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And that’s essential. The Byrds lay at the foundation of not one, or two, but THREE essential rock ‘n’ roll subgenres: folk rock, psychedelic rock, and country rock, and they weren’t just a foundation, they were among the highest manifestations of all three. Columbia/Legacy – with the world’s greatest catalogue …

Summer is almost here – although it’s 55 and raining today in Cleveland – and summer is the time for the langorous strains of a Jamaican backbeat wafting on the floral breeze. Ya mon, it’s reggae time, and if you only have one collection spanning the entire reggae era (in …

Bootleggers contributed mightily to new Led Zeppelin DVD release: When ex-Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page lamented “it’s a real shame that … there isn’t enough live footage of us,” he wasn’t being completely candid. PAGE, WHO WAS speaking to me in 1998, knew full well just how much footage there …

Turner opposes FCC media ownership deregulation: On Monday the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is expected to adopt dramatic rule changes that will extend the market dominance of the five media corporations that control most of what Americans read, see and hear. I am a major shareholder in the largest of …

Hey now, we are flattered and honored to be given the thumbs up by the coolest music trade going, bar none, HITS (what, you think Billboard is cool?). Check out their smoking hot HITS Daily Double column daily. Here’s the Blogcritics salute from the hypercool Roy Trakin: Blogcritics.org: Some of …

I am not overly amused by the “misheard lyrics” phenomenon, seeing getting the lyrics wrong as an error to be corrected not celebrated. I don’t believe anyone would confuse “scuse me while I kiss the sky” with “scuse me while I kiss this guy,” unless they were gay or something. …

Hardly, with at least three paid moles for Saddam: On Tuesday, when al Jazeera fired its director general, Mohammed Jassem al-Ali, the world was reminded once again of one significant reason–Saddam Hussein’s regime infiltrated media outlets throughout the region, including al Jazeera. According to a dispatch from Agence France Presse, …

Sen. Lieberman outlines tech policy and picks up support: Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman (D-Conn.) outlined a technology-friendly economic program in California yesterday and picked up the endorsements of several prominent tech leaders in Silicon Valley for his presidential campaign. The biggest catch was venture capitalist John Doerr, who has been …

Palm and Mute have put out CDs with unprotected MP3s as well as standard CD audio tracks on them. You can either work with the digital revolution or you can try to fight it. What do you think will more productive in the end? Palm, working with a small independent …