Random Music News for Thursday, August 18, 2016
Synchronized swimming? That’s the one Olympic sport I just can’t watch. I know. I feel shame. And now, music news…
- A new George Carlin record. Wait. Let me do that again. A NEW GEORGE CARLIN RECORD! (Via Tom)
- Lana Del Rey has released a song dedicated to her…BlackBerry?
- Billy Talent had to cut short an Australian show the other night. Ben was ill.
- Good history lesson: How Sam Phillips invented the sound of rock’n’roll.
- The Billboard album chart is badly broken. Is it time to kill it?
- Well, what about this “chart of charts?” It shows the earning potential of songs, which is an interesting approach.
- The company that sold “used” iTunes tracks is going out of business.
- A former member of Nine Inch Nails has passed away.
- Seems that if you go to a Slipknot show, there’s a good chance that Corey Taylor will have you thrown out.
- What goes around comes around: Paul McCartney has re-signed with Capitol Records.
- So, about Morrissey’s cancer treatment…
