Friday Roundup (of News & Thoughts & Such)

Welcome to the Friday Roundup (of News and Thoughts and Such) which, at six consecutive weeks, is channel.WAV’s longest running and most prestigious column, in which I, Brandon Slone, a guy whose back hurts like hell tonight, talk about some of the week’s biggest stories that we didn’t cover in long form this week. Let’s dive into this week’s news. I maybe kind of forgot to write this this week :)

1. Live Nation no longer doing business with Russia

I mean, that’s kind of a given right?

2. Kim Kardashian restored to “legally single status”

Ye took this about as maturely as you would expect and killed Pete Davidson in a music video. I really want him to stop being in the public eye.

3. Charli XCX pulls out of NFT festival, cites fan backlash

So what I’d like to know here is: has any celebrity entering the NFT space ever gotten a positive reaction? Because the cycle is always “announcement, fan outrage, *surprised Pikachu meme*. The shit is aggressively stupid and the sooner we move on from this idiotic fad the better.

4. Jack White teams up with Q Tip for new song

This isn’t news, is it? I just saw a picture of Jack White and thought “he looks like Evan Peters auditioning for a Tim Burton movie.” That’s like a B- joke and I’m never going to get a better chance to use it. Anyway, song’s pretty good.

What’s channel.WAV listening to this week?

Ritter: Conway the Machine’s major label debut album, God Don’t Make Mistakes, lived up to the hype. Give it a listen!

Slone: We’re on a Nick Cave kick this week.

Botts: Did you know Brandon’s discover weekly is arguably cooler than he is? *Brandon’s note: this is not arguable, i literally tweeted about it a week ago* I don’t think so, but it’s hard to dispute because I haven’t stopped listening to my new favorite sad cowboy singer. Check out Blaze Foley and his song Clay Pigeons as the nukes fall. You won’t be disappointed.

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Do you want Dane to do a funny thing? Idk how funny. Maybe he’ll let me throw a pie at him or something. Leave a comment.

- Slone

**Editor's note (aka Dane) -- I would let Brandon smack me with a pie, but gently. And I would allow him to tweet the video from the channel.WAV account. All you have to do is leave a comment!