April 2009
52 posts
jenrobinson:
Yeasayer - Tightrope
The Dark was...
De La Soul Going Indie?
M&V: Do you guys know anything about the next proper LP?
David Jude Jolicoeur: I don’t know. We’re just floating right now. We’ve worked on some tunes, and for us, especially now that we’re doing our thing totally independently …
M&V: So no label?
Mr. Jolicoeur: No label, no anything, just free agents.
Vincent Mason: [Interjects] No way, no way man. No...
My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2009-4-26) →
Gorillaz (47)
Depeche Mode (31)
The National (15)
Sublime (11)
Wilco (11)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
fred-wilson:
I Must Be High - Wilco - Outta...
“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.”
– Steve Jobs
via 50 Inspirational Quotes on the Art & Science of Design
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Study: pirates biggest music buyers. Labels:... →
“However, when it comes to P2P, it seems that those who wave the pirate flag are the most click-happy on services like the iTunes Store and Amazon MP3. BI said that those who said they download illegal music for “free” bought ten times as much legal music as those who never download music illegally. “The most surprising is that the proportion of paid download is so...
Mobile Roadie Builds Bands Custom iPhone Apps On... →
WatchFound this character while searching through the library of user-created content on Paper Critters. Paper Critters gives the player tools to customize a CubeeCraft-like papercraft avatar.
“Prohibition… goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to...”
– Abraham Lincoln, 1840
The Pirate Bay Trial: Guilty As Charged →
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Update: the official verdict is out, and all four of The Pirate Bay’s founders are found guilty in ‘assisting in making copyright content available’. Peter Sunde, Fredrik Neij, Gottfrid Svartholm and Carl Lundström all receive one year in jail; they also must pay $3.6 million in damages.
Of course, this is not the end of this story. The Pirate Bay will appeal to the court, and there is a...
WatchSmashing Pumpkins promote TNA’s Lockdown 2009. Bullet with Butterfly Wings is the official promo song for the event. It is well known that Billy Corgan is a huge wrestling fan.
Björk - Pagan Poetry …. one of my favorite...
tracks:
The Beatles - Taxman
(off of the...
Excerpt from an email I sent today
There is a good article about Myspace Music and Warner Bro’s on Tech Crunch today http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/04/14/an-embarrassed-warner-music-regrets-myspace-music-deal/ I think a service built around streaming music from the catalog of the major labels is doomed to fail in the foreseeable future. The streaming fees for startups and small companies (including Pandora) are astronomical...
WatchMoby - Shot In The Head. I love this animation meets Film Noir style.
20K To Hang With Josh Freese →
Great story which includes a fan playing mini-golf with Maynard James Keenan =)
773 Free Songs on Amazon →
via Lifehacker
What Does Social Media Mean for Piracy? →
“Thus, President Obama is being called a “socialist” who seeks to destroy...”
– NYTimes Op-Ed, Tea Parties Forever by Paul Krugman.
Advice From the Wooster Collective
“the truth is we would never advise any artist - even those we don’t know - to enter 90% of these competitions. It’s not that we don’t think that winning a big prize isn’t a good opportunity for a young artist. Many times we do. It’s because nine times out of ten, the terms and conditions (i.e. “the fine print”) is so onerous and unfair to every...
“I don’t think you have to kiss fans’ asses and go crazy on Twitter if you make...”
– Casey Jarman, music editor at the Willamette Week (as quoted on Pampelmoose Media) (via newspeedwayboogie)
imlosingmyedge:
Joy Division, Lower 48, the...
Social Media Networks Are Music's Curse and... →
French reject internet piracy law →
This is only a temporary victory since it is believed that this law will be re-voted on and pass next week. This law is a 3-strikes policy that disconnects someone from the Internet for 1-year if they are caught illegally file-sharing. All in the name of preserving culture and arts in France. President Sarkozy do you really want to disconnect your citizens from the most important source of...
“Nintendo’s genius lies in understanding that people increasingly crave...”
– Seth Schiesel, in this review in the NYT of the Nintendo DSi (via betaworks)
Universal teams with Google on Vevo →
This essentially boils down to Universal wanting to create the walled garden of Internet music videos. I hope they decide to share. I want to watch music videos on my TV with Boxxee for free and then cruise over to LaLa.com to purchase any artists who have caught my attention.
WatchAlways enjoy Eminem shaking things up. HIs latest is another classic video with pop-culture references galore.
WatchTrent Reznor on Revision3. A must watch by anyone interested in music and technology.
Radiohead, Pink Floyd and others form music lobby... →
vruz:
Robbie Williams, Blur, Radiohead and Pink Floyd are launching The Featured Artists’ Coalition, a group aimed at defending artists’ voices in a digital era. The group believes that it is “a defining time for the industry”, with artists gaining power on the internet, communicating and selling their music directly to fans. “A lot of the rights and revenue streams are being carved up, and we...
The Arcade Fire's Miroir Noir available this week... →
The Arcade Fire’s, Miroir Noir is available for one week at Pitchfork. Mirror Noir is tour film meets art film and 90 minutes of excellent entertainment. Watch it over at Pitchfork or pickup your own copy. This film captures the Neon Bible tour. Neon Bible is one of my favorite albums of this decade.
Radiohead to Testify Against the RIAA →
Fun case to watch….
“Now, in the case of Boston University student Joel Tenenbaum versus the RIAA, Radiohead has indicated that they will testify against the RIAA. Tenenbaum’s troubles started in 2003 when he rejected an offer to settle with the RIAA for $500. After a few more settlement attempts and legal quibbles, the case eventually went to court.”
More info about the case...