jason hirschhorn's @MusicREDEF: 07/12/2022 - Disrupting the Weeknd, Rock Stars for Choice, Double Albums, Beabadoobee, Rage Against the Machine...

Rock for Choice let people in our generation know that it was OK to give a s***. Open in browser Tuesday July 12, 2022 Bikini Kill's Kathleen Hanna at a Rock for Choice benefit concert in Los Angeles, April 30, 1993. (Jeff Kravitz/FilmMagic/Getty Images) quote of the day "Rock for Choice let people in our generation know that it was OK to give a s***." - Donita Sparks, L7 singer/guitarist rantnrave:// Golden Age of Wireless? Your random daily reminder, this one from producer, studio owner, TAPE OP editor and SALEM 66 fan LARRY CRANE, of how much good music is missing from the streaming world and why, therefore, you should hold onto your CDs, vinyl, WAVs or whatever formats you collect that aren't dependent on the great cloud in the computer sky that will never have everything you want and, even if it did, will never be more than one faulty maintenance update away from disappearing without warning. And a new twist: Watch out, too, for venues that rely on that cloud for tickets, merch and all the other basic live music necessities and who, we now know, could ghost you on the opening night of your world tour. Friday's opening date of the WEEKND's stadium tour at the ROGERS CENTRE in his hometown Toronto fell victim to a nationwide outage at ROGERS WIRELESS, the company that gave the baseball stadium its name and provides the cashless stadium with the digital infrastructure for all its ticketing, food and merch transactions and other basic operations. No matter where you got your ticket or how much you paid for it, it's apparently useless if the stadium's internet goes out. Someone might want to work on that. Though the outage began hours earlier, the concert was officially called off just a half-hour before it was supposed to start, which left a lot of fans unhappy and confused. "I'm crushed & heartbroken," the Weeknd wrote on his Instagram story. "Been at the venue all day but it's out of our hands." The stadium and promoter LIVE NATION said tickets will be honored at a future makeup date. The internet, as we've all learned in one way or another, is convenient until it's not. One useful measure of the companies who ride its digital rails is how they deal with those inconveniences. As Variety's JEM ASWAD pointed out, a ROGER WATERS concert down the street from the Rogers Centre, at the SCOTIABANK ARENA, went ahead as planned the same night, with the arena offering free wi-fi and assistance with mobile tickets. Major League Soccer's VANCOUVER WHITECAPS played a home game that night in a city equally affected by the Rogers outage. Variety called the Rogers Centre failure "a sobering reminder of what would take place in the event of a cyberattack," where the stakes could be a lot higher than a couple hours of pop music. The site quoted a Canadian minister who a month ago mentioned "how important it is that, in the current geopolitical environment in which we find ourselves, that we are very much on high alert for potential attacks from hostile state actors like Russia." But after a weekend in which the attack came from a non-hostile local utility simply having a bad day, perhaps we'll come to understand that the best defense against the next one will be utilities and businesses and governments and live music and sports venues that can continue to function even after the computers go dark. And maybe we'll hold on a little tighter to our cash registers, our paper tickets and our Salem 66 records. Etc Etc Etc Did the pandemic lead to an influx of double albums?... The search for the best hold music in New Zealand... STEVE KEENE is having a moment... Why MICHAEL JACKSON bought EMINEM's publishing. Rest in Peace British songwriter/composer MONTY NORMAN, best known for his iconic theme for James Bond. The theme originated as part of his score for the first Bond film, "Dr. No"—the only Bond film Norman worked on—and has appeared in every Bond film since. John Barry, who arranged the theme and went on score several Bond films himself, was frequently misidentified as the composer, much to Norman's chagrin; he successfully sued London's Sunday Times for libel in the late '90s for suggesting he hadn't written the theme's signature guitar line. Norman, who got his start as a big-band singer, also wrote music and/or lyrics for several stage musicals... '60s pop crooner ADAM WADE, who later became an actor and, in 1975, host of the short-lived music game show "Musical Chairs" on CBS. He was the first Black game-show host on network TV... Radio programmer and consultant STEVE SMITH, who was instrumental in turning New York's Hot 97 into "Where Hip-Hop Lives" in the 1990s... Librettist, songwriter and poet KENWARD ELMSLIE. - Matty Karas (@troubledoll), curator a sky full of stars Los Angeles Times In the '90s, a new breed of rock stars organized for abortion rights. Could