http://blogcritics.org/ A sinister cabal of superior bloggers on music, books, film, popular culture, politics, and technology - updated continuously. en Copyright 2005 by the authors Sat, 5 Feb 2005 00:54:43 EST http://backend.userland.com/rss Blogcritics.org custom software http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/01/31/191456.php#comment-115348 Indie hip hop rap rnb labels and artists now have a new digital distribution network to submit music free 3-songs or up to 24-songs. Rap4abuck is the indie alternative to iTunes except that only these niche markets are able to submit music. "Got a Buck? Buck a Trend". 115348@blogcritics.org Sat, 5 Feb 2005 00:54:43 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/01/31/191456.php#comment-114053 Don't bait us:) 114053@blogcritics.org Wed, 2 Feb 2005 10:32:55 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/01/31/191456.php#comment-114052 I am working at a fevered pace to finish my review of the new Crue retrospective. I know you are all waiting with baited breath. 114052@blogcritics.org Wed, 2 Feb 2005 10:32:01 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/01/31/191456.php#comment-113614 That seems like it would be the case but it isn't Tom.These are exact same issues that came out before.Which were reissues in the first place.Nothing at all is any different with these releases which is what makes it seem odd. Nothing added & nothing lost. Any die hard fans and/or collectors already have this shit. I'm well acquainted with the re issue scene. Some friends & I bootlegged and pressed several runs of some obscure R&B and Funk 45's in the mid 90's. Only to get our asses blown out of the water when master tape versions of a couple of the tracks were found.(We mastered ours off of mint copies of the 45's)We could not even compete with the improvement in sound & ended up losing a good amount of $$$ in the process. 113614@blogcritics.org Tue, 1 Feb 2005 01:11:07 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/01/31/191456.php#comment-113603 HW, is it really that hard to figure out? They're reissues, the industry's favorite new trend. Labels reissue albums that came out 6 months ago - they'll add a new song, or maybe a "watch it one time" DVD, or maybe they've encountered the "definitive" original master copy of the album (until another is found - and one will be,) up the price by a few bucks, and watch us die-hards scoop 'em up. 113603@blogcritics.org Tue, 1 Feb 2005 00:24:00 EST http://blogcritics.org/archives/2005/01/31/191456.php#comment-113591 Al,I'm curious as to just how these CD's qualify as "New" releases. I'm the proud owner of that "Sam & The Soul Machine" disc (it's funky as Hell,think Booker T. & The MG's meet The Meters but a little jazzier),Chuck Simmons "Hustlers Strut" and several volumes of the "Funky,Funky New Orleans" series(Vols 1,2,2A)as well as "Eddie Bo's-Funky,Funky New Orleans". The thing is,I've had most of these CD's about 2 years now.And some I've even had for longer. So again, I'm just wondering who classifies these as "New". I'd definitely recommend them all for any serious Soul/Funk/R&B fanatics out there in blogland reading this. Packaging is top notch.Informative liner notes,excellent sound quality,alt.takes, unreleased tunes and plenty of obscure 45 only releases known mainly to avid collectors; 45's that would set you back a couple hundred bucks apiece if you're ever lucky enough to even find them in the first place. 113591@blogcritics.org Mon, 31 Jan 2005 22:48:29 EST