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Amy Harmon tries to untangle the worldwide knot in today’s NY Times: Having vanquished the music swapping service Napster in court, the entertainment industry is facing a formidable obstacle in pursuing its major successor, KaZaA: geography. Sharman Networks, the distributor of the program, is incorporated in the South Pacific island …
Read More »Eric Olsen
Robbie Robertson to Be Honored at AES Tonight
ProSoundNews reports Robertson will be honored tonight at convention in LA: The Vision Is Sound: Robbie Robertson Embraces The Unconventional When Robbie Robertson visits this year’s AES Convention to receive the Les Paul Award (to be presented to him by musician/producer Daniel Lanois) during the TEC Awards on Monday evening, …
Read More »Copyright, Lessig, and the Supreme Court
LA Times on the copyright case before the Supreme Court: The Supreme Court for the first time this week will take a hard look at one of the most important powers in the original Constitution, under which Congress “for limited times” can give authors, inventors and other creators the exclusive …
Read More »Keoki’s Side
DJ Keoki’s management informs me that I failed miserably to give his side of the story regarding his departure from Moonshine Records. So here it is: DJ Keoki would like to issue the following press statement to clarify the current confusion as to the circumstances surrounding Keoki’s amicable departure from …
Read More »Teen Pop Transition
In a peculiarly sour article, the NY Times says Britney may have a hard time transitioning from teen star to adult: no kidding. Has there EVER been a teen idol – back to Frank Sinatra – who didn’t have trouble making that transition? Most PEOPLE have that problem, and they …
Read More »“It Was Forty Years Ago Today…”
The Beatles first single, “Love Me Do,” was released in the UK on October 5, 1962 – I remember it well. Okay, I lied. I love that song: the easy but insistent beat, the harmonica, the extended “plea..eee..ease,” the cheeky confidence and good cheer – they were on their way. …
Read More »Go Halos!
Being from SoCal, I’ve always had a soft spot in my heart for the Angels, but after their playoff melt down in ’86 and lack of success since, I haven’t paid them much attention. That has changed with their brutally satisfying thrashing of the hated Yankees – the best team …
Read More »Online Film Critics Society Vote For Greatest Screen Villain
We were not consulted: The Online Film Critics Society (OFCS), the international association of the leading Internet-based cinema journalists, is sharing its love with the character we’re supposed to hate. The OFCS has announced its new list celebrating the Top 100 Villains of All Time and the greatest screen villain …
Read More »Xilinx and Gibson Guitar Claim First True Digital Guitar
Announced at the AES show today – a press release from Xilinx: Gibson Guitar and Xilinx, Inc. announced a collaboration that resulted in the industry’s first electric guitar to deliver true digital sound. Gibson developed a way, through their internally derived MaGIC digital transfer protocol, to take the traditional analog …
Read More »SNL Returns
Saturday Night Live returns tonight with Matt Damon hosting and Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band as musical guests. I expect to see battling reviews from our Blogcritics up tonight or tomorrow. A little play by play action might be nice. Here’s what they have to say about themselves: …
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