Our music forum has put together a cover compilation of Green Day songs. You can stream that below.
Forum Members Compilation: Green Day Covers
Of Mice and Men – “Back to Me” Video
Of Mice and Men have released a video for “Back to Me.”
The Boy Scouts Can Do a Good Turn Finally
James Dale, writing for The New York Times:
The Mormon Church’s latest announcement suggests that this time has come. It would therefore be a good moment for the Boy Scouts of America to take the opportunity to end anti-gay discrimination within its organization, without exception. The Boy Scouts has debated this issue for so many years already, to which I bear witness from my own struggles to change scouting so that it would accept gay youth and leaders.
In 1990, the Boy Scouts expelled me for being gay. I was a 19-year-old assistant scoutmaster in the New Jersey troop where I earned my Eagle Scout badge. For the next decade, I fought my expulsion, challenging the anti-gay policy on the basis that it violated New Jersey’s law against discrimination, including sexual-orientation discrimination.
In 2000, my lawsuit ended up before the United States Supreme Court. The justices then held, by a 5-to-4 vote, that the Boy Scouts of America was exempt from the state law prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation because of the First Amendment. The court concluded that the Boy Scouts effectively had a legal right to exclude gay people because the organization viewed them as “immoral” and “unclean.”
Amazon Introduces New Bestseller List
Ingrid Lunden, writing for TechCrunch:
Today, Amazon announced Amazon Charts, a new kind of bestseller list that will give users, for the first time ever, a top 20 list of ‘most read’ books on Amazon — a new metric that combines how much books are read on Kindle and listened to via Audible.
Ryan Adams Covers “Black Hole Sun”
Ryan Adams covered “Black Hole Sun” as a tribute to Chris Cornell at his show in New Zealand over the weekend.
The Menzingers Announce New Tour Dates
The Menzingers have announced some new tour dates.
Laura Jane Grace Covers Amy Shark’s “Adore”
Laura Jane Grace of Against Me! covered Amy Shark’s “Adore” for Rolling Stone.
One Ok Rock Announces New Tour Dates
One Ok Rock have announced some new tour dates.
Lily Allen Sending Demos to Those Who Register to Vote
Lily Allen will send you some unreleased demos if you register to vote in the UK general election.
Ok, Brand New, time to step up, I have figured out how we can beat Trump.
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Medium Now Offers Audio Versions of Its Stories for Members
Ken Yeung, writing for VentureBeat:
Medium is hoping to sweeten the pot in order to get you to become a paying member. The publishing platform provider said that members will now be provided an audio version of every “exclusive, member-funded story” along with some additional selections chosen by the company’s editorial team. More than 50 stories are now available as audio versions, with more being added in the future.
Moose Blood Covers My Chemical Romance
Moose Blood’s cover of My Chemical Romance’s “I Don’t Love You” is now up on Spotify and Apple Music.
Brendon Urie to Record New Music After Broadway
Brendon Urie of Panic! at the Disco talked with Popbuzz about his plan to write some new music after his stint on Broadway:
So I’ve got probably ten more demos that I’ve just been hanging on to. Nothing full again, probably just minute and a half ideas. But exciting stuff, stuff that I didn’t expect to have written. So it’s really just bizarre, yeah I guess bizarre is probably the best way to describe it. It’s kind of out there.
PayPal Sues Pandora Over Logo
PayPal is taking Pandora to court over their new similar logo:
The digital-payment company says Pandora’s big blue “P,” unveiled in October, damages its business because customers are mistakenly opening the wrong app on their phones.
“I was a little confused when I opened PayPal and Barenaked Ladies started playing,” one PayPal customer tweeted.
Real Estate – “Stained Glass” Video
Real Estate have released an interactive video for “Stained Glass.” The interactive version is available at a special website.
Tom DeLonge Talks to Billboard About Box Car Racer
Tom DeLonge talked to Billboard about the 15-year anniversary of Box Car Racer:
Well I’m not going to spill any beans, but Travis and I talk all the time. There was always talk of Box Car Racer; we’ve talked about it for a very long time. We just came out with vinyl, and we’ve gotten offers to bring it back. I don’t know if it was like Coachella, but we’ve had things like that pop up from time to time. It’s something that’s never died in our imaginations and it’s something that I think we’re willing to do. Whether we come out with some big announcement or we’re ready to say, “Hey, this is happening,” I don’t know any of those kinds of details. But I think that our passion for what we did lives strong. We do talk about it and we do want to do something but we have no desire to talk about details because there’s a lot going on in my life right now, and [Travis’s]. Blink’s doing really well right now and everyone’s in a good spot, contrary to what public opinion may be. [Laughs.] I have the best situation ever where that band can continue and they can do what they want. And I’m making major motion pictures and working with people in government, so it’s a big deal.
As a quick aside: The autoplaying videos on Billboard’s website are fucking obnoxious.