[This was my weekly column for GlobalNews.ca. – AC] HOLLYWOOD—Merck Mercuriadis is pretty relaxed for a guy who just made the biggest deal of his career. Twenty-four hours after acquiring
Read MoreIf you keep up with the various financial machinations within the recorded music industry, you’ll know that dozens and dozens of artists have sold a piece or all of their
Read MoreA rideable robot goat? From a motorcycle manufacturer? Yep. Let’s try some music news for March 16, 2022. Just as the touring industry starts to recover from COVID, insanely high
Read MoreDoes anyone else find it strange that news networks will show the uncut carnage from Ukraine but if there’s any swearing in the clip they’ll bleep that out? So a
Read More[This was my weekly column for GlobaNews.ca. – AC] Back in 1983, Paul McCartney was working with Michael Jackson on a single called Say Say Say. Between takes, talk turned
Read MoreThe last year featured dozens of stories about big companies snapping up song catalogues from heritage artists. (Here’s a running list of the purchases made.) Here are some things to
Read MoreFlying back to Toronto today. Will I get tested for COVID even though I’m double-vaxxed and have a valid PCR test? No one seems to know. All I can do
Read MoreHere’s an interesting take on the recent catalogue sales by heritage artists by Rick Beato.
Read MoreWe just lost a couple trillion galaxies. Oops. And this guy has two more guesses at his bitcoin wallet password. If he gets it wrong, his wallet will be locked
Read MoreFun fact (via Sean): Magicians have been sawing women in half for a hundred years now. Who knew? Now educate yourself with some music news for January 13, 2021. Virtual
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