The trailer for the eighth Mission: Impossible movie has been released.
Read More “‘Mission: Impossible 8’ Trailer”‘Mission: Impossible 8’ Trailer
Jack Black Parodies My Chemical Romance
Jack Black parodied My Chemical Romance’s “Welcome to the Black Parade” in a skit for SNL.
Read More “Jack Black Parodies My Chemical Romance”‘The Phoenician Scheme’ Trailer
Wes Anderson has shared the trailer for his new film, The Phoenician Scheme.
Read More “‘The Phoenician Scheme’ Trailer”Oral History of ‘High Fidelity’
This year marks the twenty-fifth year anniversary of High Fidelity. Consequence has put together an oral history about the classic film:
Jack Black: I don’t read books unless I really have to. Then once I got the part, I thought, I better do my research, my due diligence. So I went back to the source, and I thought that the screenplay stayed true to the spirit of the original text. But I was just worried that, at the time, Tenacious D had a full head of steam, and we were getting great crowds and were playing to big houses. And I had, in my mind, a legitimate rock and roll career, separate from film and television, that I wanted to protect. And to do a movie about music, playing sort of a music critic and talking about some of my heroes like Kurt Cobain … just all those elements made me nervous about messing with this thing that was my own little crown jewel of my life and career up to that moment. I was hesitant to fuck with that.
Clem Burke of Blondie Passes Away
Clem Burke, drummer for Blondie, has passed away.
Read More “Clem Burke of Blondie Passes Away”Carrie Underwood Joins Papa Roach on Stage
Carrie Underwood joined Papa Roach on stage for a performance of “Last Resort.”
Read More “Carrie Underwood Joins Papa Roach on Stage”Mark Hoppus on Pardon My Take
Mark Hoppus of Blink-182 is on the latest episode of Pardon My Take podcast. He appears around the 1:47:30 mark.
Rookie of the Year Adds New Tour Dates
Rookie of the Year are heading out on tour.
Read More “Rookie of the Year Adds New Tour Dates”CBS Mornings Looks at Concert Ticket Prices
CBS Mornings did a deep dive feature on the ticketing industry and why tickets are so expensive and where that money goes. Andrew McMahon is interviewed in the segment breaking down a concert and how much money the band sees from it.
Read More “CBS Mornings Looks at Concert Ticket Prices”Liner Notes (April 5th, 2025)
It’s a relatively short one this week. This week’s supporter Q&A post can be found here.
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Read More “Liner Notes (April 5th, 2025)”50 Years of Microsoft
Bill Gates, writing on the 50th anniversary of Microsoft:
The story of how Microsoft came to be begins with, of all things, a magazine. The January 1975 issue of Popular Electronics featured an Altair 8800 on the cover. The Altair 8800, created by a small electronics company called MITS, was a groundbreaking personal computer kit that promised to bring computing power to hobbyists. When Paul and I saw that cover, we knew two things: the PC revolution was imminent, and we wanted to get in on the ground floor.
At the time, personal computers were practically non-existent. Paul and I knew that creating software that let people program the Altair could revolutionize the way people interacted with these machines. So, we reached out to Ed Roberts, the founder of MITS, and told him we had a version of the programming language BASIC for the chip that the Altair 8800 ran on.
There was just one problem: We didn’t.
It was time to get to work.
I’ve heard this story many times before, but to read it again, and see the source code at the bottom of the page, is pretty wild.
TikTok Launches Artist Platform
Stuart Dredge, writing for Music Ally:
They include detailed breakdowns of how music is performing; data on what content fans are engaging with; promotional tools for music on TikTok; and the ability to set up EP and album campaigns driving pre-saves on Apple Music and Spotify.
A website is already live with login links for artists. It also explains that artists can invite their teams to have access to their analytics in TikTok for Artists too. Label teams can access artist analytics through their separate MediaMatch accounts in TikTok’s back-end.
StubHub IPO on Pause Amid Market Turmoil
Alex Weprin, writing at The Hollywood Reporter:
The tariff-driven market turmoil is delaying one of the entertainment world’s most closely-watched IPOs.
The online ticketing giant StubHub has put its planned IPO on pause, a source says, just a few weeks after first filing to go public. The company is said to be waiting for the markets to quiet down and clarity to resume, at which point it would be ready to resume its IPO planning.
Spotify Launches AI Ad Tools
These machine-made spots, which Spotify demonstrated in a brief video, are currently live for advertisers in the States and Canada via the Ads Manager. Rounding out the multifaceted announcements’ key takeaways, Spotify debuted bolstered measurement tools designed to help connect adverts with specific users.
Nintendo Delays Switch 2 Preorders
Nintendo is pushing back preorders for the Switch 2 due to concerns about Donald Trump’s newly announced tariffs. According to a statement sent to The Verge by Eddie Garcia on behalf of Nintendo, it says preorders will no longer begin on April 9th:
Pre-orders for Nintendo Switch 2 in the U.S. will not start April 9, 2025 in order to assess the potential impact of tariffs and evolving market conditions. Nintendo will update timing at a later date. The launch date of June 5, 2025 is unchanged.
I, just, dunno man.