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Madster/Aimster shut down: An Illinois federal judge said Wednesday that he would order the Madster file-trading system, formerly known as Aimster, to halt song-swapping in the next few days. The decision marks the Recording Industry Association of America’s (RIAA) second substantial court victory against a file-trading company, just a day …

From PW Daily For Booksellers: On the Eve of September 11, Bookstores Plan Commemorations With the anniversary of the September 11 attacks approaching rapidly, Hillel Italie of the Associated Press spoke to a handful of bookstores about their plans for commemorating the event. Borders, which had a store in the …

The fiercely peculiar Residents have been gracing the world with their unique form of music/performance art for 30 years. In celebration, the anonymous Bay Area eyeballs have much in store, including the release this week of one of their most accessible records ever: Demons Dance Alone. Demons is a (relatively) …

I just mentioned Elliptical, our (Mike Crooker, me) electronic music project. The parallels between music-creation software and blogging are unmistakable: both enable “ordinary people” to enter into areas of creativity and, equally important, distribution, that were only previously available to select professionals: those who were allowed to pass through the …

Napster’s farewell.

Another great one from the best singer/songwriter/guitarist you've never heard of (unless you have, and then you're cool).

Elliptical has a live performance coming up in Cleveland in a couple of weeks. I love to perform before a live crowd. I also see blogging as a performance, although it is not “live” in the same sense: I can’t sneeze on you from here. Performers “play” when they work. …

If you have been reading this site carefully, you may have noticed that I have been going through the archives of my old site for material that deserves a another look over here (all Blogcritics are encouraged to do the same). In June Doc Searls wrote a brilliant essay on …

Oh. My. Heaven. - THE SUCKING OUT LOUD - WILL IT EVER CEASE?

According to the LA Times, Microsoft is introducing technology that greatly reduces consumer choice as to copying, burning, sharing: Studios and record labels want their products protected from the widespread thievery popularized by services such as Napster. Spurred by the threat of federal legislation, technology companies such as Microsoft Corp. …