Category Archives: Music
If I Should Fall From Grace
I caught “If I Should Fall from Grace: The Shane MacGowan Story” at the Roxie tonight. If you’re a fan of The Pogues, music documentaries, drunk Irishmen, and/or bad teeth, I can highly recommend this movie to you. If there are more dental cases like Shane back home in Ireland, then I also urge you… Read More: If I Should Fall From Grace »
Digital Mix Review
Review and photos from Digital Mix, a benefit for the EFF.
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Audioblog of a performance by Uprock at Digital Mix, a benefit for EFF.
EFF digital MIX in Oakland
Friday, July 25th, the EFF will be hosting Digital Mix in Oakland as a benefit for the EFF and Creative Commons at the Oakland Box Theater (formerly the Black Box) at 1928 Telegraph Ave between 19th and 20th. This very cool event will celebrate music, digital film, cyber-rights, and illegal art, with speeches by Fred… Read More: EFF digital MIX in Oakland »
Viability of Internet Radio
Saturday morning I attended the Viability of Internet Radio session that was part of a University of California Radio Network conference organized this quarter by KALX, the radio station at Cal that my wife runs. The four panelists were: Brian Zisk – founder and Technologies Director for the Future of Music Coalition Rusty Hodge –… Read More: Viability of Internet Radio »
My Wife, the Rabble-Rouser
Last week’s East Bay Express has a well-written cover story by Katy St. Clair titled Has CMJ Become the Monster That Ate College Radio? My wife Sandra is the general manager of KALX, the radio station at UC Berkeley. The music directors at KALX, like those at many other college radio stations, report their top… Read More: My Wife, the Rabble-Rouser »
Take That, RIAA
Salon.com Technology | Embrace file-sharing, or die This is a fantastic article at Salon.com by John and Ben Snyder. John is president of Artist House Records, on the board of the National Association of Recording Arts and Sciences, and a 32-time Grammy nominee. Although long stretches of the article consist of quotes from other people,… Read More: Take That, RIAA »
Joe Strummer, Dead at 50
A Leader of the Clash Dies at 50 Joe Strummer suffered a heart attack and passed away yesterday at the age of 50. The Clash’s three LP masterpiece Sandinista! was the first really great, life-changing music I experienced. One of my brother’s high school friends was exposed to the Clash’s music while DJ’ing at Johns… Read More: Joe Strummer, Dead at 50 »
eMusic Doesn’t Understand Meaning of Unlimited
Broadband Reports has an article on how eMusic has gotten confused about the definition of “unlimited”. Many users (like my brother) signed up for the promise of “unlimited high quality MP3’s for as low as $9.99 per month”. Just last week, eMusic cut off my brother for what they called “unusually excessive downloading”. Even though… Read More: eMusic Doesn’t Understand Meaning of Unlimited »