downhill orgy

so, let me get this straight, ozzfest announces that they're fighting rising ticket prices by making theirs free, apple attempts to shame the music industry by coming out against DRM, and microsoft becomes one of the biggest proponents of OpenID.  i must be dreaming.  this is too ...

Echo and The Bunnymen

Embedded players are a nice solution to the sudden proliferation of mp3 hosting request threads in the fourms. I've used the tactic myself, as it's a much more ethical means of promotion. Their effectiveness is certainly suspect though. I doubt Stereogum ...

The WIRED CD: Rip. Sample. Mash. Share.

Creative Commons-licensed Music. Free as in speech, free as in beer. , , , ... seriously amazing artists.

This is not your poster child.

Much has been made of the ability to buy a customized MP3 of a jessica simpson single with your name in it. Are people really that gullible? DRM is only one problem with the music industry. Just because they're testing ...

Scene vs. Service

Last.fm just brought their new site out of beta, and it is completely awesome. aside from just solving my media center extender issue, it looks fantastic, and gets me my ...