Random Music News for Monday, April 25, 2016
It’s still all Prince, all the time–mostly. But there is other music news to report.
- Here’s a playlist to accompany any discussions of Game of Thrones today.
- According to a new book called Door to Door: The Magnificent, Maddening, Mysterious World of Transportation by Edward Humes, 8% of traffic accidents are called by “singing/moving to music.”
- Britney Spears is really upset about her dogs eating all the cheese. You read that correctly.
- Stop it, Mariah Carey. Just stop it.
- Any loud noise (including music) makes this woman collapse into a paralyzed heap.
- Rock’n’roll Nigeria.
- MTV plans a big reinvention.
- Mick Jagger is NOT going to be happy about this new book.
- If you’ve ever listened to music on an airline’s in-flight entertainment system, you might be interested in this lawsuit.
- Tidal: they don’t get listeners.
- Listen to a song that was lost for 1,o00 years.
- Ricky Gervais says that David Bowie kept his illness from everyone.
- Canadian music sales are still running more than 21% below where they were this time last year…
- …but Record Store Day goosed vinyl sales. They’re now running 43% ahead of last year.
