Random Music Thoughts

[axolotl]

Bad Company Singer Paul Rodgers Forced to Sit Out Band’s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction: ‘I Have to Prioritize My Health’

Bad Company singer Paul Rodgers said he is not able to appear at this weekend's 2025 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction due to health issues.

www.billboard.com

 

[axolotl]

This is really not that random. It's current news about a musical artist/controversial rapper.

Namewee: Controversial rapper held over influencer's death

Police have reclassified Iris Hsieh's "sudden death" as murder and remanded Namewee in custody.

www.bbc.com

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Those who love Zeppelin will soon betray Floyd
I cast off this couplet in honor of the void

Why Eric Clapton hated Led Zeppelin

Eric Clapton once explained his negative opinion towards Led Zeppelin, explaining that Cream "had a really strong foundation in blues and jazz" that they stole.

faroutmagazine.co.uk

 

[axolotl]

Tom Peters (@tompetersmusic) on Threads

When I was five years old, my dad took me to a record store and told me I could have any record I wanted. One album caught my eye. The cover showed a pretty sunset with dramatic orange and purple clouds. Best of all, it had a big number 5 on it. I mean, I was five years old after all, so that...

www.threads.com

Tom Peters (@tompetersmusic) on Threads

I couldn't wait to hear my new record. Dad put it on the HiFi (those of you of a certain age will know what that means), and my God! The sounds blasting out of the speakers floored me! It was Beethoven's 5th Symphony. So today, nearly six decades later, I found myself driving home from Trader...

www.threads.com

 

[axolotl]

Mick Taylor: The Lost Member Of The Rolling Stones

Mick Taylor is as famous for his time in the Rolling Stones as he is for the infamous way he left the band. Taylor’s time with the biggest band on Earth was marked with feuds, addictions, and breakdowns—until he couldn’t take it anymore.

www.factinate.com

 

[Ojai Sam]

Listening to music most days could guard against dementia, study suggests

 

[Zeeba Neighba]

Listening to music most days could guard against dementia, study suggests

We'll all be GREAT!!

Although now with folks living longer and new testing and meds for Alzheimer's disease (though no cure), more and more of my practice is devoted to memory loss patients. And many times they come in complaining of examples of things like we all probably do. Then I do basic cognitive tests and they score GREAT....then I do a blood test for Alzheimer's and it comes back positive (granted clearly early in the course)
It gets me paranoid about my own cognition

Beware the next time you lownotes a post!

 

[axolotl]

Whitesnake Frontman David Coverdale Announces Retirement: “Time For Me To Call It A Day”

Whitesnake singer-songwriter David Coverdale, who also sang with Deep Purple and Jimmy Page, announced his retirement on November 13 at 74.

deadline.com

“Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, brothers and sisters of the Snake, a special announcement for you,” Coverdale said. “After 50 years-plus of an incredible journey with you — with Deep Purple, with Whitesnake, Jimmy Page — the last few years it has been very evident to me that it’s time really for me to hang up my rock ‘n’ roll platform shoes and my skintight jeans.”

ETA: TIL that Thin Lizzy and Whitesnake guitarist John Sykes passed away on January 20, 2025.

Was something else happening that day that captured my attention?

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Neil Young’s big 80th birthday is celebrated at Massey Hall

‘My heart is with you all,’ Young says on a taped video message sent from his home in California

www.theglobeandmail.com

 

[axolotl]

50 years after debut, rock iconoclast plays electrifying SF show​

Fogcutter: Patti Smith at the Masonic, tea and coffee festivals, KAWS at SFMOMA and a shoegaze show​

https://www.sfgate.com/sf-culture/article/50-years-debut-rock-electrifying-sf-show-21185418.php?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

 

[axolotl]

Lynyrd Skynyrd and Foreigner to attempt rock and roll con job in 2026

Paste Magazine is your source for the best music, movies, TV, comedy, videogames, books, comics, craft beer, politics and more. Discover your favorite albums and films.

www.pastemagazine.com

The upcoming Double Trouble Double Vision tour promises all the hits, all the nostalgia, and none of the original members.​

 

[axolotl]

Robert Plant's Nonesuch Selects

Go to Robert Plant's Nonesuch Selects.

robertplant.lnk.to

 

[axolotl]

The Vatican has given Rosalía its blessing – is papal finger-wagging over?

The pop star’s experimental, religious new album has found an unlikely fan in the Vatican, writes Fiona Sturges. Could this signal a new era of papal-pop culture diplomacy?

www.the-independent.com

 

[axolotl]

 

[Unsomnambulist]

We put the new pocket-size vinyl format to the test—with mixed results

It’s a fun new format, but finding a place in the market may be challenging.

arstechnica.com

 

[Unsomnambulist]

The 50 Best Albums Of 2025

Things are looking different around here these days. Not long ago, Stereogum moved to a new platform and a revamped membership system – changes that had to be made in a landscape where Google AI is choking the revenue out of small, independent websites like ours. The music world is also looking...

stereogum.com

 

[Unsomnambulist]

 

[Unsomnambulist]

Ozzy Osbourne's Merch Store Launches 'Another Prick in the Wall' Roger Waters Diss Shirt After Rocker's Viral Comments

Waters previously said he "couldn't give a f---" about Ozzy's band Black Sabbath

www.yahoo.com

 

[axolotl]

Putin’s Favorite Pop Star Just Got Canceled​

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The people’s singer of Russia is caught up in a “Babukshin scheme” of her own making.

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/story/putins-favorite-pop-star-just-got-cancelled?utm_source=firefox-newtab-en-us

 

[axolotl]

The 50 Best Albums of 2025

These are the 50 Best Albums of 2025, ranking records from Sabrina Carpenter to Deftones, Geese to Tyler the Creator, Rosalía to Turnstile.

consequence.net