Random music news for Wednesday, July 16, 2025
Music news for July 16, 2025, is and always will be tariff-free. More music news? Go here. BONUS: The newest product on Esty? Witches. Actual witches.
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Türkiye is going after Spotify because of a remark about golden toilets
Türkiye has launched an investigation into Spotify, accusing the company of “engaging in practices that complicate the operations of its rivals in the online music streaming services market and/or affect
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Ukrainian soldiers love their Turkish drones so much they’re singing to them.
The fog of war, etc. But whatever works.(Via Tom)
Read MoreRandom music news for Wednesday, May 12, 2021
How confident is the UK government that they’ve got the pandemic under control? They’ve approved casual sex. Transitioning now to music news for May 12, 2021… No surprise here: Live
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Social Conscience In A Paper Bag: How a Turkish band is pushing back
It’s not every day a band does a massive collaboration to elevate people’s understanding of the social issues of the day. Less often still is using a paper bag distribution
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Random music news for Friday, April 6, 2018
Today is the long trip home from Asia. Thanks to crossing to the dateline, April 6, 2018, will be about 36 hours long. Lovely. Now here’s some music news. YouTube
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Pirate Radio For Syria
Pirate radio stations have always left their mark wherever they spring up. This station in Istanbul, Turkey, only because of dangers in Syria, is living on the edge. Radio Alwan
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Musical New Year’s Eve Celebrations in Istanbul Marred by Violence and Death
As people celebrated the arrival of 2017 in a Turkish nightclub, gunmen dressed as Santas walked in with long-barrelled weapons at around 1:15 local time and started shooting. This was after
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UPDATE: Radiohead Listening Session in Istanbul Attacked by Thugs. Fans Beaten.
NOTE: Scroll down for the latest news. Today (Friday, June 17), Radiohead held a global streaming event at dozens and dozens of independent record stores in celebration of the physical
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If You Wrote a Mega-Successful Pop Song, Would You Spend Your Money on…Caves?
Chances are that unless you’re familiar with the Japanese music scene, you’ve never heard of Neko Oikawa, the lyricist for a song called “A Cruel Angel’s Thesis” by Evangelion. https://youtu.be/4Qv3fmE4SM4 And
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Random Music News for Monday, December 22, 2014
Why do the dogs have more presents under the tree than I do? And why are most of them from my parents? One of the guys from Good Charlotte has
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