Update - 09/20/08
When I first posted this the web site was not up and running… BarackYou.net is now up and the t-shirts are cheaper than before. Go get ‘em.
Inspiration comes from many sources, and when inspiration to design something comes from a politician that tells me that the politician is reaching people. One of Nemo’s [...]
It’s that time of year again. Once again Portland’s clubs will play host to the MusicFestNW music festival. Some of the big names this year are Vampire Weekend, TV On The Radio and M Ward along with crowd pleasers No Age and Battles plus many more. Everything kicks off tomorrow evening and once again I’ll [...]
I came across the music blog music think tank last night and found an essay by Rhodri Marsden entitled Please Buy My Record: The Futility of Flogging Music. [Flogging is an English expression for selling.] I encourage all musicians to give it a read. Here’s an excerpt -
One thing that nearly all my bands [...]
I’m always interested in what Sasha Frere-Jones has to say about music, especially hip hop, as he has a great knack at being clear and concise in his overviews. I recently read his take on Lil Wayne’s single A Milli. That’s the link to the whole piece but here’s the relevant clip -
“Lil [...]
In one of those random and yet surgically precise ways I electronically met Howard Wolfson yesterday. Wolfson was Communications Director for Hillary Clinton’s 2008 presidential campaign and is currently continuing his career as a political commentator for Fox News. He also runs a music blog, Gotham Acme, that I learned about by reading an article [...]
Radiohead :: “Tell Me Why” (neil young cover) from gorilla vs. bear on Vimeo.
It’s interesting that Radiohead (or at least Greenwood and Yorke) should perform Neil Young’s ‘Tell Me Why?’ at the Hollywood Bowl. This generations musical mavericks pay homage to one of rock’s elder statesmen who was himself a serious musical maverick. He recorded [...]
New Music Hour from 94.7 and a locals-only HD channel
I was chatting with 94.7FM Program Director, Mark Hamilton, the other day about FM radio and how it used to be the place for everyone to discover new music. It’s no exaggeration to say that today music fans have many ways to hear the latest and [...]
In a mashup culture all manner of digital and graphic goodies get mashed. Mashup artists run along a tightrope that is pinned at one end by copyright law and the other by fair use doctrines. There is no safety net not even under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act [DMCA]. If a copyright holder feels her [...]