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11.17.05

Calvin Johnson – The Leaves of Tea From The Blogosphere | Comments Off
Calvin Johnson cracks me the fuck up. It's not because he's laughable -- it's because he sounds like he's having so much fun. Calvin knows music, he's a devoted fan of music, and it comes through in what he does. Calvin's always represented a carefree reckless abandon with his music, an enigmatic snarky quirkiness balanced with humor and heart unlike anyone I've ever known. Since 1982, Calvin has been a driving force in indie music, has fans and friends the world over, and a legacy worth talking about. As a member of Beat Happening, The Halo Benders (with Dug ...
11.17.05

WHY ARE DEMOCRATS WORKING FOR WAL-MART? From The Blogosphere | Comments Off
That's a really good question. Apparently, there are 22 Democrats that voted against an amendment to the Federal Budget that would have dealt with Wal-Mart's machinations. A few of them are in the Congressional Black Caucus. They must think that the Report Card the CBC Monitor published back in September was a one-hit wonder. Check us out when the more expanded version will be published and you can learn just how derelict the representative in the 9th District, along with twenty-one other Southern congressment, have been so derelict in their duties of representing their poverty-ridden districts, it's bordering ...
11.14.05

By The Way John Stubblefield, You’re Number 1 With Me, Too. From The Blogosphere | (0)
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11.13.05

Here’s A List Of CD’s Known To Contain The Sony-BMG XCP Rootkit From The Blogosphere | (0)
The Electronic Frontier Foundation published a list of all known Sony-BMG products that contain the "rootkit" technology I've been writing about. Here's what they have so far: Trey Anastasio,... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
11.11.05

Sony BMG Will “Temporarily” Stop Making Anti-Piracy CD’s, No Offer Of Relief To Impacted Consumers From The Blogosphere | (0)
In response to public outcry, Sony BMG Music Entertainment has agreed to stop selling music CD's that carry "anti-piracy", or rootkit technology, to consumers worldwide. The anti-piracy features... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
11.11.05

PREDICTION: Netvibes Is Going To Take Over The Planet From The Blogosphere | (0)
I'm sure by now, everyone is familiar with RSS Feeds and how you can have a desktop appliance to aggregate, or collect, updates from your favorite websites and blogs to your computer as they happen.... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
11.10.05

Wilco – Ashes Of American Flags (Live) From The Blogosphere | (0)
What's the point of trying to explain Wilco to you? If you haven't heard of Wilco, I'm sorry that you've been sleeping under park benches for the past ten years devoid of contact with the world of music. But just in case, let me help you out: Wilco is one of, if not the, definitive Americana/No Depression/alt-country/indie/alternative/etc. bands of the past decade. Read more about them here if you're just totally lost. Meanwhile, the band works feverishly on the follow-up to 2004's A Ghost Is Born in the studio. In the interim, the band have released the self-produced and ...
11.10.05

L.A. TIMES: Profits From Hustle & Flow Are Being Paid Out Kinda Slow From The Blogosphere | (0)
Jon W. Sparks was kind enough to make mention of this article from the L.A. Times on his blog, and I’ll do the courtesy of making the same mention. Having just finished working on a movie with Craig, I was surprised to learn that nobody has been paid a dividend from the $9 million distribution buy-out for Hustle & Flow. According to the story, that would be nobody except for the producer John Singleton. It seems like a very difficult situation for everyone involved, and an excellent point is made in the article by John himself: “This is a matter ...
11.10.05

Coldcut – Aid Dealer (featuring Soweto Kinch) From The Blogosphere | (0)
If you know me, it's no secret that I'm always excited by a new release from NinjaTune Records. I'm also a longtime observer of NinjaTune artists Coldcut, seeing their meteoric mixmastering rise and fall thru the course of the last 15 years. I have lived to see their glory rise again with the release of Sound Mirrors, the duo's first studio album since 1997. Coming back like lions, Sound Mirrors marks itself as the most comprehensive, experimentally interesting, and listenable slice of Coldcut glory I've heard in years. Matt Black and Jon More have always lived on the edge ...
11.09.05

Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan – Ramblin’ Man From The Blogosphere | (0)
If ever two voices were placed together by a sheer and wonderful accident of circumstance, it would be those of the angelic Isobel Campbell (late of Belle & Sebastian) and the notoriously gruff and scratchy Mark Lanegan (late of Queens of the Stone Age and Screaming Trees). Presented in the style of classic Nancy Sinatra/Lee Hazlewood albums of the 1960's, Ballad of the Broken Seas is filled with folk-country dirges, whispers, bluesy melancholy and love songs evoking haunted corners and dimmed streetlights. Hazlewood, whom Lanegan has always cited as one of his major influences, is paid fair tribute in this ...