that happen today? By Suzy Exposito Thirty years ago, Rock for Choice brought together Nirvana, Hole, L7 and Bikini Kill in support of abortion rights. And it all started in L.A. Vulture The Double Album Is Thriving By Zach Schonfeld Why is this once-derided symbol of shaggy self-indulgence suddenly making a comeback? The Liminal Space The next wave of Crypto Music By Dan Fowler The dominant trends that will likely shape the next phase of development. Trapital Improving The Artist-Fan Relationship By Dan Runcie and Denisha Kuhlor Denisha Kuhlor, founder of the music tech startup Stan, wants to take a more scientific approach to understanding and growing an artist's fanbase — from the casuals to the "stans." She thinks artists are mistakenly prioritizing quantitative metrics rather than the qualitative. The Associated Press 'I can't be the only one': Docuseries on 'Women Who Rock' By Mark Kennedy A deep dive into rock's female pioneers forms the backbone of the fascinating, four-part docuseries "Women Who Rock" on Epix.  MetalSucks Defending Traditional Gender Values In Heavy Metal Means You Missed the Point By Emperor Rhombus And, honestly, it's pretty f***ing embarrassing. British GQ How Beabadoobee found her roots By Tara Joshi TikTok propelled Beatrice Laus to indie-pop stardom. Now, with an expansive new record on the way, she's becoming the musician she wants to be. She discusses her journey to self-acceptance, from a challenging childhood to experimenting with drugs to writing "Beatopia." The New York Times At the Opera, Humans Bear Witness to Atrocity, or Ignore It By Zachary Woolfe Whether in works by Mahler, Mozart or Rossini, directors at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in France evoke mass death and refugee crises. NPR Music A new reality reverberates through Russia's music scene By Alina Selyukh Canceled concerts, lawsuits, existential turmoil. As Russia has cracked down on anti-war speech, the country's music scene reaches a particularly high pitch. The Washington Post Monty Norman, who gave 007 his theme music, dies at 94 By Harrison Smith Enlisted to write the theme song for "Dr. No," the 1962 spy movie that brought James Bond to the big screen, composer Monty Norman struggled to capture 007 in music. The song needed to be menacing but also a little sexy, like the pistol-wielding, martini-drinking secret agent himself. we travel the spaceways Complex How Ye Changed Everything By Noah Callahan-Bever Click through each story to fully understand how Ye changed everything. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Rage Against the Machine erupts, slams Supreme Court, at Alpine Valley in Wisconsin, in the band's first show in 11 years By Piet Levy The band pushed the volume, the fury, everything, to the very brink. The Daily Beast They Believe He Confessed to Rapes in His Rap Lyrics By Eamon Levesque Four women share their stories of grooming, harassment, and sexual assault by Wolfe Margolies, a New York influencer who rapped under the name Drrty Pharms. The Guardian 'I'm just weird!' Meet Steve Lacy, the sexed-up heir to Stevie Wonder and Prince By Ben Beaumont-Thomas At just 24, the Compton-raised artist is incredibly well connected, working with stars like Kendrick Lamar and making wondrous solo tracks. He reveals the breakups, freakouts and sexuality struggles he's faced so far. Apple Music Burna Boy: New Album, Ed Sheeran's Collaborative Influence, and Globalizing Afrobeats By Zane Lowe and Burna Boy Burna Boy connects with Zane Lowe to discuss his sixth studio album, 'Love, Damini.' UPROXX Inside The Delightful Dad Rock Soundtrack Of 'The Bear' By Steven Hyden A conversation with two of the creative minds behind the breakout hit TV show, covering Wilco, Pearl Jam, Counting Crows, and other tunes. i-D Magazine How TikTok's toxic queuing culture is making gigs unsafe By Lucy Harbron "At least three people fainted, someone vomited, and someone else had a seizure, so it had to be stopped quite a few times." Atlas Obscura Inside the 'Chitlin Circuit,' a Jim Crow-Era Safe Space for Black Performers By Adrian Miller It's where legends like Tina Turner and Ray Charles launched their careers. The Forward A lovin' tribute to one of the unsung Jewish heroes of rock 'n' roll By Dan Epstein "Zal! An Oral History of Zalman Yanovsky" tells the story of the mercurial co-founder of The Lovin' Spoonful. The Daily Beast I Will Not Rest Until I've Uncovered the Meaning Behind My Favorite Band's Outfits By Aliya Chaudhry My Chemical Romance is on its first tour in years--which means fans are treated to clown get-ups, bloody suits, and ugly ponchos. And they cannot get enough of it. what we're into Music of the day "Cherry Bomb" Joan Jett and L7 Live at Rock for Choice benefit, Los Angeles, Sept. 27, 1992. Video of the day "Women Who Rock" Jessica Hopper Episode 1 ("Truth") of the four-part docuseries now streaming at Epix. 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