Random Music News for Monday, October 13, 2014
Happy Thanksgiving. And why are so many US states still celebrating Columbus Day? Why is that still a thing?
- What will the Foo Fighters do when they’re besieged with more requests like this? How far will their generosity be stretched? (Via Greggory?)
- Maybe Bono shouldn’t talk about tax laws. It just invites all kinds of criticism.
- If you ever fly American Airlines, this may answer some musical questions about your trip.
- SoundCloud lost $29 million last year. As Pete points out, he could have lost twice as much in half the time.
- The Beat-Bose lawsuit appears to be over.
- Maclean’s magazine traces the bizarre last days of Casey Kasem. Have they buried him yet?
- South Park did a real good job parodying Lorde with a digital audio workstation.
- So what’s been selling the best on iTunes over just 24 hours?
- Does pop music belong in the past?
- What do Nintendocore, chiptunes and button bashment all have in common? They’re music genres that have spun off from video games. (Via Tom)
- That all-start Flaming Lips Beatles tribute album is coming in a couple of weeks. Yes, it involves Miley Cyrus.
- Apparently Chris Martin is willing to overlook those racy Jennifer Lawrence photos enough to spend Christmas with her.
- Disco alert: A new book is planned about Studio 54’s dark side.
- Which soundtrack reissue will come as marshmallow-scented vinyl? Yep. That one.
