The Daily Chord Weekly Recap – Friday, October 28

The week in music news, as aggregated by the Daily Chord, noted advancements in virtual reality and chatbots. Pandora offered a launch date for their new streaming service, Apple delayed the launch of their Air Pods, and the US Register Of Copyrights lost her job.

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Monday, October 24

• Harsh Crowd: Indie rock veterans at age 14
  Story from NY Times
• The Who's Pete Townshend: 'I don't really like performing'
  Item from The Guardian
• DJ Khaled documents son's birth on Snapchat
  Post from Pitchfork
• Happy 15th birthday, iPod
  Post from TechCrunch
• Maria Pallante removed as US Register Of Copyrights
  Post from Billboard
• Leonardo DiCaprio to play Elvis producer Sam Phillips in biopic
  Item from Rolling Stone

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Tuesday, October 25

• Pete Burns dies aged 57 after sudden cardiac arrest
  Obituary from The Telegraph
• 1960s pop singer Bobby Vee dies at age 73
  Obituary from Billboard
• Ryan Adams responds to calls to cover albums by Oasis and The Strokes
  Post from NME
• Ariel Hyatt on crowdfunding, new book
  Interview from Hypebot
• Avenged Sevenfold concert to launch Universal Music VR platform this week
  Post from Mashable
• Houston and lean: A hip-hop tragedy
  Story from Houston Press

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Wednesday, October 26

• Pandora will strike up its Spotify rival on December 6
  Post from CNET
• Things look even worse for MP3Tunes founder after loss on appeal
  Post from Ars Technica
• Kesha, interrupted
  Profile from NY Times
• Music has been totally disrupted by Silicon Valley - yet it's still run by the same two moguls
  Post from Quartz
• Pussy Riot celebrate the vagina in lyrical riposte to Trump
  Post from The Guardian
• ABBA to reunite for 'new entertainment experience'
  Post from BBC News

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Thursday, October 27

• Apple delays Air Pods launch
  Post from CNN
• The forgotten precursor to iTunes
  Feature from Pitchfork
• San Fran-disco: How Patrick Cowley and Sylvester changed dance music forever
  Post from The Guardian
• 10 tips for working with tough promoters
  Post from Music Think Tank
• On demand: The art and science of the music chatbot
  Post from Forbes
• American Football: Accidental rock stars
  Story from Chicago Reader

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Friday, October 28

• A Tribe Called Quest is going to release a final album
  Post from Mashable
• 6 ways 'Pop Up Video' created a classic and shaped the internet
  Post from Wired
• Sirius XM to pay its first regular dividend
  Post from Investopedia
• Partners in crime: Lawbreakers in music, in a new short story collection
  Review from Washington Post
• Why pop culture just can't deal with black male sexuality
  Essay from NY Times Magazine
• Madness: "We dressed as coppers and raided the Clash. They didn't speak to us for five years.”
  Interview from The Guardian

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