Archive for January, 2006

Disney buys Pixar

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006

No surprise here, we had already predicted it.

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Coachella - the movie

Tuesday, January 24th, 2006

Goldenvoice, the promoters who present the Southern Cali rock fest Coachella, have released a movie featuring two hours of highlights from the past six years. Details here
You can catch the movie locally at the following theatres:
Lloyd Center 10 1510 NE Multnomah St., Portland Or 97232
Cinema 99 Stadium 11 9010 NE Hwy 99, Vancouver Wa [...]

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Dahlia at the Doug Fir

Monday, January 23rd, 2006

The folks over at the Doug Fir have posted a Quicktime movie of a Dahlia performance.

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Got tram?

Sunday, January 22nd, 2006

The Exec Director of Portland’s tram project, Vic Rhodes resigned Jan 20 under pressure from City Commish Sam Adams. Adams released a PDF of the Oregonian’s take on all of this.
Whatever the political wrangling, or the cost overruns, the city should be proud to be getting such a forward-looking piece of architecture. There are some [...]

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Pandora - your very own radio station

Saturday, January 21st, 2006

Never mind Clear Channel. If, like me, you think that terrestrial radio brings you nothing but the same old same old, then here’s something for you. Simply go to the Pandora web site, in the player enter a favorite artist and sit back as the software builds a playlist for you based on your tastes. [...]

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How to fix the music biz

Saturday, January 21st, 2006

Meanwhile Clear Channel Communications, the radio behemoth turned concert promoter and purveyor of giant billboards all over town, has launched Live Nation. I believe it’s supposed to help folks find out what’s going on concert-wise in their home town but clicking on Oregon or Washington under the music link just gives you a lot of [...]

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Musicland in chapter 11 - Trans World next?

Friday, January 20th, 2006

Just after the Holidays Musicland, owner of the Sam Goody chain of music stores as well as others, declared bankruptcy. Word on the street was that they might be purchased by competitor, Trans World Entertainment. Not quite yet it seems - industry mag HITS says that Trans World is not in good shape either - [...]

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LA Times music critic takes a buyout

Friday, January 20th, 2006

Robert Hilburn (r) takes his goodbye gift
In a sign that blogs continue to change the face of the dead tree media companies, Robert Hilburn, arguably the Los Angeles Times’ best-known critic, has taken a buy out and will leave the paper although he will continue to contribute pieces to Calendar (reportedly the lone buyout taker [...]

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