Michael Robertson, former CEO of MP3.com and owner of MP3Tunes, I service I happen to enjoy quite a lot, writes for TechCrunch on Amazon.com defying the major labels regarding MP3 lockers. For those who don’t know, these lockers are a … Continue reading
Steve Seidenberg of the ABA Journal writes on a good-news-bad-news treasure-trove of a find: The question, however, is whether that will happen anytime soon. And if it doesn’t, music fans might be justified in putting the blame on copyright law. … Continue reading
Much respect to Serge the Concierge, a colleague over at a mailing list dedicated to new music technology. He hipped the list to one of the coolest podcasts I’ve heard in a while, the Caipirinha Appreciation Society. If Brazilian tunes … Continue reading
You don’t run into too many cool jazz violinists. When I was younger, I worked with a brilliant guy named Ted who got me hooked into jazz. As I experimented with slabs of vinyl, I came across Billy Bang’s name, … Continue reading
Many good people are working on their own alternatives to Amazon’s proposed locker service (Michael Robertson, for example), but it’s nice to see a heavyweight take on the music industry regarding lockers, places where one can store their music and … Continue reading
Perhaps the best band to ever come out of New Zealand, and they still make pretty decent music these days, whether as Crowded House or solo.
No one sane would ever declare the movie Dune a cinematic masterpiece. Face it, it’s a piece of crap. But Brian Eno did some nice work here, I must say!
Something to float away with for the rest of the evening.
Featured on the ‘Sorcerer’ soundtrack.