Random Music News for Monday, October 20, 2014
It was 37 years ago today that Lynyrd Skynyrd’s plane crashed in Gillsburg, Mississippi.
- Lady Gaga just dropped $24 million for a house in Malibu.
- Neil Young took a shot at U2 with his Pono music player.
- Suffering from Alzheimer’s, Glen Campbell releases his final song. (Via Tom)
- Like computer-generated music? Then try Animusic.com. (Via Dominique)
- Administering medicine to the brain with sound waves? The technique looks promising. (Via Rupinder)
- Supertramp is preparing for a 40th anniversary release of Crime of the Century.
- Aerosmith’s Joey Kramer is fine after that heart health scare.
- If you need to complain about The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, here’s how you should do it.
- When your dad is George Harrison, chances are you’ll find some interesting stuff in the garage. (Tom again)
- Really, Bieber? Kicking around a soccer ball in The Vatican? Who let him in? (Still more Tom)
- Gotye won’t be releasing any new music. He’s officially becoming someone we used to know.
- Well, who didn’t see this coming? Lorde’s “Royals” banned in San Francisco. It’s a World Series thing.
- Neil Young’s Pono in cars? Yes–if he has anything to do with it.
- Rdio has upgraded the quality of their audio stream to 320 kbps AAC.
- Young radio listeners seem to be swayed by radio contests.
