Random Music News for Saturday, April 30, 2016
Today is the 50th anniversary of the founding of the Church of Satan.
- The album cycle isn’t dead yet, but it’s not feeling well. Not at all.
- Got a baby? Play ’em some music. It’s good for them. (Via Tom)
- Bon Scott of AC/DC finally gets his statue.
- A big reason Prince has sold 4 million albums since his death is because you can’t stream any of his stuff.
- Prince’s Purple Rain coat is going up for auction. I wonder how much less it would have sold for two weeks ago?
- If you’re a fan of Daniel Johns and Silverchair, you might want to have a listen to this new track by Slumberjack.
- U2’s The Edge met the Pope at a medical conference.
- Interesting question: He was very sickly as a child. He once drank 16 bottles of wine a day. He did loads of coke. So why does Ringo Starr look younger than his son? Broccoli.
- Good point: Beyonce is now an album artist, not one just focused on singles.
- Speaking of whom, Lemonade is likely to be the #1 album in the US this week, selling about 654,000 copies. Not bad.
- Does she write her own songs? Does it matter?
- Women who work on TV in Afghanistan: not an easy job.
- This is fun oi you’re a fan of the Lumineers.
- Use this to counteract Caturday this week.
