“They” Want a Ballroom?

It would be too easy to post every video I like by Colbert, Seth Meyers, and Jimmy Kimmel. Yesterday, I was going to use this one from Kimmel, but didn’t for the reason I just cited. But now Kimmel’s show is being suspended “indefinitely,” which means Disney has canceled it, so I’ll use it now in case it disappearances.

How about some conspiracy theory speculation and propagation? It works for the opposing team, so why not for the losing side? The text messages from the alleged assassin are fakes, as planted by the FBI:

https://boingboing.net/2025/09/17/alleged-texts-of-accused-murder-tyler-robinson-sound-nothing-like-how-people-his-age-actually-speak.html

From Shellac to Cardboard

How many recordings on 78 rpm discs represent a loss of revenue to record labels? I’m guessing none, but they sued the Internet Archive anyway.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2025/09/internet-archives-big-battle-with-music-publishers-ends-in-settlement/

What about records glued onto the back of cereal boxes? I remember those. They have collectors, of course.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/arts/music/cereal-box-records.html?unlocked_article_code=1.mU8.tBqE.o8BSCUE6rGVt&smid=url-share