it’s easy to help haiti
On January 12, 2010, a massive earthquake struck Haiti, reducing much of its capital to rubble. It was the worst earthquake in the region in more than 200 years, with as many as 50,000 feared dead. The devastation has created serious obstacles to those attempting to deliver promised foreign aid.. Thousands of bodies fill the
xo Nov 20.09
audio a look at the sad but true Music Industry FAILs – 4 Musical Mistakes Of The Decade .. good article on Transformative v Incremental Change – a look at why big music just doesn’t get the internet revolution.. the story behind the UK ‘draconian pro-copyright plans’ of the leaked Digital Economy Bill (similar to
Last Call @ The Uptown Bar
The Uptown Bar was demolished today. I started sneaking into the Uptown when I was 15 to see the bands i loved play insane sets so close their sweat was dropping on you… it was the first (and last) bar i ever got carried out of, the first (and last) place I started a fist fight,
xo Nov 13.09
- AUDIO – Wired noted that the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976 could bring another round of tumult to the music and publishing industries, due to “provisions that allow authors or their heirs to terminate copyright grants — or at the very least renegotiate much sweeter deals by threatening to do so”.. Creative Deconstruction posted a
Mashup: 7 Minute Decade + TiltShift App
Just finished watching the “Newsweek Presents The Decade In Seven Minutes” video – loved it. Watch it here (on Laughing Squid). On a completely unrelated note, I just downloaded the Tiltshift Generator iPhone App after seeing this image of Vegas (left), taken by Rob Sheridan. Then @heideland sent me this cool tiltshift video – check it
xo Nov 06.09
- AUDIO – Jack White’s Third Man Records to going to release “A Glorious Dawn” on Vinyl – if you’ve never seen the video, this is one of my all-time favorite things in the world Explore Music posted 3 articles (and now a follow up) on 11 Ways the Internet Has Ruined Music – all of
BlueBeat tells EMI to ‘Get Bent’
This has GOT to be a publicity stunt – there’s really no other explanation for California-based BlueBeat telling Apple Corps + EMI + The Beatles to get bent. Okay that’s not literally what happened but c’mon.. they’re selling the entire Beatles Catalog for just short of free – singles $.25 / albums $3.25 – yeah
Secret Copyright Treaty is a Disaster
having a great day until I slowed down enough to really read up on this – very unsettling Note: I am adding new related articles as they’re posted.. - Copyright Treaty Is Policy Laundering at Its Finest [DMusic, Nov 5] - Leaked Trade Agreement Paints a Bleak Picture for the Internet’s Future. [Exclaim, Nov 5] - New Copyright
xo Oct 30.09
Audio LINK ♥ after a flurry of obituaries for Chuck Biscuits on Thursday, we find an equal number of stories announcing that the death of the drummer (D.O.A. / Danzig / Run D.M.C.) was actually a hoax.. LINK ♥ Relevant Magazine warns the Music Industry to “Innovate or Die. Seriously.” Visual LINK ♥ this absolutely brilliant
WTF is T-post?
T-post is an interesting idea. They claim it’s “the world’s first wearable magazine” .. hmm, maybe it is that.. however, it definitely is a brilliant / unique marketing strategy for something I’ve not heard of before – a subscription-based clothing line model. “T-post is a t-shirt magazine. And just like your favorite paper magazine, our