By : Tim Ingham Source: Music Business Worldwide  The mind-boggling amount of music being uploaded to Spotify continues to get even more mind-boggling. As part of Spotify’s ‘Stream On’ event on Monday (February 22), the company confirmed that more than 60,000 new tracks are now being ingested by its platform every single day. The figure, announced by Spotify’s co-Head of Music, Jeremy Erlich, means that across the course of this year, approximately 22 million tracks will be added to Spotify’s catalog....
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By : Benedict Carey Source : NY Times When the pandemic first hit the Bay Area last spring, Ann thought that her son, a 17-year-old senior, was finally on track to finish high school. He had kicked a heavy marijuana habit and was studying in virtual classes while school was closed. The first wave of stay-at-home orders shut down his usual routines — sports, playing music with friends. But the stability didn’t last. “The social isolation since then, over all this time, it just got to him,” said Ann, a consultant...
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By : Anna Grace Lee  Source : Esquire Freaks and Geeks is now streaming on Hulu for the first time ever, in its 18-episode entirety, with all its vital original music intact. The show premiered on NBC in September 1999 and was cancelled in 2000, after only 12 episodes aired (the remaining episodes were released later thanks to a movement of fans). As a remedy for the show's poor ratings, executives pushed for writers to give the cast of teenage characters "more victories." Creator Paul Feig and producer Judd Apatow refused...
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By : Jenna Amatulli Source : Huff Post Turns out when Daft Punk said, “We don’t stop, you can’t stop,” they weren’t being totally honest: The electronic dance music duo just announced that they’re splitting up. In a nearly eight-minute video titled “Epilogue,” excerpted from their 2006 film “Electroma,” the French pair walk their separate ways on a flat terrain, wearing metallic motorcycle hats and jackets that read “Daft Punk.” A timer ticks in the background...
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By: Robert Priedt Source: US News TUESDAY, Feb. 16, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- As pot gains in acceptance among adults, teenagers appear to be more tempted to try it, a new study out of California finds. After the state legalized marijuana use for adults in 2016, teens' use of the drug also climbed after years of steady decline. Researchers analyzed survey data from more than 3 million seventh-, ninth- and 11th-graders, who answered questions about their marijuana use from the 2010-11 school year through 2018-19. In the final two...
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By : Gary Trust Source : Billboard Olivia Rodrigo's "Drivers License" dominates the Billboard Hot 100 chart for a fifth week, after soaring in at the summit four weeks ago. Plus, Cardi B's "Up" blasts onto the Hot 100 at No. 2; The Weeknd doubles up in the top five following his Super Bowl LV halftime show performance, with "Blinding Lights" at No. 3 and "Save Your Tears" at No. 4; and the late Pop Smoke's "What You Know Bout Love" enters the top 10, rising from No. 13 to No. 10. Get...
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Source : Local SYR As we near the one-year mark of Covid-19, studies show that the impact on the mental health of young people is staggering. Knowing that, Peabody Award Winning Filmmaker Alexandra Shiva set out on a mission to speak with some of those who have been impacted. Shiva spent months speaking with teens from across the country to help raise awareness about mental health and how others can get help. ...read more    
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By : Alan Mozes Source : Health Day MONDAY, Feb. 8, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- Nearly half -- 43% -- of all fatal car crashes involving teens and their passengers are the result of speeding, a new automobile safety report reveals. The finding stems from an in-depth analysis of all fatal motor vehicle accidents across the United States between 2015 and 2019. During this five-year period, 4,930 teen drivers and passengers died in crashes involving speeding. And while the report acknowledges that deadly speeding is a problem at any age, it...
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By : Gil Kaufman Source : Billboard The Feb. 14 show will be TikTok's first-ever long-form concert event. Justin Bieber will celebrate Valentine's Day on Sunday (Feb. 14) with a special first-ever performance of his 2013 fan-favorite album Journals via TikTok. The compilation, which gathered up the string of digital singles Bieber released as part of his Music Mondays series from Oct.-Dec. 2013 -- including the R&B-leaning songs "Heartbreaker," and "All That Matters" -- will be performed in the Live From the...
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By : John Burger Source : Aleteia Pew finds that COVID-19 outbreak, lockdowns, economic ills and limited church services have not weakened religion in U.S. In spite of severe restrictions on attending church services, the religious faith of Americans has grown stronger during the coronavirus pandemic. A Pew Research Center survey conducted last summer shows that more Americans than people in other economically developed countries say the COVID-19 outbreak has strengthened their faith and the faith of other Americans. Among 14...
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