwhile, a better version of Siri is coming.
- This concert was interrupted by a faulty dishwasher. Wait–what?
- A radio station in Sweden got Benny Anderson of ABBA to produce some jingles.
- This is one cool mom!
- So…a Talking Heads reunion? Maybe.
- Primus has done a great thing for a children’s hospital.
- Got a lot of DVDs and Blu-ray’s hanging around the house? How long do you think they will last before they degrade? It depends.
- So much for that piece of music history involving a ham sandwich. (Via Christopher).
- An Axl Rose musical? Yes! (Via Christopher)
- If you every a fan of Canada’s TRIBE magazine (it covered our dance scene), there’s a big digitization effort underway. Can you help?
- Here’s a use of AI audio that’s worthy of concern.
BONUS: “Explain to me the Drake/Kendrick beef like I’m a baby.” “Okay”