Music: Business
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New Album Releases 05/13/08: Death Cab For Cutie, Jason Mraz, Old 97s, Foxy Brown, Robert Cray, Bill Frisell— I guess there's always June...
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The Rockologist Discovers A Potentially Great New Record Label— Stay tuned, but I like what I hear so far from Beta-lactam Ring Records.
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Book Review: Taken By Storm – The Album Art of Storm Thorgerson by Storm Thorgerson— "I was in that half-sleep, half-awake stage and I was dreaming of a red desert, and a bunch of balls sitting on the sand.”
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A Destination Site For "Sonic Boomers" Who Like It Loud— Finally! A place on the web for those folks not yet quite ready to hang up their rock and roll shoes.
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New Album Releases 05/06/08: Neil Diamond, Elvis Costello, Last Shadow Puppets, Clay Aiken, Barenaked Ladies, Toby Keith, & More— I think just about everybody has a favorite Neil Diamond song, don't they?
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New Album Releases 04/29/08: Madonna, Steve Winwood, Portishead, The Roots, Def Leppard, Mudcrutch, Zappa Plays Zappa & More — How old is too old?
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Missing Record Store Day— On April 19th, I was one of the music loving sinners who missed Record Store Day.
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New Album Releases 08/22/08: Billy Bragg, Flight Of The Conchords, Replacements Reissues, Ashlee Simpson, Barry Adamson, Elbow, Stanley Jordan, Love, Marilyn Crispell and More— Some good new reasons to belatedly celebrate national record store day.
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Concert Review: The Nightwatchman & Friends - Troubadour, West Hollywood, CA - 4/15/08— Morello and his musical friends put on a night to remember for a good cause.
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New Album Releases 04/15/08: Mariah Carey, Air, Frank Black, Eden Brent, Rush, Brian Jonestown Massacre, Carole King, Southside Johnny— Mimi is back. But what about the new live Rush? And looky here, we got a live Southside Johnny...
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The Not So Mysterious Music Meltdown— As the music business continues its meltdown, Lou Novacheck is mad as hell and is not going to take it anymore.
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Major Record Companies Team Up With MySpace For New Online Deal— 3 of the 4 major labels strike a deal with MySpace.com to create a digital partnership for the selling of music.
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New Album Releases 04/08/08: Nine Inch Nails, The Breeders, Marc Ribot, Eric Avery, Was (Not Was), James, And Not A Whole Lot Else— Yep, you guessed it. Another slow week.
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What's Next For Christina Aguilera?— DJ Premier gives insight into Christina Aguilera's new album.
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New Album Releases 04/01/08: R.E.M., Black Keys, Stones, Van Morrison, Joe Satriani, Sevendust, Moby, Dream Theater & More— We're back...and the floodgates have opened.
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R.I.P. Record Labels: The End Of A Musical Era?— Will record labels be a thing of the past?
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Go "Far Out" with the Crown Heights Affair— Digging through the music racks for lost treasures.
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New Album Releases 03/18/08: Muse, The Kills, The Bravery, Daniel Lanois, Meredith Monk, Pugwash, Reissues Aplenty & More— The offerings are a little underwhelming this week. But we do have Daniel Lanois, and the return of Saleski and TJ.
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The Rockologist: Getting "The Nail" From Glenn Danzig (And Other Random Memories) At Def American— I'm still trying to figure out the connection between making records and sticking things through your skin. But we were all over it.
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New Album Releases 03/11/08: Snoop Dogg, Kelis, Rick Ross, Fat Joe, Randy Jackson, POTUSA, The Vines...NOW! That's What I Call A Slow Week— Sometimes you gotta' play the hand you are dealt.
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The Evolving Definition of Radio— Is traditional radio irrelevant? Its definition needs to change.
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The Comeback of Vinyl— It seems an old technology is taking the hearts and minds of America.
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The Revolution is Digitized: How the Internet Became the Anti-Facist Tool of the People— The internet has created the possibility for the first movement by a major world industry away from mass consolidation.
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Interview: Willy DeVille - December 2007 - Part Two— Part Two of an interview with Willy DeVille that first appeared in the German edition of Rolling Stone.
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Interview: Willy DeVille - December 2007, Part One— "You want to be able just let the words create what you want, and not worry about the craft ..."
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New Album Releases 03/04/08: Black Crowes, Carlene Carter, Gutter Twins, Alan Jackson, Stephen Malkmus, Jackson Browne, Doug Wimbish, Autechre, Plus Reissues by Skynyrd, The Doors, Elvis Costello & More— Boyd taps into the mainstream, while Saleski and TJ venture into obscuro-world.
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New Album Releases 02/26/08: Here Come The Ladies With Janet, Erykah, And Dolly; Plus Cowboy Junkies, China Forbes, Death Angel & More— Lets hear it for the ladies...
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Book Review: Parental Advisory: Music Censorship in America by Eric Nuzum— A thorough, though biased, history of music censorship. If you’re looking for a thoughtful analysis of how censorship has impacted music, you’ll likely be disappointed.
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New Album Releases 02/19/08: Ray Davies, Nick Lowe, Raveonettes, Gary Louris, American Music Club, Marc Ribot & More— A Kink, a Jayhawk, a guy nicknamed Basher, and Saleski's Choice. Because there are always choices...
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The Rockologist On The Art Of The Interview— Interviewing rock stars is both easy and fun... at least when they decide to cooperate.
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New Album Releases 02/12/08: Michael Jackson Celebrates Thriller's 25th, Plus: Women Rockers Cover Neil Young, Widespread Panic, Dan Baird, Guru, Monster Magnet, Free Form Funky Freqs, Robert Pollard — New versions of classics like "Billie Jean" featuring todays stars don't excite me much. But there's no doubt that Thriller warrants the treatment.
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2008 Grammy Rundown: Awards and Performances— And the winners are...
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New Album Releases 02/05/08: Sheryl Crow, Jack Johnson, k.d. lang, Bob Mould, Kenny G, KRS-One, Lenny Kravitz, Nick Cave/Warren Ellis, Iron Maiden, Killing Joke Reissues & More — A busy week... plus Saleski's Choice and Tom Johnson's Pick(s).
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New Album Releases 01/29/08: Joe Jackson, Shelby Lynne, The Mars Volta, Beck, Pat Metheny, Van Morrison Expanded Reissues— Joe gets Rainy, Shelby gets Dusty, Van and Beck get expanded, and Saleski's choice is... surprise, surprise... by Pat Metheny.
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Last.fm To Offer Free Music Legally— Can their announced partnership with labels to get free music to people and royalties to artists save the industry?
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New Album Releases 01/22/08: Introducing Our Weekly Picks by Mark Saleski And Tom Johnson (Plus Cat Power, Drive-By Truckers, Liam Finn, And More) — Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes.
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2008 Grammy Predictions (R&B Categories)— Clayton Perry gives his predictions (in the R&B field) for the 50th Grammy Awards.
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Music Shouldn’t Be Viewed As A Loss Leader— The moment when listeners became passive about music is the day that music really died.
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New Album Releases 01/15/08: Ringo, Eels, Juno Soundtrack, Lead Another Slow Week— If this is the calm before the storm, then bring on the hurricane.
