Archive for the 'Opinion' Category

Of Montreal, new album available by Lantern, Wall Stickers, T-shirt and more

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

Brilliant! This was exactly the way I wanted to release new Gang of Four material. Of Montreal’s new album ‘Skeletal Lamping’ will be released on CD of course and as a 180 gramme double vinyl set but, even better, it can be had in MP3 format when you purchase a variety of goodies from Polyvinyl. [...]

Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head and That Go

Wednesday, August 13th, 2008

natalie portman’s shaved head - sophisticated side ponytail from thatgo on Vimeo.
Today’s Digital Youth are already well-versed in Trust and Fame, they understand very clearly that their song, their video, is only as good as the one that went before it on YouTube unless it is awesome, catchy and fun. Seattle’s Natalie Portman’s Shaved Head [...]

Fugazi’s Ian Mackaye On Capitalism, Bad Bread and the end of the Record Industry

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

Here’s Ian back in 2007 extolling on his ideas of what exactly musicians should be doing when they think about releasing a CD. Example: He says why are you touring to support the release of the CD? The CD should be released to support the touring Mackaye says. Good point. Thanks to Rodger at Strange [...]

Girl Talk, is Gregg Gillis a Musician or Just a DJ?

Sunday, August 10th, 2008

Girl Talk live in Detroit. Photo - Christos/Detroitartist.org

On my other blog, Social Cache, I appear to have lit a fire over whether Girl Talk is a musician or merely a talented DJ who puts together amazing mashups. Have your say here.

Does The World Need Another Indie Rock Band? Discuss

Friday, August 8th, 2008

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 [...]

Why Obama?

Thursday, July 31st, 2008

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 [...]

How Google, YouTube and Viacom could help each other

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008

As CNet reports today, Hollywood and YouTube may be edging towards their own version of Pax Romana. Meanwhile, beyond the learned walls of the law courts and Google’s battle with Viacom, we here at Social Cache have been scratching our heads over Viacom’s position.
Obviously Viacom is up in arms over what it argues is [...]

MTV visits Portland, it could be over

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

MTV
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They hit up the right bands -
Eat Skull, White Fang, White Rainbow, Menomena, Panther, Honey Owens, Starfucker, Horse Feathers, Southern Belle, M Ward, Thermals, Fist Fite, Malkmus. And yet there is more than just white indie, folk, electronic, alt-rock in Portland. Where were the Lifesavas for instance?