‘Indie’: rockin’ the lingo Friday, January 25, 2008
“With indie rock topping the charts, showing up on critics’ best-of lists and generally becoming mainstream, the definition of “indie” has become a larger question in music circles. We asked a few folks in the Portland music scene what, exactly, makes “indie” indie. Their responses follow.” - Luciana [...]

“I’m in a boozer where they’re drinking fast, I’m in a movie with the middle class”
Ok, version 2 sounds like a song that’s coming together…… loneliness, alienation, “I don’t fit in,” “I have no friends,” avatar, bored…. or not.
Gang of Four - Second Life (Version 2 demo) [MP3]
Related Post: The first version of Second [...]

I spend all day reading up on stuff to write about so I thought I’d share some of that stuff here without comment. Consider this an extra half hour of your day given back for you to use while I do all the work….
Tattooed for a Day, Wild for a Night
LAURA EASTWOOD dropped by Linda [...]

Wired reports on the CBS/Last.FM claim that Last.FM is “the first website to offer free, global, on-demand access to the largest licensed catalog of music.”
As Wired points out -
“Imeem announced a similar service last month. When reached for comment, an imeem spokesperson was still crafting a formal reaction, but told us, “imeem pioneered this model [...]

Click to watch Mr Gill’s effortless technique…

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I just came across this post on media theorist Douglas Rushkoff’s blog comparing the music industry’s actions with the CD in the 90s with Hollywood’s treatment of its writers today.

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The Champagne Bar, St Pancras, London
Roy Christopher’s comment about my Pownce post yesterday led me via his web site over to the Powell’s Books Blog and a post from the author Neil Strauss. What caught my eye in one of his posts was his experience of the book tour and its similarity to a rock [...]

Meshach sent us a couple mp3s from his EP Experiments in Drowning. He’s looking a little roughed up eh? Stare at the wounded eye. I dare you! Stare at it. Its not what it seems.
“Smile” caught my attention right away. Its the type of track you absorb. An intensity rises through the textured/layered sound. Thats [...]