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Random Music News for Tuesday, September 27, 2016

America: you have a problem with your next president. Best of luck. Now, some music news.

  1. As I Lay Dying singer Tim Lambesis has sued the California prison system over his new large breasts.
  2. I Shot Tupac.” (Hint: Not what you think.)
  3. Adele says that giving up smoking made her voice weaker.
  4. Here is a rabbit hole of music discovery. Let’s see where this takes you. (Via Stephan)
  5. Interesting: Russia has a radio station for the mentally ill.
  6. Speaking of radio, there’s a new project to gather together as many radio recordings from around the world as possible.
  7. Legendary Vancouver radio guy Red Robinson has released his autobiography.
  8. And one more radio article: The radio industry needs to decide if it’s in the radio business or the audio business. There’s a big difference.
  9. Podcasting: It’s big and getting bigger.
  10. And podcasting is big with Millennials. See?
  11. This Facebook post hit the Portland music scene like a bomb. You’ll see why.
  12. This is cool: Listen to the first music ever made by a computer, something that happened in 1951. (Via Andrew)
  13. There’s a pop-up Morrissey store in New York.
  14. After last night’s debate, it might be worth looking into the history of campaign songs.

Alan Cross

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