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From Cheek: Well, I got myself a Alabama ass-whuppin’ last night when I stumbled into the odious 400 Bar — flask in pocket — just to check out my most favorite band the Drive-By Truckers. Yeah, yeah, the 400 is a crap club with overpriced beer and a phony reputation …

Clearinghouse of MIDI files, info, discussion, etc: MIDI is the acronym for Musical Instrument Digital Interface. Throughout its existence, MIDI has gained acceptance with industry professionals by leaps and bounds. Not only does it allow for faster creation and composition of music, it allows the composer to become the proverbial …

The music industry says online piracy’s killing the biz. A UTD prof says it isn’t: In recent weeks, Liebowitz has become the journalist’s go-to guy on the issue of online music distribution–a very sexy topic, especially if you’re a college student with a broadband connection and a CD burner, a …

Michael Wolff says yes: Of the six largest media companies, three, almost in tandem, have dismissed their CEOs and top managers. When any big company throws out its management, you know something pretty extreme is going on — it’s akin to a coup in a mostly stable nation. But when …

Declan McCullagh says Justice will prosecute “world’s largest copy machine”: The U.S. Department of Justice is prepared to begin prosecuting peer-to-peer pirates, a top government official said on Tuesday. John Malcolm, a deputy assistant attorney general, said Americans should realize that swapping illicit copies of music and movies is a …

Press release: Epitaph Set to Launch Completely Redesigned Website on August 26th! Epitaph, home to some of the biggest bands in punk rock like Bad Religion, Rancid, NOFX and Pennywise is launching an all-new website. The newly redesigned EPITAPH.COM was in the developmental stage for nearly a year and now …

Why do so many rock tribute albums suck? Driving home from my local mom-and-pop CD store with a copy of This Is Where I Belong: The Songs of Ray Davies & The Kinks settled on the passenger seat, I was pondering this question. Jazz and easy listening vocalists have been …

pressplay, a joint venture by Universal Music Group and Sony Music Entertainment, recently overhauled its service to give consumers more of what they want from online music. Now, pressplay’s competitors are pressing Universal and Sony to let them do the same. In particular, they want better access to the two …

Press release: Tuesday on Fresh Air, Rock musician Wayne Kramer talks to Terry Gross for one hour about his life and songwriting. In the late 1960s Wayne founded the revolutionary group MC5 — a forerunner of punk rock and heavy metal. After a stint in federal prison, Wayne dove head …

Doc Searls points us toward this interview with Bowie: I personally don’t think the copyright will exist in the next 10 years. We’ll lose all authorship whatsoever…the corporate companies will come to an end…Yeah. It’s all over. They’re just Canutes. They’re sitting on the beach asking the seas to go …