Random music news for Monday, June 30, 2025

This is the last thing a NASA spacecraft saw before flying into Saturn. Cool. (Via Larry) Music news for June 30, 2025, is nowhere near as ominous.

1. Great. Putin’s doomsday radio station has been sending out codes again. This might mean something given the recent NATO meetings. Or it may not.
2. RIP Lalo Schifrin, the composer of the Mission: Impossible theme. He was 91.
3. And the drummer for the Oasis reunion will be…American Joey Waronker.
4. Wolfgang Van Halen has had to drop out of the Ozzy Osbourne/Black Sabbath finale because he has previous commitments to…Creed.
5. Meanwhile, Ozzy really wants to duet with his idol, Paul McCartney.
6. How does Sweden, a country of less than 11 million people, pump out so much music to the world? There’s been a study.
7. Johnny Lydon had to deal with a pretty evil question at a recent event.
8. This was one of the most popular toilets at Glastonbury over the weekend.
9. After 55 years, Norman Greenbaum’s “Spirit in the Sky” has a music video.
10. The BBC has a new report on how scalpers get tickets. They also have this story on the subject.
11. Going to Lollapalooza in Chicago? Airbnb has some new Lollapalooza experiences.
12. Anyone want to buy Drake’s Beverly Hills mansion? He’s trying to sell it again, this time for US$79 million.
13. Velvet Sundown has 325,000 listeners on Spotify–and they may be 100% AI-generated. Let’s explore them.
14. The Who’s Quadrophenia is now a “mod ballet.”
15. Sarah McLachlan will release her first album in about a decade on September 19. It will be called Better Broken.

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BONUS: This explains the THX “deep note.” (Via Peter)