July 2008
97 posts
SP00N's incredible website →
After getting sent this awesome band website for Spoon (by Matt), I realized that it makes little to no sense for bands to underdevelop the only part of their online presence they have any control over. Blog posts, pitchfork features? What’s the point when you point current and potential fans to an uninspiring experience? When they get a somewhat customized MySpace Page? Since reading...
“I named Status Ain’t Hood after a line from Destiny’s Child’s...”
–
Tom Breihan,from Status Ain’t Hood Says Goodbye
Dang. This was one of my few oft frequented music columns. Sad times. Status Ain’t Hood will always have a polace in my memory!
June 2008
163 posts
“There are many things that Google does really well, and I plan to advocate that...”
– Sergey Solyanik, who just moved from Google to Microsoft
From blog article Back to Microsoft
EMI Music Sues Hi5, VideoEgg and Ten Defendants To... →
VideoEgg is right down the street. Nice people. This lawsuit irritates me to no end.
“VideoEgg CEO Matt Sanchez says that they comply with all DMCA takedown demands, but never received one from EMI. VideoEgg also used AudibleMagic , he says, to identify and proactively removed copyrighted material.”
An Essay Concerning MPAA Understanding of 'Making... →
This post discusses the idea that by having an album in your shared folder, whether you’re violating copyright. One side says yes, the other says no because just making it available isn’t actually distribution until someone takes it, which you ca’nt generally prove.
“If you are looking for a career where your services will be in high demand, you...”
– Hal Varian, chief economist at Google
From blog post Action-Reaction by Derek Sivers
“My general philosophy about it is something Serge Gainsbourg once said, which...”
– Adam Green, formerly of the Moldy Peaches on how he feels about music liscensing and publishing deals.
via Chartattack
NEWS ALERT
Monotonix via MySpace
September, 2 2008 at 12 Galaxies San Francisco, California
Do Not Miss This Show.
(also playing Oakland, for you east bay types)
“People who quit blogging by blogging that they’ve quit blogging...”
– Twitter / Fake Mat Honan
BLOG FRESH RADIO →
“Blog Fresh is your weekly roundup of what’s happening on the music blogs.
Stay ahead of the curve with your host Abbey from punkphoto.com. Every week she travels the blogosphere to uncover the best new music and talk to the most influential music bloggers around to find out what they’re listening to right now. You’ll also get the Blog Fresh Chart (the most talked-about...
Attn: Frightened Rabbit Fans
Did you know that Frigtehed Rabbit’s song Set You Free is a cover of the 1995 N-Trance track? Pretty incredible, eh?
(click here to see the video’s which won’t show in your dashboard)
Frightened Rabbit does Set You Free:
And N-Trance does Set You Free:
DIY Vinyl Wall Art →
Vinyl wall art? Sign me up! I can’t paint the lovely shade of light greens that my room is painted. And with my new red shelves, more changes are on the way. Do you have something you’d like to decorate without altering forever?
Flying Lotus — Destroy!! →
a band. has a video game.
here’s another great example from harmonic313. It offers a free track after level 5.
Bomb Ass Pussy by shoe shoe →
Can I get a Liam Lynch expert please? Xiu Xiu and CASH Music put up an incomplete song titled “untitled: will you please sing on this” and asked people to finish it by adding the lyrics and additional stylings of their choice.
After you determine whether that’s an undercover Liam Lynch rapping, go check out the rest of the finished songs. Some great additions. I really liked...
“Want to save the music business? Manage a band. Nurture talent. Do everything in...”
– Bob Lefsetz, Lefsetz Letter
For Tom Petty Fans, the True Sound of Vinyl, Also... →
Warner Brothers Records packages the new Mudcrutch* vinyl with CD. But the cd is different then most. It’s been mastered exactly like the vinyl which means that it’s quieter and there is more range in sounds. I, for one, would definitely be interested in giving it a listen. It’s for the audiohpile in each of us waiting to bust out.
I particularly dig packaging the cd with...
“At any instant, KaZaA users are likely to have thousands of sources for these...”
– The Eff is attacking the foundation of all RIAA lawsuits. from Hypebot
4 words that will earn you a punch in the face if...
catbird:
Vlog
Moblog
Incentivize
Webinar*
(*I’ll throw in a free kick in the ding-dong with this one)
My Own List includes the phrases
Ell Oh Ell
Eff Tee Double-U
That’s what she said
IMHO
Topspin Media- Unveiled! →
From the examples that the Topspin Media blog displays, one can assume that these technology product that they’re working on involves an artist-specific subscription model that includes both physical and digital product. Interesting.
While it’s yet to be seen what other products they are working on, I do like that so far, they’re taking each artist and making a specific package...
The Nicest Alley in San Francisco →
A seemingly out of place European-style alley in the middle of the Financial District, I can’t wait to check out one of the restaurants. Recommended to me by Rishi
Getting Satisfaction →
soxiam:
garrett reviews clever semantic ui in getsatisfaction
I love reading good things about the little company that could, Get Satisfaction.
allez-allez: wide open spaces →
trmw:
Wonderful, as always. Spacy, ambient, driving, and warm. I’ll be searching out this Supermayer mix of Hot Chip’s “One Pure Thought” now. The original of that tune is totally blinding too, and very much worth checking out.
WatchSpeaking of Greg Gillis, he’s featured in this documentary GOOD COPY BAD COPY that is about “a documentary about the current state of copyright and culture”
Feed The Animals - List of Samples per song by... →
Read this first and THEN listen to the new Girl Talk album. I still can’t believe some of this mixes he puts together.