Random music news for Saturday, April 27, 2024
In Berlin for the weekend for a speaking gig. My hotel is just down the street from the apartment where Bowie and Iggy stayed in 1977. As for music news for April 27,
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Johnny Cash
Can AI make Johnny Cash sing a Taylor Swift song? Of course it can.
The cost of using an AI music tool is zero. That’s why we’re seeing people create Frankenstein covers. Like this one where Johnny Cash (still very dead) is forced to since a Taylor
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AI abuse: Someone has made Johnny Cash sing “Barbie Girl”
We’ve been bombarded by Barbie-related news for weeks ahead of Friday’s premiere of the live-action movie with Margo Robbie and Ryan Gosling. This now includes a version of the Aqua song “Barbie Girl”
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Johnny Cash in concert? Yes. He’s back. Sort of.
[A tale of technological resurrection from Elisa F.G. – AC] “Apparently Johnny Cash is back from the dead.” Half asleep, Alan’s email was alarming. It took one quick (and blurry) search to realize
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Random music news for Monday, November 7, 2022
Don’t worry. Contrary to a previous story, research says that picking your nose WON’T cause Alzheimer’s. A relief, no? Now let’s try some music news for November 7, 2022. And there’s a lot.
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Ongoing History Daily: Johnny Cash and Joseph Stalin
This is an example of some of the weird music trivia I stumble upon. Whether this story is true is up for debate, but let’s go through it anyway. In 1950, an 18-year-old
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Random music news for Monday, June 6, 2022
If you’re a politician, these are not the kind of canvassers you want. But damn, this is funny. Let’s now try some music news for June 6, 2022. Hedley frontman Jacob Hoggard has
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Ongoing History Daily: Johnny Cash covers “Hurt”
Johnny Cash was in the twilight of both his career and his life when producer Rick Rubin became determined to revitalize Cash’s career one more time. He began by introducing Cash to more
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Try this reaction video with Johnny Cash’s “Hurt”
The Charismatic Voice (aka vocal coach/opera singer Elizabeth Zharoff) is having a moment. Her reaction videos are completely charming. Here she takes a list to Johnny Cash’s cover of NIN’s “Hurt” for the
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Random music news for Monday, October 5, 2020
I was behind an SUV on the weekend that sent mixed messages. Right next to a Jesus fish was a sticker that said “If you’re going to ride my ass, at least pull
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Random music news for Saturday, May 30, 2020
God bless the Germans. Coronaspeck is word that describes the amount of weight gained during the coronavirus lockdown. Its literal translation is “corona bacon.” Your mission is to use that word in a
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