Random music news for Wednesday, October 18, 2023
It’s almost here: Law & Order Toronto: Criminal Intent. I’ll give this a look. Meanwhile, give music news for October 18, 2023, a look, too.
- A documentary about the Hamas attack on the Supernova music festival is already in the works.
- Will Taylor Swift take down Donald Trump once and for all? Don’t discount the possibility. Here’s why.
- Tay-Tay in Deadpool 3? “No comment.”
- And her tour security guard has quit to return to Israel to join the IDF.
- Britney Spears’ memoir reveals that she had an abortion. The father was Justin Timberlake.
- Wilfred Laurier Faculty of Music is ready to offer a Master of Music in Collaboration, Curation, and Creative Performance.
- A short-sighted bad idea: The University of Ottawa is defunding CHUO, its campus radio station. This is dumb, dumb, dumb.
- Universal Music just created something that will make it possible and legal to include a limited number of full songs in podcasts.
- Interesting: Why musicians get the yips.
- Two gallons of vodka a day? Jeezus, Tommy Lee.
- Spotify has launched an artist merch hub to help fans buy stuff.
- What’s going on at Hipgnosis? Royalty payouts are below expectations.
- Music has become a “just-in-time” economy. Here’s what that means.
- You may notice different ads on YouTube. It’s using AI-powered ads that helps brands “target special cultural moments.”
- The latest addition to the Spotify Billion Streams Club is Papa Roach’s “Last Resort.”
- Here comes Baby Drake.
BONUS: Another rave for U2 and The Sphere.
