Lame
Heartbreaking Work
No, no, really… we think you’re great. We just adore you and… all of… this. We just need you to vacate this room, but we have a different one for you. We still totally love all your work, its just, if you could maybe go to a different space…. yea, it’s in the basement. Yea, [...]
BREAKING NEWS: CRANKY JOURNALIST HAS SAND IN VAGINA
I just don’t get it anymore. I thought this year was going to be different. I thought Obama said that things were going to change. I thought that the decriminalization of Marijuana in Massachusetts would help everyone mellow out a little bit. I thought that Prop 8 would have been overturned by now. I [...]
We interrupt your regularly scheduled pretentious nonsense for some news…
RIAA’s Lawsuit Numbers Revealed
The head lawyer for the law firm that is managing the RIAA’s file-sharing suits recently revealed some numbers around the success of their lawsuits. Turns out, they have been roughly 18,000 letters sent, 11,000 of which were John Doe letters sent via the ISP (the kind I received). It appears that everyone [...]
Hell Is Fox News-Mike Huckabee-Rapping-Undergrads
Want to know what it was like for your parents to drive you places and listen to your music ?
Here:
The Worst Song Ever
Everlast – What It’s Like
Amazon: Whitey Ford Sings the Blues (Just joshing.)
Warner Execs Forget Music Videos Are Advertisements
The NY Times is reporting that Warner Music has decided to remove its artists’ music videos from YouTube following a stall in talks between the two companies.
Warner Music said it “simply cannot accept terms that fail to appropriately and fairly compensate recording artists, songwriters, labels and publishers for the value they provide.”
The label’s statement speaks [...]
Mixwit Dead, Music On The Cheap At Amie Street
Mixwit Is Dead
People should start betting on the over/under for how long a mixtape website will last before getting pinched by the RIAA. If they do – they might already – always take the under.
Radley and Mike of Mixwit sent out an email detailing their decision. Here’s an exerpt:
We regret to announce that Mixwit will [...]
Lil Goonie, Really?
Lil Goonie. Say it out loud. Lllll-ul Gewwwww-nie. His name rolls off the tongue.
He has a song called Girlz Gone Wild. (Yes, with a “z”).
The song begins with a faux public service announcement that begs the question, “What would you do if you were put in front of our camera?” An interesting question, no doubt. [...]
**Updated** Chairlift Cancel October 22nd Paradise Show (Another Reason Paradise Worse Off Now)
**Updated**
I misreported that Yeasayer has canceled their performance – they have not. Chairlift will not be opening for Yeasayer, but Yeasayer will still perform October 22nd at the Paradise.
Yeasayer and Chairlift have canceled their upcoming show at Paradise. The band was scheduled to play on October 22nd, but will forfeit their scheduled stop in Boston [...]
Johnny Lydon Endorses…Butter
Okay. Now punk is dead right, or at least accumulating plaque?
I guess shakey Neil was wrong. (Everybody has to eat.)
Muxtape is Dead
Justin Oullete, founder of muxtape, has posted a lengthy article on the development and downfall of muxtape. It seems that the RIAA filed a lengthy complaint through Amazon Web Services in order to end muxtape in the midst of negotiations with the major labels.
Feeling too much of a burden from sorting out the intracies and [...]
Rock The Vote Propaganda Tour
Rock The Vote is propaganda.
They operate not to register young voters, but to register young Democratic voters under the guise of bipartisanship. Rock The Vote says about themselves,
We are creative, effective, and controlled by nobody’s agenda but our own – we tell it like it is and pride ourselves on being a trusted source for [...]
