Wednesday Evening Music News
I’ve been out at meetings and doing interviews all day, so I’ve been a little lax in my duties here. Apologies. I’ll have much more time to write tomorrow because I have a plumber coming around to figure out why that toilet in the powder room is making demonic noises.
I hope it’s not a poltergeist. I’d hate to think what a plumbing exorcism may cost.
Remember that CD warehouse fire during the London riots that still threatens dozens of indie labels with complete financial ruin? The latest theory is that the gangsters raided the place, using the riots as cover and distraction. The evidence? A cutting torch at the gate.
It’s possible that L’il Wayne will sell up to 900,000 copies of his new album, Tha Carter IV, in its first week. That would give it the second-highest debut week of the year, right behind Lady Gaga’s Born This Way back in May.
Tupac’s band may say that they smoked his ashes, but his mom says “I never inhaled. And neither did they.”
Music festivals in China have come a long, long way in a very short period of time.
An excellent article for people who care about good sound: the latest report from The Loudness Wars.
