The Crocodile Cafe in Seattle unexpectedly shut down over the weekend. Word is filtering out quietly. Even the Croc website doesn’t have any info. It seems like they ran out of cash now that Peter Buck isn’t helping to pay the bills. This is truly a sad day for Seattle Music. The Croc was a [...]
I applaud you, Radiohead, for doing such a forward-thinking experiment with your distribution for InRainbows. However, you’ve unfortunately made sure that any data you receive from this experiment will be useless. Why? Well, because your website and ordering process are HORRIBLE. I had so many problems getting your website to work that I almost gave [...]
High quality non-DRMed MP3s cheaper than iTunes! Amazon’s store has really been getting a lot of people excited (including me). While they aren’t DRMing, they have created some pretty crazy legal restrictions in their terms of use. Is this a problem? Not really. Unless they start trying to enforce them. Amazon’s contract says you “may [...]
Portland family of three dead in apparent murder-suicide – OregonLive.com: Breaking News Updates This kicks me in the teeth. I heard about it when the Oregonian called to get my thoughts and, at first, I thought they must have the wrong Ray. I couldn’t believe it. I played with her for years in Vassily and [...]
A rare treat, ’cause we are old now and don’t play out as much as we used to. Transpacific returns live! June 26, 2007! Playing with Moggs (from San Francisco), Colony of Watts and 1-2 12. At the Sunset in Ballard (5433 Ballard Ave NW) starting at 9pm. transPacific web page transPacific mySpace page (you [...]
from Daily Kos: State of the Nation There has been an understandable public outcry against the RIAA’s attempts to more than triple the sound recording copyright royalties on Internet radio. (See Save Internet Radio from Corporate Money Grab) One solution proposed by Webcasters is to just not play RIAA-member songs under the assumption that then [...]
Buddy Rich vs. Gene Krupa isn’t as fun as Buddy Rich vs. Animal, but it sure it is scary impressive.
Year Zero seems to be my least favorite NIN record. ho hum. I’d say that I’m getting old, but I’m still younger than Trent, so that can’t be it. There is neither power, grace or density in this record. The production is spare and weak. I’m bummed.
Lefsetz Letter This guy writes a music industry analysis newsletter. Unfortunately, he writes like I would have when I was in high school. The dude looks to be about 50, so why is he writing about jocks and cheerleaders? He is some of his penetrating analysis: Should Jay-Z make another album? Not unless he’s into [...]
