Random music news for Thursday, May 4, 2024
Mount Everest: Very noisy at night–and for an odd reason. And what other noise is making music news for May 4, 2024? More music news? Check here. BONUS: How about
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This pharma company created a pro-fentanyl rap video that is…I don’t have the words, actually.
From the Dept. of Bad ideas comes this story (via Gizmodo) of a rap video commissioned by Insys Therapeutics to promote the use of–wait for it–fentanyl. The drug that ultimate
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Here’s a deep look into music’s fentanyl crisis. This is an important article.
Prince. Tom Petty. Lil Peep. Paul Gray of Slipknot. Three Doors Down guitarist Matt Roberts. Former Wilco guitarist Jay Bennet. Quite possibly Dolores O’Riordan of The Cranberries. The thing they
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No charges to be laid in conjunction with Prince’s death
Has it been two years since Prince died? And we’re just getting around to doing something about who gave him the drugs that killed him? Yes. Amber Healy of brother
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Random music news for Tuesday, March 27, 2018
I really should pay more attention to what’s happening in Canadian politics but the shit show south of the border is such a car crash that I can’t look away.
Read MoreFentanyl: The new age of rock’n’roll drugs
Fentanyl has already killed Prince and Tom Petty. There are whispers that it may have been a factor in the passing the Cranberries’ Dolores O’Riordan. Other abuses are going on
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Geeks and Beats Podcasts, Episode 169: Too Soon. Rock Stars and Opioids
The opioids crisis has hit the music industry after the family of Tom Petty confirmed the musician died from the pain killers he was taking after touring with a fractured
Read MorePrince died of a Fentanyl OD. So did Tom Petty. And you can bet there have been others.
A friend who deals with governmental health policy was over for dinner last night. “There is no pure heroin on the streets anymore. It’s all cut with Fentynal. All of
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Tom Petty’s autopsy reveals he died of a massive drug overdose. And it was Fentanyl.
When Tom Petty died on October 2, the story was that he was found in full cardiac arrest. A heart attack, right? No. A drug overdose. This is a new revelation
Read MoreRandom Music News for Tuesday, June 6, 2017
Happy birthday, mom! And now, the music news for June 6. Was Prince given the wrong drug in hours before he died? Bass player overdoes it with the edibles and
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Prince Got his Opioids Under a Friend’s Name (And Other Stories About His Death)
Friday will mark the one-year anniversary of Prince’s death. After lying dead and alone in an elevator at his Paisley Park complex, it was determined that he died as the
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