The UK’s Independent newspaper asks the question. It’s too long of an article to summarize efficiently so I encourage you to read it here and then discuss.
Also I’ll send a free Gang of Four 7″ single with a Shepard Fairey artwork cover to the person that tells me what the image above is parodying [...]
British singer-songwriter Tallulah Rendall is doing the right thing - accepting that her fans are music downloaders and accommodating them. Rendall’s newest single, “Only You,” is to be released on “viral vinyl.” This means that anyone who attends her show at Bush Hall on August 6th receives the vinyl single wrapped in artwork, a short [...]
I received yet another lovely notice from Facebook today about “possible infringement” not “actual” but “possible.” Read on -
Notification of Alleged Copyright Infringement
We have removed your video entitled “Cut Copy, party at Dave’s, Nemo puts up the posters” uploaded at 2:23pm April 29th, 2008. We did this because we learned that your video might include [...]
David Gutowski is the man behind the music blog Largehearted Boy. He recently contacted me to ask if I would be interested in submitting my thoughts in writing for a new area of his blog entitled Why Obama. It is a series of guest essays by musicians and authors, where they share their support for [...]
Mr Jarman is on the right….
Casey is obviously too humble to post the news himself but the chatter around town here in Portland is that he has been promoted to Music Editor at Portland’s biggest alt-weekly newspaper the Willamette Week. Luciana Lopez over at the Oregonian broke the news first. [I would link to Luciana's [...]
Ok SqueakEClean got him a blog…
Here’s the word - This super spiffy digital weblog includes contributions by the crew at the Squeak E. Clean headquarters, our friends like DJ Zegon of N.A.S.A., and a very loyal army of interns. Tune in to check out N.A.S.A. remixes, news from the front lines of our studio and [...]
Unless you’ve been hiding under a rock all year you’ll know that this November is time to vote for president. Presumptive Republican nominee, Senator John McCain, will face off against the presumptive Democratic nominee, Senator Barak Obama. Whoever you vote for the only way to do that is to register to vote. Rock the Vote [...]
It’s not often I come across a major musical artists’ web site and find that I can say to myself - “these guys got it right.” Today I visited John Mayers site and although I’m not a fan of his music the site is a great example of how to get the message across simply [...]