Random Music News for Monday, November 3, 2014
Yeah, it’s Monday–but at least you got an extra hour’s sleep over the weekend. Except if you live in Saskatchewan, of course.
- Here’s a gallery of non-punks wearing Ramones t-shirts.
- Got $700 to spend on a Peter Gabriel box set? Good news!
- Why it’s time to reconsider how much streaming music services should charge.
- “You gave my performance a bad review. Google, please delete all references to it.” (Via Tom)
- Billy Corgan vs…Anderson Cooper? Really? (Tom again)
- Static X frontman Wayne Static has died at the age of 48. (Via…guess who?)
- This month marks the 30th anniversary of “Do They Know It’s Christmas.” Bob Geldof and Midge Ure will celebrate that with a song about Ebola.
- Speaking of anniversaries, this past Saturday was an important one in the history of black metal. (Yeah, that was Tom again.)
- Katy Perry went as a Cheeto on Halloween.
- Here are ten classic albums that will turn 50 next year. Let the box set deluge begin!
- Did you see Prince on SNL this weekend? Did you know the guitarist in the band is from Toronto?
- Michael Jackson froze his sperm before he died? Are you really surprised at this?
- The Irish Independent has this interesting interview with Bono on the making of Songs of Innocence. (Via Larry)
- Here’s a Twitter embarrassment regarding the release of a new single. Let this be a social media lesson to everyone. (Via Hector)