Random music news for Wednesday, October 11, 2023
A charter airline just for dogs? Yes, but it’ll cost you. Meanwhile, music news for October 11, 2023, is completely free.
- And since we’re on the subject of dogs, yes, they like music. There’s been more study into that.
- Wow. It sounds like Rolling Stone under Jann Wenner was a terrible place for women to work. This is according to an ex-publicist for the magazine.
- There are more sickening reports about what happened at the Supernova Festival during the Hamas attack. I can’t even imagine going through something like this.
- U2 changed the lyrics to “Pride” at their Saturday night Vegas show to honour the fans killed at the festival.
- Toronto musicians are very concerned about the decline of the local music scene.
- Here’s another organization calling for ethical guidelines of the use of AI in music. Read what the International Music Publishers International Forum has to say.
- Meanwhile, an AI-and-music company has founded its own record label.
- Elton John, tech investor. He’s got a piece of a new music monitoring company called Audoo.
- How’s this for a hard rock and metal festival?
- Everyone: “Hey, Travis Kelce! Tell us about that woman you’re allegedly dating!” Travis Kelce: “Okay.”
- A Christian influencer accused Lana Del Rey of being a witch. She had something to say about that. But would a witch do this?
- Frasier is back. And the writers have corrected one of the biggest errors of the original: Frasier’s radio salary.
- The Tupac murder case is now hot again. Here’s the latest.
- Britney’s been dancing again.
- And speaking of dancing, this converted IKEA warehouse could now be the world’s largest dance club with a capacity of–wait for it–15,000 people.
- How to the Texas Rangers keep winning this season? The music of Creed.
- Incubus welcomed Lizzo onstage during a show. And yes, she brought her flute.
- Just now, Keef? At your age, that’s pretty good.
BONUS: Here’s a map that links real stars and points in space to places in science fiction.
