NovemberNov 14 Saturday 09
The Prisoner: An All-Star Appreciation
“Before Magical Mystery Tour, the Beatles were going to do another full movie like Help, and it was all going to be based on The Prisoner,” Dhani Harrison, son of Beatles guitarist George Harrison, told Wired.com in October, before his own Prisoner-inspired band …
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Creative Review – Art Vinyl’s sleeves of the year
There's only a couple on here that I'd vote for … what are your choices?
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2000s (decade) – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The decade has been dominated by several wide-ranging topics, including international trade and a growing concern over energy supplies; the explosion in telecommunications and data communications; the ecological crisis; a widespread economic failure in the last quarter …
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all i want for xmas are misfits slip-on vans. why don't they exist?
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Top 3 weekly #lastfm artists: Yellow Fever - 15. Bibio - 10. Isbells - 8. http://bit.ly/9RPSo
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fever, sore throat, aches ... let's hope i can knock it by monday.
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Do music artists fare better in a world with illegal file-sharing?
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Do music artists fare better in a world with illegal file-sharing?
This is the graph the record industry doesn’t want you to see. It shows the fate of the three main pillars of music …
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Rock Music Goes The Way Of The Beard
What we need is more contemporary rock music that addresses or mirrors the chaos, the gray areas and the uneasiness. Just go listen to The Stooges or Bikini Kill for a second to remember what that sounds like. I enjoy sweet songs as much as the next person, but I'm …
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NovemberNov 13 Friday 09
LINK: Labels may be losing money, but artists are making more than ever http://bit.ly/zAzty
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Overlooked Albums from the 1970s
et me preface this ambitious undertaking by laying down some ground rules. First, it’s by no means meant to be a definitive list, just a collection of some of my favorites. Second, a few of the records here are by artists who are quite popular (Dylan, Joni Mitchell) …
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Labels may be losing money, but artists are making more than ever
The Times Labs blog takes a hard look at the data on music sales and live performances and concludes that while the labels' profits might be falling, artists are taking in more money, thanks to the booming growth of live shows. The Times says that they'd like more …
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Jello Biafra Says Major Labels Deserve to Be Ripped Off
The outspoken punk icon is realistic about what's causing the problems. "The horrible economy and people being broke goes hand in hand with the temptation to share everything," he says. "With major labels, who cares? They use every trick in the book to rip off their …
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Artists Paid
For better or worse, popular music depends upon the existence of casual fans. Back when the big albums of the day were selling a few million copies, these were not purchased by a few million super-fans. Even when a band like Arcade Fire sells a “mere” 300,000 copies …
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constantines & feist doing 'islands in the stream' = perfect for today
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said goodbye to elvis & co., getting ready for my @woxy shift at ... right now!
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RT @touristique: The wit of the Irish: http://bit.ly/4pXxiw
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RT @deathandtaxes: Lambchop Live at XX Merge Audio & Concert Film Released This Month: http://bit.ly/4qxPl9
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