My Love of Vinyl Records, Some Thoughts on McLuhan, Neil Young on Analog

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

McLuhan and Vinyl? I know - I sometimes stretch an idea to its snapping point but isn’t that why I bother to type all day?
Here goes - As I sit on the panels I’m invited to, I often forget to remind myself, that at the heart of all my discussions about music and technology the [...]

Amazon launches SoundUnwound, a new music site

Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008

I’m not certain that the world needs a new music site but this one looks interesting as it is user-driven. Amazon and IMDb have teamed up to bring us SoundUnwound. A quick search of ‘Gang of Four’ brings perfunctory results but here’s where the tail can wag the dog - if I become a member [...]

When Your Album Sucks - admit it

Saturday, August 23rd, 2008

Jon Wilde has some hilarious insights into why artists fail to talk about their shitty albums until it’s time to release a new one. His best example is Joss Stone talking about her album -
She waited until the release of her third album before conceding that its predecessor, Mind Body & Soul, had been “half-assed”. [...]