Mike Herrera of MxPx performed an acoustic version of “Aces Up” for Live! at the Rock Room.
Worriers on Billboard Podcast
Worriers’ Lauren Denitzio is on the latest episode of Billboard’s #AlternativeFacts podcast.
Gwen Stefani – “Santa Baby”
Gwen Stefani has released her rendition of “Santa Baby.”
The Night Game – “Once in a Lifetime”
The Night Game have released their new song “Once in a Lifetime.”
PartyNextDoor – “Damaged” (feat. Halsey)
PartyNextDoor has released his new song “Damaged” featuring Halsey.
P.O.S. – “Roddy Piper” Video
P.O.S. has released a video for “Roddy Piper.”
The Aces and Joywave Announce New Tour Dates
Albums in Stores – Sep. 29th, 2017
Another good week for new releases. This week we have new albums from Propagandhi, Awaken I Am, The World is a Beautiful Place…, Demi Lovato, and quite few others. If you hit read more you can see all the releases we have in our calendar for the week. Hit the quote bubble to access our forums and talk about what came out today, what albums you picked up, and to make mention of anything we may have missed.
Pink – “Beautiful Trauma”
Pink has released her new song “Beautiful Trauma.”
Why Aren’t Paychecks Growing? A Burger-Joint Clause Offers a Clue
Rachel Abrams, writing for The New York Times:
Some of fast-food’s biggest names, including Burger King, Carl’s Jr., Pizza Hut and, until recently, McDonald’s, prohibited franchisees from hiring workers away from one another, preventing, for example, one Pizza Hut from hiring employees from another.
The restrictions do not appear in a contract that employees sign, or even see. They are typically included in a paragraph buried in lengthy contracts that owners of fast-food outlets sign with corporate headquarters.
Yet the provisions can keep employees tied to one spot, unable to switch jobs or negotiate higher pay. A lack of worker mobility has long been viewed as contributing to wage stagnation because switching jobs is one of the most reliable ways to get a raise.
How is this legal?
The Secret Cost of Pivoting to Video
Heidi N. Moore, writing for Columbia Journalism Review:
Publishers must acknowledge the pivot to video has failed, find out why, and set about to fix the reckless pivots so that publishers focus on good video. It should be original, clever, entertaining, and part of a balanced multimedia approach to digital journalism that includes well-written, well-reported stories, strong data and graphics, and good art.
There are four reasons the pivot to video has failed: faulty metrics for measuring the audience; trusting other platforms, like Facebook, to do the hard work of distribution; low-quality video production and weak technological support for video content; and, ultimately, a failure to effectively turn video views into either higher readership or ad dollars.
Nodding right along through this entire article.
The Bombpops Perform for Bridge City Sessions
The Bombpops performed “Brake Lights” and “All in a Day’s Lurk” for Bridge City Sessions.
Banks – “Underdog”
The Number 12 Looks Like You Announce Tour
The Number 12 Looks Like You have announced new tour dates to celebrate the twelfth anniversary of Nuclear. Sad. Nuclear.
The Inside Story of How the FBI Rocked College Basketball
Mark Schlabach, writing for ESPN:
The FBI announced Tuesday that 10 people, including four college basketball assistant coaches, were arrested as part of a two-year investigation into bribes and other corruption in the sport.
Assistant coaches from Arizona, Auburn, Louisville, Miami, Oklahoma State and USC were implicated in the investigation, and on Wednesday, Louisville announced that athletic director Tom Jurich and longtime basketball coach Rick Pitino have been placed on administrative leave.
And Jay Bilas:
The NCAA states that it protects players from being exploited commercially. Does that ring true to anyone? The NCAA uses the players as billboards for apparel deals and uses their names and likenesses to sell the product, and to sell media-rights deals. The NCAA continues benefiting from this multibillion-dollar business, while the players get only a scholarship, and the only ones exploiting the athletes are the NCAA and the member institutions. When you use a person to make money while at the same time limiting that person from making money, you exploit. Players are certainly not mistreated, but they are exploited.